Sunil Chhetri’s camaraderie with Virat Kohli

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“Just being patriotic doesn’t mean that, you will overlook quality.” Sunil Chhetri delved into the reasons why fans opt for world football over Indian football.    Raj Shamani

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00:00But I enjoy watching Messi more.

00:01So when somebody has an option of watching Mbappe and Messi,

00:06why would he or she choose to watch ISL?

00:08Internet is a bloody king, some funny memes that he sends and I send him back.

00:30One thing which I found very exciting, I was talking to a sports lawyer a while ago

00:42and he gave me a stat.

00:43I don't know how true or wrong that is, but it got me thinking

00:46that the football finals in India, Argentina vs France,

00:53their viewership was higher than India vs Australia finals.

00:56But I don't understand why you're shocked.

01:00I didn't know this.

01:02But watching world football in India is more popular than watching Indian cricket.

01:10Because if you take out world Indian from Indian football or world football,

01:14just football and cricket or whatever, there is no competition any sport has

01:19when you compare to football.

01:20Even in India?

01:21Anywhere.

01:23So why do people not watch Indian football much?

01:27Because you have two hours, for example.

01:33And you want to consume something on telly or on phone.

01:37And you have an option of different things to consume.

01:40Wouldn't you pick the best quality as what you think?

01:43So when somebody has an option of watching Mbappe and Messi,

01:47why would he or she choose to watch ISL?

01:51And when I tell this to my boys, I said, don't feel bad.

01:54If even tomorrow you are there, imagine, and you go and you make yourself as a third person.

01:59You have only two hours in the day.

02:00You come back in the morning, you sit down, it's 7 o'clock.

02:04You have to consume something for two hours.

02:06You have this option.

02:07Premier League match is coming, Arsenal and Man City are playing.

02:10Tough game.

02:10Or you have this option, BFC and Hyderabad are playing.

02:14Unless you're a BFC fan or a Hyderabad fan or a genuine ISL fan,

02:18or you're the one who flips.

02:20A lot of players flip.

02:23If you are normal, then you would spend time watching World Cup.

02:28You're watching Messi.

02:29Just being patriotic doesn't mean that you will stop watching quality.

02:34It's not possible for a person.

02:36Who's your best player?

02:39Who do you idolize the most in the world?

02:42I love watching Messi more.

02:45But I idolize all of them, man.

02:46I learn so much from all of them.

02:48So, if you had to choose a Ronaldo versus Messi, you choose Messi.

02:56So, let me make it easy for you.

02:59Which player's playing style do you think matches you?

03:04Or the one you idolize in that sense?

03:07Ronaldo.

03:09That is what I want to know.

03:10Yeah, both of them are Ronaldo.

03:11That's the context.

03:12Yeah, I've learned and followed him a lot.

03:15And why do you say so?

03:16Give me a point.

03:17Because the hard work bit, the being disciplined bit.

03:22And I'm not saying Messi is not.

03:24But I have less knowledge about what Messi has done for it.

03:30Of Ronaldo, I've read more.

03:33I've seen more.

03:35And I love to follow him as a specimen.

03:37The way he works hard.

03:39But I enjoy watching Messi more.

03:41Virat is your friend, right?

03:42And Virat says you're one of the best football players he has seen or met.

03:46So, what do you guys talk?

03:49Like what are the casual conversations between two star players in different sports?

03:55Majority of the time is food.

03:57Funny memes.

03:59Internet is a bloody king.

04:00Some funny memes that he sends and I send him back.

04:03That's the majority.

04:04Okay.

04:05And few of the time…

04:08On sport only or like random?

04:10Kuch bhi jo hase.

04:13Dost ki hase is crazy, man.

04:16It infects you in a nice way.

04:19But few of the times we talk about life and the best thing about…

04:23And you know what?

04:24We don't meet very often.

04:26We talk very often.

04:27We talk like very often.

04:29But we don't meet.

04:30It's just we are in two different…

04:32But the best thing, the best conversations are the ones where I tell him something

04:36and he says I understand.

04:38And I know he understands.

04:39Because he's in a similar pattern.

04:42So, probably those are the top conversations.

04:44Seeing him let it go after the final was nice.

04:49Yeah.

04:50Because I genuinely like him.

04:52He's a good dude, man.

04:53He's a nice guy.

04:54He's genuinely a nice guy.

04:56And I'm pretty sure a lot of people will probably never get to know that part of him.

05:00And he's amazingly funny.

05:02He will crack you up.

05:05He will…

05:06He's funny apart from the fact all the other great things he is.

05:10I think he's a good guy.

05:14Which nowadays is very…

05:16Difficult.

05:17Yeah.

05:17It's rare.

05:18And he's funny.

05:19And some way our upbringing is the same.

05:21We came from the same place.

05:23We had similar dreams.

05:25We just chose two different sports.

05:27And probably in some kind of a similar situation.

05:30And that's why probably we connect.

05:31I think maybe it's him or me.

05:33I said if we can publish what we talk on WhatsApp, it'll break the internet.

05:39Yeah.

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