By: Rani S
Indian football or soccer (as some call it) got a jolt when the ace, Sunil Chhetri expressed his retirement plans; however, his U-turn both sent a joy amongst his legion of fans; as well as trollers that, well, trolled Chhetri.
Sunil Chhetri, 40, had called time on his prolific international career last year, has reversed his retirement and when India face Bangladesh in the third round of qualifiers for the AFC Asian Cup 2027 on March 25, India football great will be back!
Sunil Chhetri who has a good chance to become just the fourth player in the history of men's international football to score 100 goals for his country; was also included in India head coach Manolo Marquez's team list of 26 players for the March FIFA international window. Marquez has stated that he had discussed with Chhetri about potentially making a comeback with an important run of matches coming up for the Indian team.
About Suni Chhetri
Chhetri made his debut in 2005 and retired last year as one of the most prolific goal-scorers of all time in international football. His 94 goals in 151 appearances puts him well ahead of everyone else in the list of India's all-time highest goal-scorers. Only Portuguese legend Cristiano Ronaldo (135), Argentina great Lionel Messi (112) and Iran's Ali Daei (108) have netted more than Chhetri in men's international football. The 40-year-old thus has the chance now to become just the fourth player to score 100 goals for their country.