To Shahidbhai, with love from Virat Kohli and Co!

Despite the political tensions between India and Pakistan affecting bilateral cricket, there is no love lost among the players and this time it is the Indian team which presented a Virat Kohli shirt, signed by all the players, to former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi on his retirement from international cricket

Virat Kohli

New Delhi: Despite the political tensions between India and Pakistan affecting bilateral cricket, there is no love lost among the players and this time it is the Indian team which presented a Virat Kohli shirt, signed by all the players, to former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi on his retirement from international cricket.

Shahid Afridi

"To Shahid Bhai, best wishes, always a pleasure playing against you," India skipper Kohli wrote on the shirt. A Pakistani journalist recently posted this picture (right) of the jersey on Twitter.

Virat Kohli's T-shirt

The jersey had the signatures of Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Ashish Nehra, Jasprit Bumrah, Suresh Raina, Pawan Negi, Mohammed Shami, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ajinkya Rahane, Shikhar Dhawan, Ravichandran Ashwin, Hardik Pandya and former Team director Ravi Shastri. Afridi was recently announced as one of eight Champion Ambassadors, along with India’s Harbhajan Singh for the International Cricket Council (ICC) Champions Trophy, to be held in the United Kingdom from June 1.

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