Football: Sunil Chhetri’s final game for India ends in a draw against Kuwait in World Cup qualifier
India were held to a goalless draw by Kuwait in Chhetri’s final match for India.
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There was no fairytale ending for Sunil Chhetri’s international career as India were held to a goalless draw on Kuwait in their 2026 Fifa World Cup Qualifying second round match at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan in Kolkata on Thursday.
Chhetri had announced that he will play his final match for India against Kuwait calling time on an international career that spanned 19 years, 151 match and 94 goals.
In an evenly-matched contest, Kuwait played spoilsport and even threatened to come away with a win to leave India’s hopes of making it to the World Cup qualifying third round hanging by a thread.
Kuwait started brightly with Mohamed Abdulah coming close to giving the away side the lead inside five minutes. Kuwait sliced through the Indian defence with a through ball to Abdulah who was denied by a superb save from Gurpreet Singh Sandhu.
Sandhu was the best Indian player on the field tonight pulling of a couple of brilliant saves to keep his side in the match.
India finally had their best chance of the match in the 12th minute as Anwar Ali rose unchallenged to meet Anirudh Thapa’s corner kick only to head it well above goal.
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