The legendary Sunil Chhetri etched his name in the Indian Super League (ISL) record books on Saturday, becoming the oldest player to score a hat-trick in the league's history as he powered Bengaluru FC to a commanding 4-2 victory over Kerala Blasters.
At 40 years and 126 days, Chhetri became the oldest hat-trick scorer in the ISL history, surpassing Bartholomew Ogbeche who did it for Hyderabad FC against FC Goa at 38 years and 96 days old in January 2023.
The former India captain, who retired from international football earlier this year, struck in the 8th, 73rd and 90+8 minutes, while Ryan Williams scored the other goal for the Blues in the 38th minute.
The story "ISL 2024: Chhetri becomes oldest ISL hat-trick scorer in Bengaluru's win" has 618 words across 28 sentences, which will take approximately 3 - 6 minutes for the average person to read.
Which news outlet covered this story?
The story "ISL 2024: Chhetri becomes oldest ISL hat-trick scorer in Bengaluru's win" was covered 2 weeks ago by Business Standard, a news publisher based in India.
How trustworthy is 'Business Standard' news outlet?
Business Standard is a fully independent (privately-owned) news outlet established in 1975 that covers mostly business and finance news.
The outlet is headquartered in India and publishes an average of 239 news stories per day.
It's most recent story was published 2 hours ago.
What do people currently think of this news story?
The sentiment for this story is currently Positive, indicating that people regard this as "good news".
How do I report this news for inaccuracy?
You can report an inaccurate news publication to us via our contact page. Please also include the news #ID number and the URL to this story.
