India's wonder boy Sunil Chhetri brought the curtains down on his storied career in the last game. India drew the match against Kuwait as their World Cup qualification took a massive hit and now they will have to beat Qatar to qualify.
Gurpreet remembers a ceremony in Chandigarh in 2015 where Milkha gave away an award to him.
Qatar's top wing-back Abdelkarim Hassan told Sandhu after the match that he was good to play in the English Premier League, said an All India Football Association (AIFF) press release on Friday.
India may have suffered a bigger defeat had it not been for Sandhu, who pulled off as many as nine saves in the group E match.
According to him, he has performed his best, surprisingly, in a 0-4 loss to Iran in a 2018 World Cup qualifier at a packed Azadi Stadium in Tehran, and during a match against China in China.
The Indian men's team is set to play two international friendlies -- against Oman on March 25 and the United Arab Emirates on March 29 in Dubai.
The three-day online goalkeeping course will kick-off on October 2.
This is the first time Gurpreet has received the award, and in the process he became the second goalkeeper after Subrata Paul in 2009 to be named the AIFF Player of the Year.
India's no.1 goalkeeper remembers how coach Igor Stimac stirred national team to historic 0-0 draw against Qatar in FIFA World Cup qualifiers last year
Indian goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu talked about the challenges while playing abroad.
Gurpreet's admission comes close on the heels of ‘Ironman' Sandesh Jhingan's plans wherein he had divulged his intent of publishing his first book in an earlier interview on the-aiff.com.
Sandhu, who has been in Sydney since the nationwide lockdown was announced, is training with former AC Milan keeper Zeljko Kalac.
Indian goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu has said that he considers Subrata Paul as 'one of his role models'.
Gurpreet has been in Australia for almost a month now and with India observing a 21-day lockdown from March 25, the 28-year-old has no idea about his duration of stay Down Under.
India's U-17 women's football team will take on Sweden in the final of the three-nation tournament later today.
Qatar enjoyed 63% possession and had 13 shots on target but Gurpreet was unbeatable.
Following a heartbreaking loss against Oman in Guwahati five days ago, the draw earned the Blue Tigers their first point in the ongoing qualifiers.
The last time the two teams faced off was in a friendly game in December 2018 where the match ended in a goalless draw in Abu Dhabi.
Gurpreet is the fourth goalkeeper since its inception to have been named for Arjuna Award, the previous ones being Subrata Paul (2016), Brahmanand Sankhwalkar (1997) and the late Peter Thangaraj (1967).
This is the second time the federation has nominated Gurpreet Singh Sandhu and Jeje Lalpekhlua.
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