Indian football team's captain Sunil Chhetri was appreciative of the side's efforts after India lost to New Zealand in the semifinal of the 2019 World Cup.
India will take on Tajikistan on July 7 in the first game of the Intercontinental Cup. Syria and DPR Korea are the other two teams participating.
A technically superior Curacao defeated India, who will now play for a third-place play-off.
Indian men's football team captain Sunil Chhetri, as well as women footballers Aditi Chauhan and Dalima Chhibber joined in to wish the cricket team luck.
India has announced the 23-member squad for the King's Cup tournament in Thailand.
Igor Stimac earlier stated that Sunil Chhetri will have to fight for his spot like any other player in the team.
India's football team coach Igor Stimac has warned that players won't be selected on reputation.
The second edition of the Intercontinental Cup will take place in Ahmedabad. India are the defending champions.
The 51-year-old Stimac, who was part of Croatia's 1998 World Cup squad that finished third in France, was on Wednesday officially appointed as head coach of the Indian team.
Igor Stimac has selected a 37-member squad for the preparatory camp for King's Cup in Thailand.
Virat Kohli had invited Sunil Chhetri to the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, where RCB are training ahead of their IPL 2019 opener against CSK.
Bengaluru FC had lost last year's final to Chennaiyin FC and captain Sunil Chhetri was determined to win the ISL this year.
Alongside Gambhir and Chhetri, archer Bombayla Devi Laishram and Prashanti Singh got the fourth highest civilian honour.
The 34-year-old Padma Shri was Friday conferred the first ever Football Ratna honour by Football Delhi, the association governing the sport in the city.
Pujara, his national teammates Rohit Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah were nominated for the Sportsman of the Year (Team Sport) award, along with Indian football captain Sunil Chhetri.
Bengaluru FC have been dominant like last season, while defending champions Chennaiyin have been in woeful form, to say the least.
Chhetri, who himself turned into a vegan shared his equation with Kohli and said they are very much in touch. As Kohli is a football fan so most of their conversations involve the game and the fitness part.
Gautam Gambhir said that he wants to be a better human being while Sunil Chhetri said that he will be hungrier to perform even better.
The government conferred Padma awards to 112 people this year -- 4 Padma Vibushan, 14 Padma Bhushan and 94 Padma Shri.
The 40-year-old Spanish winger, a Champions League winner with Liverpool and who has also turned out for Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, called Chhetri a "special player".
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