India’s Sunil Chhetri goes past Lionel Messi, gets THIS massive record

Sunil Chhetri has eclipsed Messi and United Arab Emirates (UAE) star Ali Mabkhout to become the second-highest international goalscorer in the current list of active men’s footballers. Chhetri scored his 73rd and 74th international goals in India’s 2-0 win over Bangladesh. 

Indian football team captain Sunil Chhetri’s brace against Bangladesh in Doha, Qatar, on Monday (June 7) helped him etch his name in sport’s record book, going past Argentina and Barcelona’s talismanic striker Lionel Messi to become the second-highest international goalscorer in the world. After suffering a loss at the hands of reigning AFC Asian Champions Qatar, Chhetri-led Blue Tigers bounced back to winning ways by crushing Bangladesh 2-0 in their Group E fixture of the 2022 FIFA World Cup and 2023 AFC Asian Cup joint qualifiers at the Jassim Bin Hamad stadium. In the process, Chhetri has eclipsed Messi and United Arab Emirates (UAE) star Ali Mabkhout to become the second-highest international goalscorer in the current list of active men’s footballers. Chhetri scored his 73rd and 74th international goals in India’s 2-0 win over Bangladesh.  He's now got more than Messi! Sunil Chhetri's double earns the Blue Tigers a 2-0 win in #WCQ and moves him on to 74 international goals - above Lionel Messi and one off entering world football's all-time top 10 @chetrisunil11 | @IndianFootball pic.twitter.com/sCCd6BgS9H