The Indian cricket team is still licking its wounds after the humiliating loss to Pakistan in the final of the ICC Champions Trophy. The fans, both foreign and domestic, have taken to Twitter to criticize the team and make fun of them over the last couple of days.

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But amidst all of this, there was a tweet which came from a very ‘unlikely' source. One of Pakistan's opening batsmen, Azhar Ali, took to Twitter to thank Indian players for spending time with his children while in England.

Thanks to these legends for sparing their time for my kids they were so happy.... @msdhoni @imVkohli @YUVSTRONG12 pic.twitter.com/mxWlwsOxrI

— Azhar Ali (@AzharAli_) June 20, 2017

The cricketers he mentioned in the tweet are MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli, and Yuvraj Singh. He even called them legends, which we will admit they are.

The tweet has over 57,000 likes and 18,000 retweets in less than 24 hours and the number continues to grow with time. People from all around the world have been commenting about the heartwarming nature of this tweet.

Among all the fans was one big name, Mahesh Bhatt. The Indian filmmaker replied to the tweet, “Humanity restored! The world is changed by your action not your opinion.”

Humanity restored! The world is changed by your action not your opinion.

— Mahesh Bhatt (@MaheshNBhatt) June 20, 2017

This reply itself has over 850 retweets and almost 5,000 likes. Here are what some others had to say:

Thnk u for ur beautiful thinking

— Nitinchaudharyy (@Nitinchaudharyy) June 20, 2017

Somehow This game of cricket brings India Pakistan close to each other. May we see beautiful days when there remains no hatred 4 each other

— Mohsin (@Mohsin_Bhagt) June 20, 2017

omg this is so cute! Cheers to sportsmanship!

— Sand-d Singh (@Sand_In_Deed) June 20, 2017

Perfect .. next time let's see  india Pak  players click a selfie together .. #IndiavsPakistan

— #Jhootingkar Hussain (@Hussainkk12) June 20, 2017

Dear Azhar Ali, You've no idea how proud Indians feel when the hard core opponent praise and call our heros 'legend'. Kudos mate.

— Akash Jain (@akash207) June 20, 2017

Sportsmanship Yeh hai.. Cricket ko Jung india media ne banaya Jawab ham ne dediya unko 😍😍

— Ammad (@AmmadFreddy) June 20, 2017

Just an hour after this post, Azhar Ali had posted another congratulatory message, this time for Pakistan's captain Sarfraz Ahmed.

What an amazing welcome u deserve it @SarfarazA_54 pic.twitter.com/wSbBvng9Gp

— Azhar Ali (@AzharAli_) June 20, 2017

Who thought cricket would be the sport to bring two countries closer together?