Published 00:49 IST, October 6th 2019

NBA India Games: Priyanka Chopra, Farhan Akhtar, others light up event

Several Bollywood stars like Priyanka Chopra came out to join the sporting action on the second and final day of NBA India Games event in Mumbai on Saturday.

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NBA is being lapped up in a big way by India. As popular basketball tournament came to India for first time, like every or major event, Bollywood presence was a given, and stars lived up to expectations. Even before tournament started, flow of celebrities from film industry has been constant. As two-day event geared up for a grand finish on Saturday, re was more star power on red carpet, with Priyanka Chopra, Farhan Akhtar, Shibani Dandekar, and many ors came in attendance. 

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Indian Pacers and Sacramento Kings played a nail-biting encounter on Friday, with scores being tied at 118 after full time. Pacers, however, eventually mand to beat Kings 132-131 at end.  matches are a part of a pre-season tour of two teams. Naturally, ar edge-of--seat thriller seems to be on cards on Saturday as y face-off once again.  

And to witness it, re were several stars. 

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Priyanka Chopra and Parineeti Chopra 

Cousins Priyanka Chopra and Parineeti Chopra came out toger for event, looking ir stylish best. 

Farhan Akhtar and Shibani Dandekar 

Farhan Akhtar and Shibani Dandekar are big sports lovers. While latter h attained popularity hosting Indian Premier League, even Farhan is a sports fan; couple h even seen Champions League final and Cricket World Cup toger recently.

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Guru Randhawa 

Guru Randhawa was all smiles dressed in a suit. 

Kiren Rijiju

Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju  was also spotted at event.

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Russell Peters 

Stand-up comedian Russell Peters, whose far was born in this city, lent international spotlight to event.

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Satnam Singh 

Satnam Singh is first Indian basketball player to be drafted in NBA when Dallas Mavericks h picked him in 2015. 

Neetu Chandra 

Neetu Chandra dazzled in a black dress. 

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Tamaanaah Bhatia 

Tamaanaah Bhatia, who is riding high on success of Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy, was all smiles in a floral print short dress. 

Neha Dhupia and Ang Bedi 

Neha Dhupia and Ang Bedi smilingly pose for cameras on red carpet. 

Rannvijay Singh 

Rannvijay Singh arrived with wife Priyanka Vohra for event.

Leander Paes 

Tennis legend Leander Paes was dressed in black. 

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On Friday, John Abraham, Malaika Arora, Sonam Kapoor-Anand Ahuja, Rahul Bose and Ambani family were present. 

A day before that, Priyanka Chopra, Anand Ahuja and or stars h attended a celebratory garing before start of tournament. 

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