The World T20 is one huge occasion for cricket fans to show support on the far side borders, regardless of their own country. a much better news of the cross-border love came via Facebook where several Pakistani cricket fans are expressing support to Team India throughout the continued T20 World Cup. Several Indians are reciprocating the love and supporting the Pakistan cricket team, as ascertained by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday.

“Fans around the world are going to facebook.com/profilepicframes and using a profile frame to show support to their favourite teams.

But fans from India and Pakistan do something different. Hundreds of thousands of Indian cricket fans are putting the Pakistani frame around their picture. And Pakistani fans are doing the same thing -- showing support for India. They’re using the hashtag #ProfilesForPeace,” Zuckerberg mentioned on his Facebook post.

The development comes in between of Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi’s statement expressing his team gets “loved more in India ” than in Pakistan and has never felt any security threat within the country.

Afridi has been criticized for the statement made on Sunday with former captain Javed Miandad citing it shameful . The flamboyant all arounder has additionally been issued a legal notice in Lahore for his comment.

Under attack in Pakistan for his statement, Afridi clarified that he did not intend to degrade his nation and was just attempting to administer a “positive message” by showing respect to the fans here.

Zuckerberg aforesaid that once Facebook designed the profile frames feature, it simply wished to assist people show support for his or her favorite teams or a cause they believe.

“But this story shows that the more connected we are, the more we realise that what unites US is more important than what divides US,” Zuckerberg stated.

The post was liked by over 1.2 lakh Facebook users, shared by over 10,000 folks and over 6,600 comments were made on it.

Facebook users showed mix reaction on the post of Facebook chief executive officer with some inclined towards involving peace whereas different debated disputes between the two countries.

A verified Facebook user displaying Pakistan address, Rehan Allahwala posted, “If one million Pakistani know 10 million Indians on Facebook and vs versa, the border will become less relevant, I hope Peace, Love & Face-book can achieve that.”

Facebook user displaying India address, Saurabh Shukla commented, “Why do we fight when we can make peace and stay happy? Would love to see Pak & India get rid of terrorism and rise together.”

India and Pakistan are scheduled to play match against one another during this tournament on March 19.