Sunil Chhetri announces pregnancy with goal celebration at Intercontinental Cup

Football
Published 12.06.2023
Sunil Chhetri announces pregnancy with goal celebration at Intercontinental Cup
Sunil Chhetri dedicates the goal he scored against Vanuatu in the Intercontinental Cup to his wife.

Sunil Chhetri dedicates the objective he scored in opposition to Vanuatu within the Intercontinental Cup to his spouse.
| Photo Credit: Hotstar

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Sunil Chhetri dedicates the objective he scored in opposition to Vanuatu within the Intercontinental Cup to his spouse.
| Photo Credit: Hotstar

Indian captain Sunil Chhetri scored the profitable objective within the Intercontinental Cup sport in opposition to Vanuatu on Monday and celebrated the objective with an ode to his spouse Sonam, who was watching from the stands.

“Me and my wife are expecting a baby, this is how she wanted me to announce – it’s for her and the baby. I just hope we got all the blessings and wishes,” Chhetri mentioned within the post-match interview.

The objective in opposition to the staff from the South Pacific ocean was his 86th for India. He is at the moment third within the record of lively worldwide objective scorers, behind Cristiano Rolando (122) and Lionel Messi (102).

The skipper celebrated in entrance of his onlooking spouse, with the ball nestled in his jersey, as an indication that the couple had been anticipating a baby. The celebration, which has grow to be frequent in soccer matches around the globe as an indication of saying the news of the being pregnant to the followers.