A strange crossover took over the internet on Tuesday after cricketer Herschelle Gibbs happened to share a GIF of Bollywood actor Alia Bhatt. The cricket star was celebrating the fact that the official Twitter account had liked one of his tweets. He wrote, “That feeling when @Twitter likes your tweet” followed by a heart-eye emoji. Attached in the tweet was a GIF of Alia Bhatt smiling and saying thank you.
Netizens’ curiosity piqued and they began asking Gibbs if he knew of Alia Bhatt. Alas, he had no clue. “I have no idea who the lady is,” he said.
Other netizens then began telling him about Alia Bhatt. Naturally, Ranbir Kapoor had to be mentioned.
Gibbs then quote-tweeted himself to clarify that he was unaware about Alia Bhatt’s identity until now.
“Didn’t know you were an actress @aliaa08 but nice gif,” he said.
Soon enough, Alia was in the conversation too. She replied to Gibbs with another GIF of herself doing a cricket-related action. To which Gibbs responded with “I deal in 6s madam not fours.”
A known opening batsman, Herschelle Gibbs played cricket for fourteen years. He also became the first cricketer to hit six consecutive sixes in One Day International cricket in one over.
Alia Bhatt, on the other hand, is a popular Bollywood actor. She was last seen in Kalank opposite actor Varun Dhawan. She recently collaborated with The Doorbeen of ‘Lamberghini’ fame. She features in their song ‘Prada.’ The video of the song ‘Prada’, which is a collaboration between Alia Bhatt and The Doorbeen, dropped on 13 August. Shot in neon shades of pink and blue, the song features the artists grooving to the tune of the song with occasional lyrics floating on the screen.
You can watch it here:
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