As the Indian team gears themselves up for a tough challenge in the form of next year’s 2019 AFC Asian Cup, skipper Sunil Chhetri released a heart-touching video where he appealed to fans to come and show their support at the Mumbai Football Arena in the ongoing Intercontinental Cup.

“In support of what my good friend and Indian captain Sunil Chhetri posted sometime back, I want to request everyone to go and watch the Indian football team play. Anyone who loves any kind of sport, go and cheer for the team in the stadiums because they are working hard, they are a talented team and I have seen these players evolve and learn over the last few seasons and get so much better at their game,” Kohli said in the video.

“This also will go down a long way in contributing towards creating a sporting culture that is the vision for all of us in the country. And we want to be called a proud sporting nation, we need to accept and support all the sports equally. Because tomorrow you never know your children might be playing sports as well and they might need support from people coming and watching them play. So have compassion and think of how much it can contribute to the players and in turn contribute to the nation because they are representing our country and are very proud of that.

"So I want to urge everyone to go there and see them play and support all of them. Because eventually, we are all striving forward for the nation and we need to make this a collective sporting nation and your contribution will be massive. So please go and support them and watch them play. I wish them all the very best. Thank you,” Kohli concluded.