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#1 Gurpreet Singh Sandhu (Readers’ Ranking – 1st)
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Average Score – 10
This was expected, wasn’t it? Gurpreet is the only Indian playing in a first division league in Europe and he is carrying the Indian flag high. Gurpreet hasn’t featured regularly for Stabaek in Norway, but the experience that it has given him is visible whenever he plays for the national team.
He even took the captain’s armband from Sunil Chhetri for the friendly against Puerto Rico.
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The SAFF Cup final was Gurpreet’s best performance for the country in 2016. He made some terrific saves to deny the Afghan attackers when they were rampant in the game. That helped India stay in the contest until Chhetri and Jeje ensured that the trophy would remain in India for a little while longer.
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