{"id":302553,"date":"2025-07-22T16:45:55","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T11:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=302553"},"modified":"2025-07-22T16:45:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T11:15:55","slug":"viral-images-of-ajay-devgn-and-shahid-afridi-are-from-2024-legends-cricket-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/viral-images-of-ajay-devgn-and-shahid-afridi-are-from-2024-legends-cricket-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"Viral images of Ajay Devgn and Shahid Afridi are from 2024 legends&#8217; cricket tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Even as a veterans&#8217; cricket match scheduled on Sunday between India and Pakistan in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espncricinfo.com\/series\/world-championship-of-legends-2025-1495743\">World Championship of Legends<\/a> (WCL) was cancelled, images of actor Ajay Devgn engaged in a seemingly light-hearted conversation with former Pakistani cricketer Shahid Afridi went viral on social media with the Bollywood actor facing a lot of flak. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C9jXTCxPLHD\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Devgn<\/a> is one of the main promoters of the tournament. The match <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espncricinfo.com\/story\/wcl-ind-vs-pak-cancelled-in-veterans-series-shikhar-dhawan-cites-geopolitical-situation-1495968#:~:text=current%20geopolitical%20situation%20and%20prevailing%20tensions%20between%20India%20and%20Pakistan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was cancelled<\/a> in view of &#8220;current geopolitical situation and prevailing tensions between India and Pakistan&#8221;.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">X handle Voice of Hindus (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">@Warlock_Shubh<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) posted the picture on July 20, 2025, slamming Devgn for talking to \u201cterrorist Shahid Afridi\u201d. (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/DZojr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archive<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">You can&#8217;t trust on any Bollywood celebrities, Now Ajay Devgan is talking with Pakistani terrorist Shahid Afridi.<\/p>\n<p>Any words for these celebrities! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QACPFZ6t7g\">pic.twitter.com\/QACPFZ6t7g<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Voice of Hindus (@Warlock_Shubh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Warlock_Shubh\/status\/1946987949750407212?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 20, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The post has garnered over 2 Lakh views.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Another verified user, Roshan Rai, shared the same set of photos, and wondered why &#8216;sanghis&#8217; were silent on &#8220;IT Cell Fav Ajay Devgan enjoying&#8221; with Afridi.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-302587\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-22-130724.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"788\" height=\"1208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-22-130724.jpg 788w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-22-130724-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-22-130724-668x1024.jpg 668w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-22-130724-768x1177.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Devesh Pandey (@iamdevvoffical), who claims to be a journalist, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/iamdevvofficial\/status\/1946973739427709417\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shared<\/a> the images on X and called for boycotting Devgn\u2019s new movie.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-302588\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-22-150144.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"796\" height=\"1211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-22-150144.jpg 796w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-22-150144-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-22-150144-673x1024.jpg 673w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-22-150144-768x1168.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 796px) 100vw, 796px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Several other X-users have made similar claims while sharing the images. A few of them can be seen in the gallery below. Many of them are verified users.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-302553 gallery-columns-8 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/viral-images-of-ajay-devgn-and-shahid-afridi-are-from-2024-legends-cricket-tournament\/screenshot-2025-07-22-150245\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"681\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-22-150245-681x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-22-150245-681x1024.jpg 681w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-22-150245-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-22-150245-768x1155.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-22-150245.jpg 786w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 681px) 100vw, 681px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/viral-images-of-ajay-devgn-and-shahid-afridi-are-from-2024-legends-cricket-tournament\/pasted-image-12-6\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"485\" height=\"704\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/07\/Pasted-image-12-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/07\/Pasted-image-12-1.jpg 485w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/07\/Pasted-image-12-1-207x300.jpg 207w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 485px) 100vw, 485px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/viral-images-of-ajay-devgn-and-shahid-afridi-are-from-2024-legends-cricket-tournament\/pasted-image-11-6\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"481\" height=\"429\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/07\/Pasted-image-11.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/07\/Pasted-image-11.png 481w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/07\/Pasted-image-11-300x268.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 481px) 100vw, 481px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/viral-images-of-ajay-devgn-and-shahid-afridi-are-from-2024-legends-cricket-tournament\/pasted-image-10-9\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"483\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/07\/Pasted-image-10-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/07\/Pasted-image-10-1.jpg 483w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/07\/Pasted-image-10-1-263x300.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 483px) 100vw, 483px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/viral-images-of-ajay-devgn-and-shahid-afridi-are-from-2024-legends-cricket-tournament\/pasted-image-9-9\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"486\" height=\"607\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/07\/Pasted-image-9-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/07\/Pasted-image-9-1.jpg 486w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/07\/Pasted-image-9-1-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 486px) 100vw, 486px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/viral-images-of-ajay-devgn-and-shahid-afridi-are-from-2024-legends-cricket-tournament\/pasted-image-8-7\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"486\" height=\"607\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/07\/Pasted-image-8.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/07\/Pasted-image-8.jpg 486w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/07\/Pasted-image-8-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 486px) 100vw, 486px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/viral-images-of-ajay-devgn-and-shahid-afridi-are-from-2024-legends-cricket-tournament\/pasted-image-7-7\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"673\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/07\/Pasted-image-7.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/07\/Pasted-image-7.jpg 474w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/07\/Pasted-image-7-211x300.jpg 211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/viral-images-of-ajay-devgn-and-shahid-afridi-are-from-2024-legends-cricket-tournament\/pasted-image-6-9\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"477\" height=\"568\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/07\/Pasted-image-6-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/07\/Pasted-image-6-1.jpg 477w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/07\/Pasted-image-6-1-252x300.jpg 252w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 477px) 100vw, 477px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/viral-images-of-ajay-devgn-and-shahid-afridi-are-from-2024-legends-cricket-tournament\/pasted-image-5-10\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"458\" height=\"513\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/07\/Pasted-image-5-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/07\/Pasted-image-5-2.jpg 458w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/07\/Pasted-image-5-2-268x300.jpg 268w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 458px) 100vw, 458px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/viral-images-of-ajay-devgn-and-shahid-afridi-are-from-2024-legends-cricket-tournament\/pasted-image-4-10\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"754\" height=\"593\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/07\/Pasted-image-4-1-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/07\/Pasted-image-4-1-1.jpg 754w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/07\/Pasted-image-4-1-1-300x236.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 754px) 100vw, 754px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/viral-images-of-ajay-devgn-and-shahid-afridi-are-from-2024-legends-cricket-tournament\/pasted-image-3-10\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"755\" height=\"636\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/07\/Pasted-image-3-1-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/07\/Pasted-image-3-1-1.jpg 755w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/07\/Pasted-image-3-1-1-300x253.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/viral-images-of-ajay-devgn-and-shahid-afridi-are-from-2024-legends-cricket-tournament\/pasted-image-2-12\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"755\" height=\"636\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/07\/Pasted-image-2-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/07\/Pasted-image-2-2.jpg 755w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/07\/Pasted-image-2-2-300x253.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4><strong>Fact Check<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A simple keyword search on X led us to several posts from July 2024.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-302553 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/viral-images-of-ajay-devgn-and-shahid-afridi-are-from-2024-legends-cricket-tournament\/pasted-image-16-4\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"485\" height=\"463\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/07\/Pasted-image-16.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/07\/Pasted-image-16.png 485w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/07\/Pasted-image-16-300x286.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 485px) 100vw, 485px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/viral-images-of-ajay-devgn-and-shahid-afridi-are-from-2024-legends-cricket-tournament\/pasted-image-17-3\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"485\" height=\"463\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/07\/Pasted-image-17.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/07\/Pasted-image-17.png 485w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/07\/Pasted-image-17-300x286.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 485px) 100vw, 485px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/viral-images-of-ajay-devgn-and-shahid-afridi-are-from-2024-legends-cricket-tournament\/pasted-image-18-3\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"485\" height=\"463\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/07\/Pasted-image-18.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/07\/Pasted-image-18.png 485w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/07\/Pasted-image-18-300x286.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 485px) 100vw, 485px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/viral-images-of-ajay-devgn-and-shahid-afridi-are-from-2024-legends-cricket-tournament\/pasted-image-19-3\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"486\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/07\/Pasted-image-19.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/07\/Pasted-image-19.jpg 486w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/07\/Pasted-image-19-228x300.jpg 228w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 486px) 100vw, 486px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">X handle Saif Ali Moon, for example, uploaded one of the now-viral images on July 6, 2024 and used #WCL2024 in the caption.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">ajay devgn is meeting shahid khan afridi in Birmingham England before the start of play between pak vs ind <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WCL2024?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WCL2024<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WCL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WCL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PakistanCricket?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PakistanCricket<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PakvsInd?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PakvsInd<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PAKCvsINDC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PAKCvsINDC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/INDCvsPAKC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#INDCvsPAKC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mazJoSJGVC\">pic.twitter.com\/mazJoSJGVC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SAIF ALI MOON \ud83e\udde2 (@cric_info_saif) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cric_info_saif\/status\/1809615948938379713?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 6, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To corroborate this further, we looked for news reports from July 2024 covering the match. We found several reports confirming the brief interaction between Ajay Devgn and Shahid Afridi before the India-Pakistan match in WCL 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenews.com.pk\/latest\/1207249-ajay-devgan-rubs-shoulders-with-shahid-afridi-in-england\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The News International<\/a>, a Pakistani media outlet, reported on July 7, 2024, that videos and pictures of Ajay Devgn and Shahid Afridi having a pleasant conversation prior to the match <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">at Edgbaston Stadium were heavily shared on social media. Fans had shown excitement over a \u201crare occurrence\u201d of camaraderie between prominent figures of \u201cneighbouring countries in one frame\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The report has a video embedded in it, which has the same visuals that are currently viral. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A comparison is shown below for a better understanding.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-302597\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/07\/Heading-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1090\" height=\"602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/07\/Heading-3.jpg 1090w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/07\/Heading-3-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/07\/Heading-3-1024x566.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/07\/Heading-3-768x424.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1090px) 100vw, 1090px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On July 6, 2024, ANI also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aninews.in\/news\/entertainment\/out-of-box\/ajay-devgn-attends-world-championship-of-legends-match-between-india-pakistan20240706230743\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> that Ajay Devgn had been seen having a brief interaction with former Pakistani cricketer Shahid Afridi.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-302571\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/07\/Pasted-image-15.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"732\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/07\/Pasted-image-15.png 732w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/07\/Pasted-image-15-300x128.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 732px) 100vw, 732px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To sum up, the images of Ajay Devgn and Shahid Afridi that are currently viral on social media date back to July 2024, during the WCL match in Birmingham, England, between India and Pakistan.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even as a veterans&#8217; cricket match scheduled on Sunday between India and Pakistan in the World Championship of Legends (WCL) was cancelled, images of actor Ajay Devgn engaged in a seemingly light-hearted conversation with former Pakistani cricketer Shahid Afridi went viral on social media with the Bollywood actor facing a lot of flak. 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