Virat Kohli Supports Sunil Chhetri, Wants Fans to Cheer for Indian Football Team in the Stadium
The Indian cricket team captain said we need to make India a collective sporting nation.
Indian football team captain Sunil Chhetri, who urged people to come to stadiums to watch the sport, has found support from Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli. Chhetri in a video message had appealed to people to show their support for the Indian football. “To all of you, who have lost hope and do not have any hope in Indian football, I request you to come and watch us in the stadiums. It is not fun to criticise or abuse on the internet. Come to the stadium, do it on our face, scream at us, shout at us, abuse us and who knows, one day we might change you guys. You might start cheering for us,” Chhetri had said in the video message.
Kohli has now posted a similar video message and backed Chhetri’s appeal. “Please take notice of my good friend and Indian football skipper @chetrisunil11’s post and please make an effort,” read the caption of the video message. Sunil Chhetri 3rd Best Active International Goal Scorer Behind Ronaldo, Messi; Becomes Only Indian to do so.
Kohli urged fans to watch Indian football team play in the stadium. “In support of what my good friend and Indian captain Sunil Chhetri posted sometime back, I want to request everyone to go and watch Indian football play. Anyone who loves any kind of sport, go and cheer for the team in the stadiums because they are working hard, they are a talented team and I have seen these players evolve and learn over the last few seasons and get so much better at their game,” he said.
“This also will go down a long way in contributing towards creating a sporting culture which is the vision for all of us in the country. And we want to be called a proud sporting nation, we need to accept and support all sports equally. Because tomorrow you never know your children might be playing sports as well and they might need support from people coming and watching them play,” Kohli added.
The Indian cricket team captain said we need to make India a collective sporting nation. He further added: “so have compassion and think of how much it can contribute to the players and in turn contribute to the nation because they are very proud of that. So I want to urge everyone to go there and see them play and support all of them. Because eventually, we are all striving forward for the nation and we need to make this a collective sporting nation and your contribution will be massive. So please support them and go watch them play. I wish them all the very best. Thank you!”
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