Blue Tigers registered their first win in World Cup Qualifiers against Bangladesh on a 2-0 margin.ย
Before Chhetriโs brace, he got a couple of chances but couldnโt finish properly, in the 35th he missed a header from a beautiful cross by Brandon Fernandes. The first goal came at the 78th minute of the match, a beautiful header finish from Chhetri from the right side of the six-yard box to the centre of the goal, it was Ashique Kuruniyan who assisted the goal with a beautiful cross.ย
India controlled the game well in both defensive and attacking wise. The second goal came a90th minute a right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner, and it was assisted by Suresh Singh.ย
Looking at the match details India were dominating in the match stats with 74% ball possession, 16 shots, 17 chances created and 517 accurate passes. While Bangladesh managed to produce just 4 shots to the Blue Tigersโ post.
The Indian skipper himself ended Indiaโs 11 matches winless drought at Doha.ย Since 2007 this is the first time India beat Bangladesh on the senior football team.ย
Sunil Chhetri has now scored 5 goals in his 5 meetings against Bangladesh, only against the Maldives (6) & Chinese Taipei (6) has he scored more goals in the national team jersey. Also, he is in the third position in the International Active Goalscorers list with 74 goals he is ahead of Leo Messi and Ali Mabkhout in the list and it will be a proud moment for Indian Fans.