SAFF Championship 2023: Sunil Chhetri scores hat-trick as India win 4-0 against Pakistan

India vs Pakistan, SAFF Championship 2023 Highlights: Chhetri hat-trick leads IND to 4-0 win.

Sunil Chhetri’s three goals helped India’s football team get off to the greatest possible start in the SAFF Championship, defeating Pakistan 4-0. Two of Chhetri’s goals were from penalties, and he took advantage of a blunder by Pakistan keeper Saqib Hanif to score his first of the night.

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Udanta Singh scored India’s fourth goal on a night when they trounced their arch-rivals, who had struggled to get to Bengaluru for the competition. After not receiving their visas on time, many members of the Pakistan team arrived just hours before kickoff.

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IND vs PAK Possible Playing XIs:

India Playing XI: Gurpreet Singh Sandhu (GK), Nikhil Poojary, Anwar Ali, Sandesh Jhingan, Akash Mishra, Jeakson Singh, Anirudh Thapa, Sahal Abdul Samad, Lallianzuala Chhangte, Sunil Chhetri, Naorem Mahesh Singh

Pakistan Playing XI: Yousuf Butt (GK), Mamoon Moosa Khan, Muhammad Sufyan Asif, Abdullah Iqbal, Ali Khan Niazi, Otis Khan, Ali Uzair Mahmood, Easah Suliman, Rahis Nabi, Harun Hamid, Hassan Bashir

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The referee blows the whistle, and India keeps a clean sheet for the seventh time in a row! Cordial handshakes between the two sides at the end of the game, and no spillover of the ugly scenes at the end of the first half. Another Chhetri hat-trick and a good finish towards the end from Udanta Singh give India a straightforward victory.