For football fans in India, an important part of watching the Indian Super League is also about looking out for the next Sunil Chhetri. As ...
For football fans in India, an important part of watching the Indian Super League is also about looking out for the next Sunil Chhetri. As the aging Indian captain continues to go strong season after season, the lack of an able replacement becomes even more apparent.
In the 2019-’20 campaign, only 24% of the total goals were scored by Indian players and the trend seems to be continuing in the new season as well. Out of the 64 goals scored, only 14 have been scored by Indian players. Once again, only Chhetri finds himself among the top ten scorers in the league and remains the only Indian player to score more than once.
With coaches preferring foreign players for the centre forward role, Indian goalscorers have been few and far between.
However, it’s not all doom and gloom for attack-minded Indian players in the ISL this season. Local players dominate the assists leaderboard and nine out of the top ten assist-providers this season are Indians.
It’s still early days in the season, but the development which seems to be a continuation of the trend from last season is quite encouraging for Indian football.
Top ten assist-makers in 2020-21 ISL
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