Meet the Real Life Kabir Khan!

Aug 02, 2021

We are so obsessed with Bollywood movies that if there is any resemblance with our iconic film scenes, we can't just stop connecting. Similarly, after the Indian Women’s hockey team’s quarter-final win over Australia at the Tokyo Olympics, fans started comparing coach Sjoerd Marijne to 'Kabir Khan', the main lead from the movie “Chak De India” played by Shah Rukh Khan.

India defeated Australia 1-0, and Marijne shared a picture of the entire hockey team on Twitter after the match.

Sorry family , I coming again later ?????? pic.twitter.com/h4uUTqx11F
— Sjoerd Marijne (@SjoerdMarijne) August 2, 2021

And within few minutes #ChakDeIndia started trending on Twitter.

This is not reel. Real #ChakDeIndia from our girls. Even @iamsrk ala Kabir Khan wouldn’t have expected better. The most stunning effort this @Olympics #Tokyo2020
— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar) August 2, 2021

"I think this is the Chak De India in reality"

Sjoerd Marijne was ecstatic after India's historic win and rightly so!#Tokyo2020 #Olympics #Hockey #ChakDeIndia #SjoerdMarijne #TeamIndia pic.twitter.com/Ys6CRE1Unu
— Tushar Sharma (@TuShahRukh) August 2, 2021

#ChakDeIndia

Two People who transformed Indian Women's Hockey Team????

Kabir Khan Sjoerd Marijne
(Reel Life) (Real Life) pic.twitter.com/wsHq173ycs
— Siddharth Setia (@ethicalsid) August 2, 2021

reel life #KabirKhan and real life #KabirKhan

ONE SET THE EXAMPLE, THE OTHER TOOK IT TO REAL LIFE
FROM FICTION ???????????? pic.twitter.com/Az3fhWNkbB
— ?s?????? ???????? ???? (@iamsrkjunior_) August 2, 2021

Ayila! The real #KabirKhan is a phirang? ???????? https://t.co/X1EQczj96Q
— PRIYANKA NAIK (@Drpriyankanaik) August 2, 2021

Bollywood usually makes movies after the event - this time round, the movie was made 14 years back. ???? #ChakDeIndia
— Naomi Datta (@nowme_datta) August 2, 2021

And SRK also posted, to which the real coach also replied. The tweets exchange between the two is also breaking the internet.

Haan haan no problem. Just bring some Gold on your way back….for a billion family members. This time Dhanteras is also on 2nd Nov. From: Ex-coach Kabir Khan. https://t.co/QcnqbtLVGX
— Shah Rukh Khan (@iamsrk) August 2, 2021

Thank you for all the support and love. We will give everything again.
From: The Real Coach. ???? https://t.co/TpKTMuFLxt
— Sjoerd Marijne (@SjoerdMarijne) August 2, 2021

Indian team’s win had uncanny resemblance to Chak De India win, the beaten team both for real and reel was Australia. Gurjit Kaur converted a penalty corner to give India the only and winning goal at the Tokyo Olympics, edging into the semis; the film en

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