Sunil Chhetri recently surpassed Wayne Rooney to become the fourth highest active goalscorer in international football when he netted his 54th goal for India earlier this month in a 1-0 win over the Kyrgyz Republic in a third-round game in the 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers.
Gujarat Lions co-owner Keshav Bansal took to Twitter on Monday, albeit a bit late, to congratulate Chhetri on his record-breaking achievement. However, he ended up tweeting about the footballer being the fourth highest scorer in ‘runs’. Realising his mistake, later on, of course, he deleted that tweet.
His tweet read: “Let’s take a moment to talk about @chetrisunil11, the Indian footballer who has been ranked 4th in the world for scoring the highest runs.”
On 13th June, India beat Kyrgyzstan by a solitary goal, scored by captain Chhetri in the AFC Asian Cup Qualifier in Bangalore. It was in the 69th minute that Chhetri broke the deadlock with a brilliant goal on the half-volley. His goal took him past Manchester United striker Rooney to sit fourth behind Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Clint Dempsey in the list of active international players with most goals.
While this might have been an honest, naive mistake on the part of Bansal, the Twitteratti was not impressed at all and shredded him apart. Some mocked him for his ignorance while others trolled him mercilessly. Soon, there were several memes circulating through social media platforms, trolling Bansal.
Here are some of the best tweets that we rolled out regarding the incident:
