Team India special gift for Shahid Afridi

Whether it is politics or sports, Pakistan and India tend to share a flaring rivalry. However, no matter how tense the relationships turns the cricketers of both sides remains cordial.

As a tribute to this friendship, Indian cricket team led by Virat Kohli presented Shahid Afridi, who retired earlier this year, with a Kohli ODI jersey with signatures of Team India members on the back of it.

The ODI jersey, with number 18 and name 'VIRAT' printed on it, carried a message "always a pleasure playing against you."

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

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It featured the signatures of the Indian ODI skipper, alongside Yuvraj Singh, Ashish Nehra, Jasprit Bumrah, Suresh Raina, Pawan Negi, Mohammed Shami, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ajinkya Rahane, Shikhar Dhawan, R. Ashwin, Hardik Pandya, also including former coach and captain Ravi Shastri, among others.

The star all-rounder bid goodbye to his 21-year-old international career in February when he announced his retirement from the T20 version of cricket.

Afridi was also recently named one of the Champion Ambassadors for the Champions Trophy to be held in the United Kingdom from June 1 to 18.