Indian national team captain Sunil Chhetri has slammed India’s football calendar that has given more importance to the Indian Super League (ISL) than the country’s 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.
Chhetri, who became the first Indian to score a hattrick for Mumbai City FC in ISL, said it was “unheard of” that a league was running simultaneously when the country was playing World Cup matches.
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