Watch: Indian football captain, Sunil Chhetri aces fielding drills at NCA

The current captain of the Indian football team, Sunil Chhetri visited the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru on Sunday (May 8^th, 2022) evening. He was seen changing his trade and playing cricket. In a video posted on the official Twitter account of BCCI, Chhetri was seen acing fielding drills. He also shared life lessons with young players from North East and Plate Teams in the NCA.

Notably, Chhetri shares a good bond with star Indian cricketer and former captain Virat Kohli. During the lockdown owing to COVID-19 in 2021, Chhetri was seen having a conversation with Kohli while going live on Instagram. The two stars were seen recollecting their childhood days in New Delhi during the casual conversation.

The video posted by BCCI, showing Chhetri acing fielding drills was captioned – “NCA’s Neighbor, Indian Football Captain and Legend @chetrisunil11 dropping by on Sunday evening. He had a delightful fielding competition and shared some learnings from his own incredible journey in Football with the boys from North East and Plate Teams.”

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Chhetri has played a record 125 matches for India and has scored 74 times in those matches. He is the fourth-highest goal scorer in the world among active players in the international arena. With his remarkable on-field antics and off-field reputation, Chhetri has been the poster boy of Indian football in the post-Bhaichung era.

Chhetri has translated his international success into the domestic circuit also. He was the highest goal scorer in the 2017 edition of the I-league and has performed with the same intensity since moving to the Indian Super League in 2015.

He was also a part of foreign clubs. Notably, Chhetri was the third Indian subcontinent player to achieve the feat. In 2010, he was a part of the Kansas City squad but never got to play for them. Later he played a few matches for the Sporting CP’s reserve team, a Portuguese club.