NewsSports NewsCricket News1980s AI photo trend: Jasprit Bumrah, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Shreyas Iyer get hilarious makeovers - WATCHTrendingHammer ThrowNeetal NarangAnnu RaniDuleep TrophyElon Musk ChessGeet Sethi BilliardsKoneru HumpyNasser HussainK HumpyTilak VarmaHammer ThrowNeetal NarangAnnu RaniDuleep TrophyElon Musk ChessGeet Sethi BilliardsKoneru HumpyNasser HussainK HumpyTilak VarmaHammer ThrowNeetal NarangAnnu RaniDuleep TrophyElon Musk ChessGeet Sethi BilliardsKoneru HumpyNasser HussainK HumpyTilak VarmaSaveCommentsShareAa+Text SizeSmallMediumLargePrint  NEW DELHI: Social media has found a fun new way to bring the 1980s back, with AI turning modern-day pictures into vintage portraits. The trend has now reached the Indian cricket team, with several players enjoying a hilarious surprise ahead of their T20I series against Afghanistan in Delhi.Two days before the series, the Indian players gathered at their hotel for a photo session. But before it began, they found a table filled with AI-generated pictures of themselves.  Watch Bombay Sport Exchange | The biggest problem in Indian sport isn't cricket - Part 1The portraits, featured in a video shared by the BCCI, showed the players in classic 1980s looks, complete with bell-bottom jeans, big sunglasses and retro hairstyles.Join conversationView All Comments →Share your thoughts in the commentsPost CommentBe respectful · TOI community guidelinesIndia allrounder Axar Patel and Abhishek Sharma picked 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 checked out their retro pictures and appeared amused by their new 1980s avatars.Ishan Kishan, who recently led East Zone to Duleep Trophy glory, fully embraced the retro look. He held up his AI-generated picture, sang and posed for the camera as his teammates enjoyed the moment.Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Yash Thakur and Ravi Bishnoi also broke into smiles after seeing their 1980s avatars.India and Afghanistan will face each other in a three-match T20I series, starting Sunday at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi.The second and third T20Is will be played on Tuesday and Thursday at the same venue.Get the latest Sports News and Live updates. Download the TOI app.About the AuthorAmit KumarFrom cricket to Olympic sports, Amit Kumar covers it all for The Times of India. He began his journalism career with CricketNext and CNN-News18 Sports before moving to NDTV. He now writes on a wide range of sports for Times of India, with a focus on stories, interviews and the people behind the headlines. 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