Watch | My Son Would Remember Sitting on Dhoni’s Lap: Pak Skipper

Pakistan Skipper Sarfraz Ahmed also called MS Dhoni a “great player and captain”.

MS Dhoni with Pakistan skipper Safraz Ahmed’s son. 

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Days after the picture of MS Dhoni holding Pakistan skipper Sarfraz Ahmed's four-month-old son right went viral, the latter said that his son would “fondly remember” sitting on the lap of “a great player and captain”.

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In an interview with a TV channel, this is how he recounted the moment:

I was sitting in the lobby of a hotel with my family. I saw Dhoni there and went up to him and asked him to click a picture of himself with Abdullah. When Abullah grows up, he would fondly remember that he once sat on the lap of a great player and captain

Sarfraz Ahmed, Pakistan cricket captain 

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While the Champions Trophy final between India and Pakistan on 18 June - where the latter ultimately notched up a comfortable victory - generated a lot of negativity on social media, the camarederie and sportsmanship displayed by players from both sides was a welcome relief.

Apart from Dhoni’s photo with Ahmed’s son, which went viral just before the match, Pakistan opening batsman Azhar Ali also took to Twitter to share a few photos of Dhoni, Virat Kohli and Yuvraj Singh posing with his sons on 20 June.

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Azhar’s photos drew cheers on Twitter, with many users applauding the gesture by Kohli, Dhoni and Yuvraj.

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