The Indian football team won a remarkable 4-1 win over Thailand in their AFC Asian Cup 2019 opener to go atop in Group A.It was also India’s first win in an Asian Cup match since June 1964.

Sunil Chhetri scored two goals;with  67th goal of his international career he overhauled Argentine skipper Lionel Messi to become the second-highest scorer among active footballers after Cristiano Ronaldo.

Taking part in their fourth Asian Cup, this was India’s third win in 11 matches. The country won two matches and lost one in the 1964 edition in Israel, competed by just four countries, then lost three and drawn one in 1984 and were beaten in all their three group matches in 2011.