I saw some cursory reporting about his following in India and reporting that he was the first player of Indian descent and/or the first of Sikh heritage too.
But I don’t have any idea how large his profile is there now he’s not a Bayern player. But Indian fans that I’ve known can be proper obsessive fans in their dedication to their sports’ heroes!
Edit: cursory google clears up that it’s not the first in the WC. There were players from the Netherlands and France who achieved that.
But apparently, again, subject to further scrutiny was the first player of Indian heritage in the Bundesliga.
But I don’t have any idea how large his profile is there now he’s not a Bayern player. But Indian fans that I’ve known can be proper obsessive fans in their dedication to their sports’ heroes!
Edit: cursory google clears up that it’s not the first in the WC. There were players from the Netherlands and France who achieved that.
But apparently, again, subject to further scrutiny was the first player of Indian heritage in the Bundesliga.