New Delhi. When former Indian cricket team opener Gautam Gambhir and former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi come face to face on the field, the atmosphere is different. Both are currently playing in the Legends League Cricket (LLC 2023) Masters. Gambhir is captaining the India Maharaja team while Afridi is the captain of the Asia Lions team. The first match of the league took place between India Maharaja and Asia Lions where people’s eyes were more serious than the match and focused on Afridi. During this, Afridi’s heart ached for Gambhir, whose video is viral on social media.
In this ongoing T20 league in Doha, Asia Lions batting first scored 165 runs for 6 wickets. In response, the India Maharaja team was able to score only 156 runs and lost the match by 9 runs. During this, when Gautam Gambhir was batting, a ball from Abdul Razzaq hit the grill of Gambhir’s helmet. After which Afridi went to Gambhir and asked about his condition. Gambhir said in gestures that he is fine. This incident happened in the 12th over of the innings while chasing the target.
Gautam Gambhir played the captaincy innings
Gautam Gambhir played the captaincy innings on behalf of India Maharaja. Gambhir scored an inning of 54 runs in 39 balls with the help of 7 fours while Murali Vijay scored 25 runs. Mohammad Kaif scored 20 runs while Robin Uthappa was not allowed to open the account by Sohail Tanveer. Tanveer took the maximum 3 wickets from Asia Lions.
‘Big-hearted’ Shahid Afridi inquires if Gautam Gambhir is ok after that blow ❤️#cricket pic.twitter.com/EqEodDs52f
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Tags: Gautam Gambhir, Legends League Cricket, shahid afridi
FIRST PUBLISHED : March 11, 2023, 17:32 IST