Twitter Erupts In Joy As Sunil Chhetri And Team Beat Kenya To Lift The Intercontinental Cup

A jampacked Mumbai Football Arena witnessed a historic moment in Indian football as skipper Sunil Chhetri and team thrashed Kenya 2-0, to lift the Intercontinental Cup. The 33-year-old Chhetri, who seems to age like wine, led by example to score a brace in the summit clash. The prolific striker found the net in the 8th and the 29th minute of the match to end his fairytale display in the tournament in style.

With his double, Sunil Chhetri has now equalled Argentine wonderboy Lionel Messi’s tally of 64 international goals and sits as the joint second-highest active international scorers in the world.

Sunil is second to Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal who has a whopping 81 goals to his name.

India’s victory led to wild celebrations from the home crowd along with the players, and the scene was one to remember for a lifetime. The players marched towards the ecstatic fans to start the trademark ‘viking clap’ celebration and got an equally overwhelming response from them.

Quite expectedly, the hullabaloo did not stay restricted to the field only. Twitter has been flooded with wishes for the ‘Blue Pilgrims’ with the country sensing a revolution in Indian football.

Cricketers expressed their joy

Splendid performance from the #MenInBlue. Keep it up, @chetrisunil11 and the @IndianFootball team. You guys totally deserved this victory. Our support will always continue to be with you. #INDvKEN pic.twitter.com/JxKYVlF8Ej

— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) June 10, 2018

Congratulations to the @IndianFootball team on winning the #IntercontinentalCup finals.@chetrisunil11 led by example and this win will go a long way in helping the popularity of the sport.#INDvKEN pic.twitter.com/3DiqMjUbL1

— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) June 10, 2018

A very special win! Congratulations, @IndianFootball team on beating Kenya and lifting the #IntercontinentalCup2018. @chetrisunil11, you were phenomenal throughout the competition. Well done. pic.twitter.com/TYBYhh5Hnx

— Suresh Raina🇮🇳 (@ImRaina) June 10, 2018

The support was unreal

Congratulations India on winning the #IntercontinentalCup in style. The captain @chetrisunil11 led from the front in style @IndianFootball #INDvKEN pic.twitter.com/eyKzdwt7yN

— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) June 10, 2018

Thank you @chetrisunil11 for giving the country so much to cherish. You were inspirational and I am sure this #IntercontinentalCup victory will help in ensuring that you guys play in a jam packed stadium . Congratulations @IndianFootball #INDvKEN pic.twitter.com/WADgZEd5rl

— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) June 10, 2018

GOOSEBUMPS. We are witnessing a revolution in @IndianFootball. The scenes in the Stadium are surreal. Thank you @chetrisunil11 and Team for making us proud. Onwards and Upwards from here. My favourite moment of this #HeroIntercontinentalCup has to be this ❤️ #INDvKEN pic.twitter.com/OQMbTrf7c1

— Siddharth Kaul (@Sidda79_KauL) June 10, 2018

The greatest players are the quickest thinkers – @chetrisunil11 take a bow (again) #INDvKEN pic.twitter.com/M80QKntrXT

— Joe Morrison (@joefooty) June 10, 2018

Yeahhhh Team @IndianFootball 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽🏆🏆🏆 well done boys .. @chetrisunil11

— Sania Mirza (@MirzaSania) June 10, 2018

Here are a few from the ministers

What a wonderful day for @IndianFootball team and the fans across nation. India defeated Kenya 2-0 to lift the #IntercontinentalCup. Captain @ChetriSunil11 led from front brilliantly again. Well done team👏. India 🇮🇳 is Proud of you all. #INDvKEN pic.twitter.com/iyjfV7n9bh

— Col Rajyavardhan Rathore (@Ra_THORe) June 10, 2018

Congratulations captain #SunilChhetri n #IndianFootballTeam for the magnificent victory at the #IntercontinentalCup2018 final.We are so proud of you!
Special Congrats for @chetrisunil11 on becoming the joint second highest international goal scorer along with #Messi. #BackTheBlue pic.twitter.com/sffdf5dLKg

— Ashok Gehlot (@ashokgehlot51) June 10, 2018

Work silently… let success make all the noise!

Dear @chetrisunil11 ✌🏻Thank you for giving out country a new sports role model. #INDvKEN #sunilchhetri pic.twitter.com/UuOHwPiMKU

— Manjinder Singh Sirsa (@mssirsa) June 10, 2018

Even Mamata Banerjee could not stop herself from tweeting

Congratulations captain Sunil Chhetri @chetrisunil11 and the Indian team @IndianFootball for their wonderful victory at the Intercontinental Cup final. We are all proud of you

— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) June 10, 2018

India is no more a minnow football team. Congrats @IndianFootball for winning Intercontinental Cup 2018 & @chetrisunil11 for equalling Messi's record of 64 goals in international matches!!! Proud moment for every Indian🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/VdfcPFZ7TC

— Kiren Rijiju (@KirenRijiju) June 10, 2018

Congratulations to @ChetriSunil11 & the @IndianFootball Team for a brilliant performance throughout the #HeroIntercontinentalCup & for emerging victorious in the tournament. This is an iconic moment in the history of Indian Football. You've made the entire nation proud. #INDvKEN pic.twitter.com/fKZZhEGbGf

— R. K. Singh (@RajKSinghIndia) June 10, 2018

Bollywood hailed the ‘Men in Blue’

Congrats @IndianFootball for winning the #IntercontinentalCup. @chetrisunil11 is a great youth icon who gave the impetus to generate packed stadiums in this tournament. Special mention of our super stud goalie Gurpreet. Football has finally arrived in India. #INDvKEN #BackTheBlue

— Ayushmann Khurrana (@ayushmannk) June 10, 2018

Wow congratulation @chetrisunil11 this is a great honour for our country my friend may u keep inspiring https://t.co/2SJI6YCZh3

— Varun Dhawan (@Varun_dvn) June 10, 2018

Way to finish off the tournament, TEAM INDIA 🇮🇳 !! Congratulations on winning the Intercontinental Cup 2018… The whole nation applauds the performance you put up tonight !! #BackTheBlue @IndianFootball #INDvKEN @chetrisunil11

— arjunk26 (@arjunk26) June 10, 2018

A few more

Fantastic! What a proud moment ! A bloodrush and goosebumps! Congratulations @IndianFootball @chetrisunil11 Innndiiiiiiiiaaaaaaa Indiaaaaa!!!!!🇮🇳👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 pic.twitter.com/6y0c7hynty

— Raveena Tandon (@TandonRaveena) June 10, 2018

Mighty congratulations to the @IndianFootball team on winning the #IntercontinentalCup against Kenya! We are all so proud of you! Kudos to @chetrisunil11 for his incredible game & for becoming the 2nd highest active goal scorer! ⚽ Jai Hind! 🇮🇳🏆#INDvKEN #MenInBlue #BackTheBlue pic.twitter.com/hLrynV0ipn

— Vivek Anand Oberoi (@vivekoberoi) June 10, 2018

So proud of our boys. Congratulations team India, and thank you our boys in blue for winning us the Intercontinental cup 2018 #INDvKEN @IndianFootball @chetrisunil11 🇮🇳⚽️

— Esha Gupta (@eshagupta2811) June 10, 2018

So proud of the boys in blue! Took it all the way ! @chetrisunil11 leading from the front and bringing glory to @IndianFootball ! Brilliant ! ⚽️🏆 #Champions #JaiHind 💪🏾🇮🇳 #INDvKEN

— Ranveer Singh (@RanveerOfficial) June 10, 2018

Undoubtedly, one of the most epic moments in Indian football history and we sincerely hope for the boys to bring many more trophies home! With you team, always.