Pakistani bowling great Wasim Akram and his wife Shaniera Akram have quite a funny relationship where she doesn’t let go of any chance to poke some harmless fun on Wasim, even if it is on social media.
One such instance was seen recently, when Gautam Bhimani, the Indian TV presenter, posted an old photo of himself with Wasim Akram when the Pakistani fast bowler visited India for the 1987 tour. The photo sees a young Bhimani with a topless Wasim while playing Holi together in the Taj hotel.
"My favourite cricketing #Holi memory! The Indian and Pakistani teams playing Holi in the pool of @TajWestEnd Also the first time I met @wasimakramlive #INDvsENG #indvpak #HappyHoli," Bhimani tweeted.
Wasim Akram had quoted Gautam Bhimani’s tweet, wishing him Happy Holi and reminisced about the memories of the 1987 Pakistan tour of India.
However, the funniest tweet came from his wife Shaniera, who was wondering how normal it was to see a photo of her husband in underwear first thing on Twitter.
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“Opened Twitter today and the first thing I saw was a pic of my husband in his underwear!? Is that Normal?” Shaniera Akram tweeted.
To this, Wasim Akram gave an equally funny reply, calling it the new normal and then explaining that those are the shorts that he wore back in the day.
“It’s a new normal biwi and for your kind information they are shorts, they were it then,” said Akram.