Two of essentially the most fierce opponents on the sphere, Gautam Gambhir and Shahid Afridi squared off in opposition to one another as soon as once more within the Legends League Cricket T20 match between India Maharajas and Asia Lions. Whenever the names of Gambhir and Afride are taken in the identical sentence, most of the time, bitter reminiscences are relived of the 2 cricketing stalwarts’ clashes on the sphere throughout their energetic days as cricketers. However, on Friday, a heartwarming second was witnessed on the sphere, with Afridi checking Gambhir’s well-being.

It was the twelfth over of India’s batting, with Gambhir on the strike. On the bowling of Abdul Razzaq, Gambhir tried to hit the ball in direction of the fine-leg boundary, however the ball hit the sting of his bat and hit him on the helmet. Though there was no critical harm accomplished, Afridi went as much as Gambhir and requested him if the whole lot was alright earlier than continuing with the match.

The video of the incident has extensively been shared on social media, with Afridi’s gesture successful the hearts of the followers.

‘Big-hearted’ Shahid Afridi inquires if Gautam Gambhir is okay after that blow #Cricket pic.twitter.com/EqEodDs52f

— Cricket Pakistan (@cricketpakcompk) March 10, 2023

As for the match, it was the Asia Lions workforce that emerged triumphant, beating India Maharajas by 9 runs, having put a complete of 165 runs on the board whereas batting first.

Upul Tharanga (40) and Misbah-ul-Haq (73) have been the top-scoring batters for the Asia aspect whereas Stuart Binny and Parvinder Awana picked up two wickets every for the Indian aspect.

Chasing the stiff goal, India misplaced the opening batter Robin Uthappa early for a duck however Gautam Gambhir stayed put, scoring 54 runs off 39 balls. However, not one of the different Indian batters managed to step up and the workforce misplaced fell in need of the Lions’ complete by 9 runs.

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