On Friday (March 10), the third version of the Legends League Cricket started in Doha with a match between Gautam Gambhir’s India Maharajas and Shahid Afridi’s Asia Lions. Despite Gambhir’s 39-ball 54, the Indian workforce misplaced the match by 9 runs, failing to chase down the goal of 166 runs and solely reaching 156 runs for the lack of eight wickets in 20 overs.
Here’s how followers reacted to Afridi and Gambhir’s handshake photograph –
Gautam Gambhir Vs Shahid Afridi workforce within the Legends League Cricket. pic.twitter.com/6RRqVlcoBW
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) March 10, 2023
Highest level in Gautam profession
— _ (@Abdullah2253241) March 10, 2023
Gambhir ne lagta hai acche se daba diya afridi ka hath _
— Gaurav Kalra (@daredevilgaurav) March 11, 2023
Gambhir’s face exhibits he is gonna do that subsequent pic.twitter.com/t0kD02oG86
— Rahul Anand (@rah2309) March 10, 2023
GG Reaction Belike -> _ pic.twitter.com/opysWiIoIa
— ______96_ (@Vinod96s) March 10, 2023
Attitude ho toh _ Gambhir jaisa bc, kohli toh chomu hai bc _
— ___ (@hrathod__) March 10, 2023
Gambhir least and afridi asusal pakistani asking for mortgage..lll
— Rajdeep Das (@rajdeeponline) March 10, 2023
Gambhir is reacting like a nai naveli Dulhan_
— Shubham Shekhar (@shubhamvishal93) March 10, 2023
Lol nonetheless lose after doing that a lot overacting ___
— shameer (@kaldekhenge_) March 10, 2023
Gambhir by no means disappoints __
— Tanmay (@Tanmay2118) March 10, 2023
__ Gauti bhai main by an Example across the World. Real GigaChad__ pic.twitter.com/6acjtN9Aca
— DJOKER__ (@AniketN_79) March 10, 2023
nonetheless this pic… ___ pic.twitter.com/3be4BlkZd5
— RK (@MahiGOAT07) March 10, 2023
Gambhir be like han bss ab hath chhod bhut hua tera
— Arman Ali skr (@SkrArman) March 10, 2023
Although many former gamers renewed their on-subject rivalry in the course of the match, a photograph of Gambhir and Afridi shaking palms in the course of the toss went viral on social media. Despite their historical past of animosity in the direction of one another, the photograph confirmed the 2 captains with large smiles on their faces, prompting followers to go loopy over their sudden camaraderie.
The Lions gained the toss and selected to bat first, with Misbah-ul-Haq’s 50-ball 73 and Upul Tharanga’s 40 from 39 balls serving to them submit a complete of 165 runs for the lack of six wickets. The India Maharajas seemed promising till Gambhir’s departure within the first ball of the 14th over, after which the workforce misplaced momentum and finally fell brief.
The Indian workforce should shortly recuperate from their defeat, as they face the World Giants of their subsequent match on the identical venue on Saturday (March 11).