Amid uncertainties over ISL, footballers including Sunil Chhetri, Gurpreet Singh Sandhu and Sandesh Jhingan issued a joint statement urging that ISL be restarted. "Our anger, frustration, distress [have] been replaced by desperation...India needs its competitive football now more than ever," they said. "We've found ourselves in...dark tunnel for long. We could do with a little light," they added.