80s retro AI trend: Dhoni, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma get stunning makeovers
Steadysingle sourceOne outlet reported this, in 2 reports over 2 days - no second voice in this corpus.
Fri, 11 September 2026Sat, 12 September 2026
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original reportfirst to report
Times of India
11 Sept, 07:17over 26 hours12 Sept, 09:46
How it spread - 2 original reports
Fri, 11 September 2026
1 report- Times of India07:17first to report
The AI-generated pictures have given MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Shreyas Iyer vintage hairstyles, colourful outfits and classic 1980s settings. The trend has now spread across the cricket world, with IPL teams and several cricketers joining in and sharing their own 1980s avatars.
Sat, 12 September 2026
1 report- Times of India09:46
The 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. 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.