New Delhi: After stunning the footballing world with the news of his retirement, ace India marksman Sunil Chhetri revealed that he was enjoying every moment of being with the national side.
A player who redefined the standards of Indian football, Chhetri emerged as an inspiration not only for his nation but also in the international circuit.
Taking to his social media handle on Thursday, the footballing icon said he would don the national jersey one last time in an international fixture against Kuwait on June 6.
The match will provide him one last opportunity to play in front of his adoring home fans at the Salt Lake Stadium before he brings the curtains down on a 19-year-long career.
In a video he shared on X (formerly Twitter) the India captain reminisced the first time he was called up to represent the national side.
"I told my mom, my dad and my wife, my family first, my dad, he was normal, he was relieved, happy, everything, but my mom and my wife started crying and I told them, you always used to bug me that there are too many games, there is too much of pressure when you watch me and now that I'm telling you that, you know, I'm not going to play for my country anymore after this game," he posted.
Chhetri stated that if given the opportunity, he would never leave the game.
"And even they couldn't, they couldn't express to me as to why they, they burst into tears.
It's not that I was feeling tired, it's not that I was feeling this or that, when the instinct came that this should be my last game, then I thought about it a lot," Chhetri added. (with ANI inputs)
