Sunil Chhetri scored twice against Bangladesh on Monday evening at the Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha to ensure a 2-0 win for India in a 2022 World Cup and 2023 Asian Cup joint qualifiers.
He scored his 73rd and 74th international goals in the second half and in the process has gone past UAE’s Ali Mabkhout who has 73 goals to his name.
Cristiano Ronaldo has scored the most international goals (103) amongst active international goalscorers. Meanwhile, Lionel Messi has 72 international goals in 143 appearances for Argentina.
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Chhetri was in sublime form as he got on the end of a cross from Ashique Kuruniyan to head home in the 79th minute.