A major disaster is happening in the World Cup. Australia defeated strong opponent Turkey 2-0. A lot of discussion is going on among Indian football fans as well as Indian football fans around the world about a particular footballer. His name is Nishan Velupillai. Indian-origin Nishan played on the main stage of this year’s World Cupwrote
Earlier, a player named Vikas Dhorasu played for France in the World Cup in Germany almost 20 years ago. Andhra Pradesh was the forefather of playing in the blue jersey of France. He was India’s sole representative on the biggest stage of world football. Nissan has now made it to the prestigious list. Nishan’s father is a Sri Lankan Tamil and his mother is an Anglo-Indian. He is a very familiar face in domestic Australian football and has played over 100 matches for Melbourne Victory. The 25-year-old attacker has been out of the Australian national team since 2024 and has scored in international matches against countries such as China and Indonesia.
However, Nishan could not play in the important match against Turkey from the beginning. to play He came on as a substitute in the 61st minute and mainly handled the defense. Australia scored their second goal after he came on. It may be noted that there are Indian blood ties with the players of four countries in this World Cup and Nishan is one of the closest among them. Türkiye, who qualified for the World Cup after 24 years, were considered strong in the match. The Turkish players dominated the match and fired 28 times at the Australian goal post but failed to score a single goal. Australia won the first match 2-0 and are well ahead of themselves in the next round.
