'He looks like GTA character'- Fans react to Hardik Pandya’s candid beach look

GTA games have been on everyone’s mind even since GTA 6 was announced, and fans have already expressed their expectations and opinions on what they want in the game. Amidst all this, Indian cricketer Hardik Pandya’s recent images on the beach have once again reminded the fans of Carl Johnson from GTA San Andreas.

In a set of images shared by the cricketer, fans saw Hardik Pandya in a candid look with sunglasses on a beach, with the theme reminding them of GTA loading screens. Fans immediately took to the comments section with various comments saying the pictures are giving GTA vibes, which was kind of true.

The photos did give early GTA San Andreas vibes, so it is hard not to get nostalgic about one of the most popular games in history. Hardik Pandya’s look also reminded them of the main protagonist of the game, Carl “CJ” Johnson, with a striking resemblance.

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Here’s what the fans had to say:

Speaking of the most popular game, GTA San Andreas seems to be equally popular on mobile devices. In a recent report, the GTA Trilogy was revealed to be the most downloaded game from the Netflix game library, clocking in over 36 million download.

Out of the 36 million, over 25 million downloads were for GTA San Andreas compared to the second most popular game Storyteller with 15 million downloads. GTA Vice City was sitting at 7.8 million downloads, while GTA 3 was on 3.6 million.

The best part of it was those with Netflix subscription have the game available for free which was one of the most important factor of the game being popular on mobile devices. Most recently, players have even started emulating GTA 5 on modern android devices with playable frame rate.