By Taruka Srivastav

A “sleeping football giant which is now waking up slowly” is how former FIFA president Sepp Blatter described India during his trip in 2010 and it seems it’s starting to wake up.

Indian Super League (ISL) recorded record viewership this year and made ISL the second most watched sport after cricket in India. The icing on the cake is that the Indian national football team have recent officially entered the top 100, according to the Federation International de Football Association (FIFA) rankings of May 2017. They are ranked exactly on 100th position.

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Source: The Drum