Updated On: 26 March, 2024 07:25 AM IST | Guwahati | PTI
On the eve of his 150th match for India v Afghanistan, Sunil reveals he started off as a mischievous youngster but experience made him calm over the years

India’s Sunil Chhetri during the match against Uzbekistan at Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium in Doha last week. Pic/Getty Images
Sunil Chhetri did not need anyone to tutor him on what he had to do on a football pitch but the same can’t be said of the talismanic Indian striker when it came to things he was not supposed to do as a player in his early days.
That’s where the role of Sukhwinder Singh, the former India player and Chhetri’s first coach in international football, assumed significance.