India captain Sunil Chhetri, the country's most prolific scorer, will retire from international football after the World Cup qualifier against Kuwait on June 6, the 39-year-old announced on Thursday. Chhetri has been the face of Indian soccer for nearly a decade-and-half and his 94 international goals make him the third-highest active international goalscorer after Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. "It was not that I was feeling tired," Chhetri said in a video he posted on social media.
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Sunil Chhetri has said India's World Cup qualification match against Kuwait will be his last game.