India send Afridi heart-warming farewell gift

A Virat Kohli shirt with signatures from the entire team sent to flamboyant all-rounder

The rivalry between Pakistan and India is massive and whenever the two teams get on the pitch against each other, a billion and more hold their breaths in anticipation of a fiery encounter.

Tempers flare, trumpets blow, the war cry is heard as both sets of players get into war-mode.

While both teams might be sworn enemies on the pitch, they are quite friendly off it and have a lot of mutual respect for each other.

This show of respect was made all the more evident when the Indian cricket team sent a heart-warming gift for all-rounder Shahid Afridi when one of Pakistan’s greatest ever players decided to retire from the sport.

In order to show their respect to the retiring all-rounder, they sent a shirt with ‘To Shahid Bhai, best wishes, always a pleasure playing against you’ scribbled in India captain Virat Kohli’s handwriting in addition to signatures from the entire Indian team.

Virat Kohli's shirt, signed by Indian team, for Shahid Afridi, with a message "always a pleasure playing against you." pic.twitter.com/KexlCjTNeZ

— Faizan Lakhani (@faizanlakhani) April 15, 2017

Now isn’t that a gesture worth respecting?