Sunil Chhetri: Indian football icon announces retirement from sport - BBC News

Sunil Chhetri has said India's World Cup qualification match against Kuwait will be his last game.

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Indian football icon and captain of the national team, Sunil Chhetri, has announced his decision to retire from international football on 6 June.

In a video posted on X, he said that India's World Cup qualification match against Kuwait would be his last game.

"One last game... for all our sakes...let's win the game and we can depart, happily," he said in the video.

Chhetri, 39, has played for the country for 19 years, having scored his first goal during his debut match in 2005.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-69019411

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