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Afridi gets special retirement gift from Indian cricket team

Shahid Afridi and Virat Kohli showed a mutual respect for each other

By: Sarwar Alam

In a heartwarming show of sportsmanship and camaraderie, the Indian cricket team sent a special retirement gift to Shahid Afridi by presenting him a Virat Kohli shirt signed by all the players. A Pakistani journalist uploaded the shirt on which Kohli wrote: “Shahid Bhai, best wishes, always a pleasure playing against you”. The jersey — number 18 and VIRAT on it — had the signatures of Kohli, Ashish Nehra, Suresh Raina, Mohammed Shami, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ajinkya Rahane, Shikhar Dhawan, Ravichandran Ashwin, Hardik Pandya, among others. The 37-year-old Afridi bid adieu to his 21-year-old international career in February when…

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