Indian football team captain Sunil Chhetri, 39, on Thursday announced his decision to retire from international football after the FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Kuwait in Kolkata on June 6, bringing the curtains down on a glorious two-decade career.
The long-serving national team captain announced his decision via a video he posted on his social media accounts.
The striker hit 94 goals in 150 appearances for India when he is also India's most-capped player.
In a video message, Chhetri said the 2026 World Cup qualifier against Kuwait in Kolkata will be his last international outing.
“It's not that I was feeling tired, not that I was feeling this or that," he said.
"When the instinct came that this should be my last game, I thought about it a lot (and) eventually, I came to this decision," he said.
