Cricket commentary with sports stars an honour for Big B
17 Feb 2015 10:22 PM GMT
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan felt honoured Sunday to do commentary for the India-Pakistan match of ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 with cricket legends like Kapil Dev and Rahul Dravid.
Big B did commentary as part of an integration between broadcaster Star Sports and the makers of his latest film Shamitabh, which released Feb 6.
Amitabh took to the microphone with former India cricketer Aakash Chopra and Pakistani fast
bowling great Shoaib Akhtar after India won the toss and decided to bat, read a statement.
As Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan entered the field as openers of Team India, the veteran-actor said: “Rohit Sharma looks nervous at the start of the innings, a feeling I can very much relate to, at this moment.”
He also took to Twitter to share his experience.
“Commentary for the India Pak match over, an honor to be in the room as legends - Kapil, Rahul, Shoaib .. predicted 300 .. got it !!” Big B tweeted Sunday.
A day before the match, the 72-year-old expressed his eagerness to sit in the commentary box.
“Its India vs Pakistan and its a commentary moment for me, sitting in the studios of Star in Mumbai
and hoping against hope that I get those directions right for the cricket,” he shared on his official blog srbachchan.tumblr.com Saturday.
Big B did commentary as part of an integration between broadcaster Star Sports and the makers of his latest film Shamitabh, which released Feb 6.
Amitabh took to the microphone with former India cricketer Aakash Chopra and Pakistani fast
bowling great Shoaib Akhtar after India won the toss and decided to bat, read a statement.
As Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan entered the field as openers of Team India, the veteran-actor said: “Rohit Sharma looks nervous at the start of the innings, a feeling I can very much relate to, at this moment.”
He also took to Twitter to share his experience.
“Commentary for the India Pak match over, an honor to be in the room as legends - Kapil, Rahul, Shoaib .. predicted 300 .. got it !!” Big B tweeted Sunday.
A day before the match, the 72-year-old expressed his eagerness to sit in the commentary box.
“Its India vs Pakistan and its a commentary moment for me, sitting in the studios of Star in Mumbai
and hoping against hope that I get those directions right for the cricket,” he shared on his official blog srbachchan.tumblr.com Saturday.
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