This is how Indian football was formed going forward by the legendary Sunil Chhetri.

When Team India plays Kuwait in their combined Fifa World Cup 2026 and AFC Asian Cup 2027 Round 2 encounter at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata on Thursday, June 6, Sunil Chhetri, the "captain, leader, legend" of Indian football, will pull on the blue jersey of the Blue Tigers for the final time. Regardless of how poorly the Indian football team plays at times, fans go to stadiums to catch a sight of Chhetri, 39, and the team, who invented Indian football in an era when people only knew him as an Indian football player. Sunil Chhetri is the guy responsible for this revolutionary change in the national team's football fan base. Here are ten instances from his career that influenced Indian football: The first strike at Quetta At the Ayub Stadium in Quetta, Chhetri scored in his first matchup with the bitter enemies, Pakistan, in 2005. He never looked back after that. The victory in the Nehru Cup After scoring four goals during the competition and providing a crucial