Bengaluru, March 19: Bollywood actor Ranbir Kapoor donned the hat of a commentator on Thursday during the knockout game between India and Bangladesh at the ICC Cricket World Cup [India thrash Bangladesh to reach World Cup semi-final]
Kapoor, who is currently promoting his next movie Bombay Velvet, was seen in the commentary box along with former Pakistani fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar and Indian bowler Akash Chopra .
Kapoor said that Mahendra Singh Dhoni was his favourite cricketer and that his Bombay Velvet co-star Anushka Sharma played good cricket too. He said that Sharma was a good medium spinner and that they used to play cricket during their free time while shooting for the film.
#RanbirKapoor debuts as a commentator in the #INDvsBAN Match. #Bigshot. R u listening ? #BombayVelvet pic.twitter.com/n6NaIazuG2
— Fox Star Hindi (@foxstarhindi) March 19, 2015
In the commentary box with #ShoaibAkhtar and #AkashChopra. #RanbirKapoor stays cool as #BombayVelvet trailer trends. pic.twitter.com/13Skgyules
— Fox Star Hindi (@foxstarhindi) March 19, 2015
However this is not the first time that an actor has done commentary for a cricket match. Last month Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan was seen making his debut in commentator during the India-Pakistan match.
India won the knockout game against Bangladesh today to seal a berth in the semi finals.
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