Bollywood starlet, Katrina Kaif has once again proved that she is a woman of many talents. Katrina took to Instagram to share a video of herself from the sets of Bharat which left her fans in awe of her batting skills. Katrina Kaif playing cricket on the sets of Bharat pic.twitter.com/3Nm1MNSHJD — Katrina Kaif Online (@KatrinaKaifFB) January 22, 2019 In the video, the actress is seen as hitting boundaries several times. She also tagged her friend, Anushka Sharma, asking her to put in a good word for her with her husband, Virat Kohli, the captain of the Indian cricket team. She added that “some room for improvement in my swing, but overall not a bad all-rounder.” Salman Khan and Katrina will be seen in Bharat. It is currently being shot in Mumbai. A few days ago, Salman had also shared a video of himself playing cricket on the sets. Bharat is directed by Ali Abbas Zafar and is scheduled to release on Eid.<doc-sep>As the Cricket World Cup nears Bollywood actress Katrina Kaif has found a new interest in cricket and want to play for team India. As Katrina and team packed up after the shoot ended on sets of Bharat, the 33-year-old actor tried her hands on cricket. Katrina Kaif shared a video of her playing cricket on sets of Bharat and from the looks of it she seems quite a sport at cricket. The actress is seen hitting fours and sixes, she wrote, “Pack up ke baad #bharat sets as the World Cup nears @anushkasharma perhaps u could put in a small word for me with the captain of the team, some room for improvement in my swing, but over all not a bad all rounder.”<doc-sep>Katrina Kaif with Anushka Sharma. Cricket and Cinema have always been interlinked with each other over the years. Both are extremely popular in India and cricket is even regarded as a religion in the country. Bollywood superstars and cricketers are hailed as idols by millions of people in India. The actors have even launched their own cricket league- “Celebrity Cricket League”, which sees several male superstars, take part in a competition in an Indian Premier League-style format. Katrina Kaif also took part in a cricket match after a shoot for the Salman Khan-starrer “Bharat” finished. The Bollywood beauty posted a video of herself batting and asked fellow actress Anushka Sharma to put in a good word for her to Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli. “Pack up ke baad #bharat sets as the World Cup nears @anushkasharma perhaps u could put in a small word for me with the captain of the team. Some room for improvement in my swing, but over all not a bad all rounder #apnatimeaayega@kkulsumsyeda,” captioned Katrina on the video. Also Read: Virat Kohli's unique hat-trick at ICC awards 2018 gets special praise from Sachin Tendulkar The Cricket World Cup is just around the corner and the anticipation for the quadrennial tournament is picking up. Even Bollywood superstars are getting caught up in the cricket fever with Katrina asking her friend to put in a “small word” to her husband. There have been numerous cases of relationships between actors and cricketers in the past years. Yuvraj Singh-Hazel Keech, Zaheer Khan-Sagarika Ghatge, Nawab Pataudi-Sharmila Tagore, among others. But certainly one of the most famous marriage is between actress Anushka Sharma and Indian skipper Virat Kohli. Their marriage saw many actors and actresses turn up to give their good wishes to the couple. Meanwhile, Virat Kohli has had an amazing start to 2019 after winning India’s first-ever bilateral ODI series victory in Australia. This comes after Virat led India to a historic win in the Test series against Australia Down Under. This was the first time that India had won a Test series in Australia in 72 years. After that super successful tour ended, Kohli was announced as the recipient of the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for ICC Cricketer of the Year, the ICC Men's Test Player of the Year and the ICC ODI Player of the Year awards.<doc-sep>
Actor Katrina Kaif has proved again that she is a woman of many talents. She has shared a video of herself playing cricket on the sets of her upcoming film, Bharat. In it, she is seen hitting a boundary several times, thought her form still needs a bit of work. Through the video, Katrina has also asked her friend and colleague, actor Anushka Sharma to put in a good word with her husband and Indian cricket team captain, Virat Kohli. “Pack up ke baad #bharat sets as the World Cup nears @anushkasharma perhaps u could put in a small word for me with the captain of the team... some room for improvement in my swing, but over all not a bad all rounder #apnatimeaayega,” she captioned the video. Her post got a reply from actor Preity Zinta who is also the owner of Kings XI Punjab. “Wow babe, we should hire you,” Preity commented on the post. “Do it pz come on let me play,” Katrina commented. Film director Zoya Akhtar also wrote ‘I (heart emoji) U’ in the comments as Katrina had used the #apnatimeaayega from Zoya’s upcoming film, Gully Boy. Actor Alia Bhatt also liked the video. Katrina and Anushka recently worked together in Aanand L Rai’s Zero. The film starred Shah Rukh Khan in the lead but flopped at the box office. Katrina’s project before Zero was Thugs of Hindostan with Aamir Khan and Amitabh Bachchan. That was a flop as well. Katrina will be seen with Salman Khan in Bharat, which is adapted from Korean Film, Ode To My Father. The film will reportedly tell the story of India in the last 70 years of Independence, from the perspective of a man. The film is directed by Ali Abbas Zafar and also stars Disha Patani and Sunil Grover. Follow @htshowbiz for more ott:10