Sandesh Jhingan, Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, Sunil Chhetri and others hailed the Blue Tigers as the Indian football team drew the game against Qatar yesterday at Doha. The Indian team were playing without their regular captain Sunil Chhetri who was injured and did not feature in the final XI. The Indian defence stood tall as Qatar went on an attacking mode right from the start of the game. It was Gurpreet Singh Sandhu who walked away with the limelight as he left no stone unturned to stop every ball fired at the Indian goal-post. Sunil Chhetri-Less Indian Football Team Script a Historic Draw Against Qatar in FIFA World Cup 2022 Asian Qualifiers; Netizens Laud Goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu!

The last time the two teams faced each other, the Indian team lost the game by 6-0. The Indian fans did not expect this kind of a performance from the Blue Tigers. Post the game yesterday, Sandesh Jhingan, Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, Sunil Chhetri took to social media to hail the performance of the team. Check out the few tweets below:

Gurpreet Singh Sandhu

Sandesh Jhingan’s video

Sunil Chhetri who was not a part of the match also took to social media to hail the team.

With this, Indian clinched a single point on the Group E of the FIFA World Cup 2022 Qualifiers. After the game, Indian footballers celebrated their draw with the fans defender Sandesh Jhingan led the chants. The Indian fans also were quite elated with the result of the game.

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