Asian Football Confederation conducted the poll on their official Instagram handle to select the fan’s favourite player of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. Sunil Chhetri beat striker Eldor Shomurodov 51-49 in a tightly contested poll.

Chhetri recently completed 15 years at the international football. He represented Indian football team for 115 matches and scored 72 goals. He made his debut for Blue Tigers against Pakistan in Quetta on June 12, 2005.

He is the second-highest goalscorer in international football among the active footballers, behind Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo and above Argentina’s maestro Lionel Messi.

In a recent interview the Indian footballer was fielded the same and he said that: “I am enjoying my football and am not going away anytime soon.”

“I am fortunate to have played 15 years for my country. It is a dream, 3-4 years more probably and it will be (nearly) 20 years. Who would have thought to play 20 years and so I am living on my dream,” he added.

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Over 35 lakh people across 28 of the state’s 33 districts are now affected due to flooding, an official bulletin said July 17.

“The whole country is with Assam. People of Assam are battling this problem with their courageous nature and will overcome this disaster,” Gandhi said in a tweet in Hindi.

He also appealed to Congress workers to extend all possible help to those affected by the deluge.

The total number of people losing their lives in this year’sflood and landslides in the state has gone up to 102. While 76 people died inflood-related incidents, 26 were killed in landslides.

At the same time, Indian football team captain Sunil Chhetri also called for the immediate attention and assistance to the flood-hit areas of Assam.

Seeking to draw the country’s attention to the disaster that has hit the state amid Covid-19 pandemic, Chhetri wrote on twitter handle, “Along with the prayers, Assam needs as much attention and help as possible to recover from the flood it is under.”The ace footballer is one of the first from the sporting fraternity to raise the concerns around the floods in Assam. 

Along with the prayers, Assam needs as much attention and help as possible to recover from the floods it is under.
There’s been considerable loss of life – both man and animal , and I can only sincerely hope that the numbers don’t rise. #AssamFloods

— Sunil Chhetri (@chetrisunil11) July 17, 2020

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