80s AI Photo Trend: Jasprit Bumrah, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Shreyas Iyer Get Hilarious Makeovers – WATCH

NEW DELHI: Social media has found a fun new way to bring back the 1980s with artificial intelligence that transforms modern pictures into retro portraits. The trend has now reached the Indian cricket team as well, with several players enjoying a jolly surprise ahead of their T20I series against Afghanistan in Delhi.

Axar, Abhishek and Bumrah join in the fun

Two days before the series, the Indian players gathered at their hotel for a photo shoot. But before it started, they found a table full of AI-generated pictures of themselves.The portraits, shown in a video shared by the BCCI, showed the player in a classic ’80s look, complete with bell-bottom jeans, big sunglasses and retro hairstyles.Indian all-rounders Axar Patel and Abhishek Sharma held up the portraits and burst out laughing as they showed them to their teammates. Jasprit Bumrah also joined in the fun.Sanju Samson, Washington Sundar, Shreyas Iyer, Tilak Varma and Shivam Dube flashed their retro pictures and seemed amused by their new 80s avatars.

Ishan Kishan embraces his retro avatar

Ishan Kishan, who recently led East Zone to Duleep Trophy glory, has fully embraced the retro look. He held up an AI-generated image of himself, singing and posing for the camera while his teammates enjoyed the moment.Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Yash Thakur and Ravi Bishnoi were also all smiles after seeing their 80s avatars.

India vs Afghanistan T20I Series

India and Afghanistan will face off in a three-match T20I series starting on Sunday at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi.The second and third T20Is will be played on Tuesday and Thursday at the same venue.