Guess Who? Pakistani Cricketer Recalls Holi Celebrations From 1987 India's Tour

Sports presenter, Gautam Bhimani shared a throwback image of Holi celebrations with a Pakistani player. Can you guess who the player is?

Image: Twitter/@gbhimani

India vs Pakistan has been a fixture which has inspired a lot of generations. Recently, the Pakistani media reported that there’s a possibility of a short T20I series between India and Pakistan in 2021 amid relaxed situations at the LoC. If this series takes place, then it will be the first series in over eight years played between the two countries. However, the political situation might be between the two countries, the players from both the nations have shared a friendly bond regardless. This display of affection keeps popping out time and again on social media. Recently, Sports presenter Gautam Bhimani shared an old image when he celebrated Holi in Mumbai’s Taj Hotel.

Bhimani took to Twitter to share this image. He wrote: “My favourite cricketing #Holi memory! The Indian and Pakistani teams playing Holi in the pool of @TajWestEnd”

Here is the tweet that he shared:

As you must have guessed from the caption, the cricketer is a young and lean, Pakistani fast-bowler Wasim Akram. This picture was taken when Pakistan team came for a tour of India in 1897. The entire team played Holi in the swimming-pool area of Mumbai’s iconic Taj Hotel. It was apparently, the first time Gautam Bhimani met Wasim Akram.

Wasim Akram also shared this picture on his Twitter time-line:

While the entire country is celebrating Holi on Monday, a lot of Pakistani ex-cricketers and sports personalities have shared their Holi wishes on various social media pages:

As the relations between India and Pakistan are looking to improve and there’s some communication between the two Prime Ministers, there’s hope also of cricket returning back between India and Pakistan.