As the Sri Kanteerava Stadium slowly emptied following Bengaluru FC's emphatic 3-1 victory over FC Goa, a commotion could be heard from the section directly above the player's tunnel. In the years gone by, the easy conclusion would have been that Sunil Chhetri was exiting the stadium. But on Thursday night, he was still on the pitch with a few of his teammates. Instead all the noise and excitement was for someone who just might be Chhetri's successor not just in the darker blue of BFC but in the Indian football team's version of the colour as well.
Over the years, Indian football has thrown up a number of wrong answers to the question 'who after Chhetri?'. Sivasakthi Narayanan might just be the right answer.
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