Sagar Chhetri
Gangtok, Jan 10
Two Skillful Sikkimese footballers are in the squad of India U-16 Boys for Tri-National Tournament at Dubai. Evan Thapa and Kushang Subba are already in Dubai with U-16 national team for the tournament. Both hails from Gangtok and are the products of Boys Club, Gangtok.
Evan Thapa has also played for the national team in the first match against UAE, which was ended 3-3 draw. After the first match, in his Facebook post Evan posted ‘It was a great #experience playing against a reputated team #uaenationalteam …as a #indian it’s a proud moment for me! We played and we got a draw 3-3’.
Now the national team will be playing against Saudi Arabia on 12 January and another friendly match against UAE on 15 January.
Boys Club, Gangtok official have expressed their happiness on Evan and Kushang for being the part of the national team and expressed their best wish to duo and the national team.