Virat Kohli and team India showers love on Shahid Afridi on his retirement

Cricket matches between teams India and Pakistan have always been jumpy affairs. However, when it comes to off-court friendships, it is well known that the cricketers of both nations have been more than cordial with each other. 

In attempt to honour the bond, when Pakistan's former captain Shahid Afridi announced his retirement from all formats of international cricket, team India decided to send him a thoughtful retirement gift on his last official day. 

A Virat Kohli jersey, signed by players of the Indian cricket team, was gifted to Afridi earlier and has come to light on social media after the latter’s retirement earlier this year.
The image of the shirt was recently posted on Twitter by a Pakistani journalist. The shirt was signed by Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Ashish Nehra, Jasprit Bumrah, Suresh Raina, Pawan Negi, Mohammed Shami, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ajinkya Rahane, Shikhar Dhawan, R Ashwin, Hardik Pandya, and former coach Ravi Shastri. The shirt has a message in Kohli’s handwriting which says, “To Shahid Bhai, best wishes, always a pleasure playing against you.”

Afridi's  retirement at the age of 36 brought an end to a 21-year international career during which he played 27 Tests, 398 ODIs and 98 T20I matches.