However the camaraderie of each the group’s avid gamers didn’t move neatly with former Republic of India opener Gautam Gambhir who stated the friendship will have to be honoured outdoor the stadium and avid gamers will have to have sport face at the ground.
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“When you play on the field for your national team, you must leave the friendship outside the boundary ropes. Game face hona zaroori hai. Dosti bahaar rehni chahiye. (It is important to have a game face. The friendship can remain outside during the match). There has to be an aggression in the eyes of both sets of players. You can be as friendly as you want after those six or seven hours of cricket,” Gambhir stated on Superstar Sports activities.
“Those hours are very important, because you’re not just representing yourself, you’re representing a nation of over a billion. These days you see players of rival teams patting each other on the back and exchanging fist bumps during a match. You would never see that a few years ago,” he added.
Reacting to Gambhir’s perspectives, former Pakistan participant Shahid Afridi thinks another way pronouncing avid gamers will have to ship out message of affection and appreciate.
“That is his thought. I think differently. We are cricketers and ambassadors as well, we all have fans across the globe. So it is better to send out message of love and respect. Yes there is aggression on the field, but there is life off the field as well,” he stated.
