Legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar took to Twitter to post an exclusive video on the occasion of National Sports Day on August 29, Thursday. The footage showed him enjoying gully cricket with Bollywood actors Abhishek Bachchan and Varun Dhawan.
He captioned the clip:
“It’s always good to mix work with play. Had a lot of fun playing cricket with the crew during a shoot and was pleasantly surprised with @varundvn dropping by along with @bachchan who joined us for some time. 😀 #SportPlayingNation #FitIndiaMovement”
It’s always good to mix work with play.
Had a lot of fun playing cricket with the crew during a shoot & was pleasantly surprised with @Varun_dvn dropping by along with @juniorbachchan who joined us for some time. 😀#SportPlayingNation#FitIndiaMovement pic.twitter.com/sPqLUY08NH— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) August 29, 2019
The awesome trio had a gala time playing the sport together.
Junior Bachchan also fulfilled his dream of playing with the Master Blaster.
He posted a comment: “Been trying to control my excitement since yesterday… A dream come true! Thank you for not smacking my ball out of the park.”
Abhishek’s comment was a response to the ‘gully cricket’ video shared by Sachin on social media.
Varun too did not hold back from sharing his excitement with fans.
His tweet read:
“#SportPlayingNation, what a brilliant initiative this is sir. Had a lot of fun running into you that day sir.”
#SportPlayingNation what a brilliant initiative this is sir. Had a lot of fun running into you that day sir 🏏😀 https://t.co/WtLIzqgmg6
— VarunDhawan (@Varun_dvn) August 29, 2019
Besides, Sachin posted another video on his Twitter handle in which he and Varun were seen discussing the importance of fitness, sports, and de-stressing. Tendulkar also praised PM Narendra Modi for his initiative, Fit India Movement.
Our Hon. PM Shri @narendramodi’s #FitIndiaMovement launched today resonates with my dream of transforming 🇮🇳 into a #SportPlayingNation. Just loving a sport isn’t enough, we need to play it too!
Here’s @Varun_dvn and I discussing the importance of sport & fitness in daily life.
Our Hon. PM Shri @narendramodi's #FitIndiaMovement launched today resonates with my dream of transforming 🇮🇳 into a #SportPlayingNation.
Just loving a sport isn't enough, we need to play it too!
Here's @Varun_dvn and I discussing the importance of sport & fitness in daily life. pic.twitter.com/3gWB58LHQL— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) August 29, 2019
