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South African batsman Gibbs shares Alia Bhatt's GIF without knowing her, 'SOTY' actress gives 'four' reply

| @indiablooms | Aug 28, 2019, at 04:36 pm

Mumbai, Aug 28 (IBNS): Bollywood actress Alia Bhatt remained the talk of the town in the world of the internet after former South African batsman Herschelle Gibbs, without knowing her, shared a funny GIF on Tuesday, triggering a debate on the social media.

It all started with Gibbs sharing a GIF featuring Alia and tweeted: "That feeling when @Twitter likes your tweet."

When Twitter users asked whether he knew Alia, the cricketer answered with yet another GIF: "Didn’t know you were an actress
@aliaa08 but nice gif ."

Alia now shared a funny GIF featuring her where she could be seen signaling four runs.

Gibbs once again became active on Twitter and said: " I deal in 6s madam not fours."

In his last tweet, Gibbs said the interaction was all in 'good spirits'.

"Been a funny few hours but all in good spirits @aliaa08 #twitter #incredibleindia #bollywood #hypemedia #wackywednesday https://instagram.com/p/B1ss1GohpW5/?igshid=dcii2gmv9," he posted.

Twitter users surely loved the interaction.

Gibbs is one of the best opening batsmen to play the game for South Africa.

Images: Ali Bhatt- Screengrab from Twitter, Gibbs-Internet Wallpapaer

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