Yesterday, Indian football legend Sunil Chhetri posted a video on social media where he appealed to the fans to come to the stadium to support the sport. Indian football team is currently playing in the Intercontinental Cup in Mumbai The video was further shared by Virat Kohli and he too asked the fans to make a note of appeal made by his good friend. Virat shared the clip and asked the fans to cheer for the players in the stadium.

He said that this will help in creating a sporting culture in India. Now joining the bandwagon is Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza. She not only retweeted Chhetri but also asked for tickets from him. She wrote, “Legend 💫 can I have tickets pls 😀🙌🏽.”

Chherti replied to her tweet and wrote, “Only if you promise to sort me out with some when you're playing next!”

In the 2 minutes 20-second long clip, Chhetri said, “ All the fans, who came out in Mumbai to support us...thank you. It means the world to us. But, I'm making this video, not for you guys, I'm going to speak, appeal and request all of you, who did not come. To everyone, who is not a football fan...please come and watch us. Two reasons...number one: it is the best game in the world and number two, we play for our country. We will make sure that once you come to watch us, you will not go the same person back home,” he said

“To all of you, who support big European clubs and support 'your' European club with so much passion and sometimes you feel that 'The level is not same and why waste your time?' Agreed. The level is not the same, not even close but with our desire and determination, we will make sure and try our best to make your time worth. 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,” said Chhetri.

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