Twitter accolades Yuzvendra Chahal for tying Usman Khan's shoelace

There is a war like situation among the fans whenever India and Pakistan meet on the field. The banters have increased even more ever since Pakistan defeated their arch-rivals famously in the Champions Trophy final last year. But all these things don’t affect the players as they are friends off the field and enjoy their time together laughing and smiling. A similar kind of gesture was visible on the field in Dubai yesterday when Yuzvendra Chahal tied Usman Khan‘s shoelace who was struggling to run.

India were in a dominant position at that time thanks to some exceptional bowling performance from them. The noose was tightened by the fast bowlers from the word go and the pressure never relented on Pakistan. Fakhar Zaman and Imam-ul-Haq failed to deliver and the onus was on the middle-order to deliver. But apart from the partnership between Shoaib Malik and Babar Azam, there was nothing for Pakistan as they crumbled to 162 in the 44th over.

When did the incident happen?

The heart-winning incident took place in the 43rd over of Pakistan’s innings when the last pair of Usman Khan and Mohammad Amir were batting. Yuzvendra Chahal was delivering the seventh over of his spell and that is when Usman found it tough to run with his shoelace unsettled. To tie it himself, he would’ve had to remove his gloves.

But then the friendly nature of Chahal came to the fore, as he knelt down kindly and helped his counterpart. This was such a lovely gesture from him that the leggie reminded everyone that India and Pakistan are not the enemies and they fight sportingly against each other only on the field.

Nevertheless, India didn’t spare their opponents when it came to the cricket match and thumped them by eight wickets to end the group stage at the top of the points table.

Here’s how Twitter reacted to the incident:

War aside, Chahal tying Usmaan's shoe laces yesterday made it a gentlemen's game.#INDvPAK #AsiaCup2018 #cricket

— TANUJ GARG (@tanuj_garg) September 20, 2018

Players break barriers & how!

Yuzvendra Chahal helping a Pakistani player with his shoe laces in today’s match.

The second picture is of Pakistani women cricketer, Anam Amin tying the shoe lace of Harpreet Kaur. #AsiaCup2018 #IndiavsPakistan pic.twitter.com/7M9dGrmdIt

— Archana Solanki अर्चना सोलंकी ارچنہ سولنکی (@archana0809) September 19, 2018

Chahal tying Usmaan's shoe laces
Respect👏❤

— 8 Days✨| सुई धागा (@ShreyaJha_29) September 19, 2018

While the war like situation is all pervasive in both the countries, tender moments like this on the pitch lifts the game of cricket into a gentleman’s game #INDvPAK pic.twitter.com/Q8W0L5MZWH

— Harsh Goenka (@hvgoenka) September 19, 2018

Beauty of the sport exhibited today
Chahal tying the lace of Usman#IndiavsPakistan #AsiaCup#INDvPAK pic.twitter.com/AfpjEot25B

— Suman Pandit (@suman28pandit) September 19, 2018

Send me more beautiful picture than this. I will wait. #PakvInd #INDvPAK pic.twitter.com/lVKq76Y8CN

— Karan 🇮🇳 (@karanku100) September 19, 2018

I am the only one for whom moment of the match was listening 'Jiyo khiladi wahe wahe' instead of Yuzi tying Usman's shoe lace#INDvPAK #AsiaCup #AsiaCup2018

— Devendra Sharma (@DevSharma7709) September 19, 2018

PandaTip: Tie shoe lace properly while bowling.#INDvPAK #PAKvIND

— Panda Palkova (@itispalkova) September 19, 2018

So true…in an age of hashtag nationalism; this right here, is Grace #INDvPAK https://t.co/IGKjzGAtPn

— barkha dutt (@BDUTT) September 19, 2018

I m proud of you chahal. Awesome moment pic.twitter.com/AlPhoaFGP9

— Shamsi Haidri (@HaidriShamsi) September 20, 2018

That’s the real sporty thing. Humbled to see..#INDvPAK pic.twitter.com/voWewFeiYr

— Sanjay Yadav (@sanjuydv) September 19, 2018

#PictureOfTheDay
Indian cricket ties the shoe lace of a Pakistani Cricket player pic.twitter.com/pdQnY4mTTI

— @Georgebakhos1 (@GeorgeBakhos1) September 19, 2018

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