Sunil Chhetri’s clarion call to football fans to head to the Mumbai Football Arena to watch India play in the Intercontinental Cup seems to have worked wonders. With hours to go before India face Kenya in their second match of the friendly tournament, the stadium has been sold out. There were quite a few empty pockets during India’s first match – a 5-0 thrashing of Chinese Taipei. But unlike them, the Kenyans may have to deal with afull house. The match also marks Chhetri’s 100th appearance for India. After their match against Chinese Taipei, Chhetri put out a heartfelt message to “all those that didn’t come” to watch the match.

Sunil Chhetri’s clarion call to football fans to head to the Mumbai Football Arena to watch India play in the Intercontinental Cup seems to have worked wonders. With hours to go before India face Kenya in their second match of the friendly tournament, the stadium has been sold out. There were quite a few empty pockets during India’s first match – a 5-0 thrashing of Chinese Taipei. But unlike them, the Kenyans may have to deal with afull house. The match also marks Chhetri’s 100th appearance for India. After their match against Chinese Taipei, Chhetri put out a heartfelt message to “all those that didn’t come” to watch the match.