At 38, Sunil Chhetri is still going strong. The India captain scored the fourth hat-trick of his international career to lead his side to a 4-0 victory against Pakistan in the SAFF Championship here yesterday. Chhetri now has 90 goals from 138 matches for India.

Though never short on motivation, Chhetri said playing against Pakistan always brings out the best in him. “It’s by default, just the sense of anyone but them,” Chettri said. “Maybe it’s ingrained in our upbringing as Indians and I’m pretty sure they will say the same thing. The fact that we don’t want to lose against them comes in,” he added.