The outbreak of the COVID-19 virus has affected the world severely. It has brought the world to a standstill with many countries being completely lockdown for safety and to contain the spread of the virus. Many major sporting events have either been postponed or canceled in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic affecting the globe. Cricket has also suffered a similar fate with many international and domestic matches being canceled. With no cricket going on, all the cricketers have a lot of free time on their hands right now. Many cricketers have also been proactive on their social media in the past few weeks due to the lockdown. On Thursday Former India opener Gautam Gambhir took part in a hilarious thread with former England captain and middle-order batsman Kevin Pietersen.
Amid the lockdown Star Sports is trying to keep the fans entertained via its new series wherein the have their cricket experts which included the former cricketers to answer some fan questions. Star Sports tweeted about the same which read, ” Got 🏏 on your mind even as you #StayHome in #Lockdown? Tweet your questions with #AskStar and @KP24, @GautamGambhir & @SteelyDan66 might reply to you ➕ you could be featured on 📺! Watch #CricketConnected this Saturday at 7 PM, on Star Sports 1/1HD/1 Hindi/1HD Hindi.”
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Got 🏏 on your mind even as you #StayHome in #Lockdown?
Tweet your questions with #AskStar and @KP24, @GautamGambhir & @SteelyDan66 might reply to you ➕ you could be featured on 📺!
Watch #CricketConnected this Saturday at 7 PM, on Star Sports 1/1HD/1 Hindi/1HD Hindi. pic.twitter.com/ioF82NaZ8B
— Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) April 15, 2020
Kevin Pietersen was quick to respond on the same and posed a question to Gambhir about why he does not smile. “Can we get GG to smile?”, tweeted the former England skipper.
https://twitter.com/KP24/status/1250513467087433730?s=20
The Cricketer turned Politician shared an image from England’s tour of India in 2008, to show his smiling face to remind Pietersen how happy the left-hander was celebrating his wicket claimed by Yuvraj Singh.
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Gambhir Wrote, “Well #legend guess u forgot!!! You have given me many reasons to smile. One of them came in December 2008 in Chennai. I think the scoreboard read Kevin Pietersen lbw b a certain #piechucker @YUVSTRONG12 #AskStar #CricketConnected @StarSportsIndia @KP24 @SteelyDan66”
Well #legend guess u forgot!!! You have given me many reasons to smile. One of them came in December 2008 in Chennai. I think the scoreboard read Kevin Pietersen lbw b a certain #piechucker @YUVSTRONG12 #AskStar #CricketConnected @StarSportsIndia @KP24 @SteelyDan66 https://t.co/PjohonM1Se pic.twitter.com/y58nrdA6SS
— Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir) April 16, 2020
Both Gautam Gambhir and Kevin Pietersen have a mass following on social media. They are using it to spread awareness about the pandemic outbreak of the CoronaVirus. They have also generously provided financial help to the local governments in order to help them fight the pandemic.
