'He is a Dabangg player', says Salman Khan as he reveals his favourite cricketer

Ahead of release of Dabangg 3, Bollywood superstar Salman Khan has revealed his favourite cricketer on a cricket show on Sunday, December 15. Speaking at  pre-match show for first ODI between India and West Indies, megastar revealed that former skipper MS Dhoni is his favourite cricketer. Dhoni is currently on a sabbatical was last seen in Indian colours when he played in semifinal contest against New Zealand in ICC World Cup. Furrmore, Salman Khan also revealed that he personally kws India’s middle-order batsman Kedar Jadhav.

“I personally kw Kedar Jadhav…Also, my favorite cricketer is MS Dhoni. He is a Dabangg player,” Salman said.

ace wicket-keeper batsman Dhoni decided to take a break from game and served in Indian army. However, in a relief to fans, Dhoni is expected to play in Indian Premier League and lead Chennai Super Kings.

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Salman Khan reveals Chulbul Pandey was originally a negative character

Superstar Salman Khan has revealed that Dabangg was originally a dark film with its lead character Chulbul Pandey being "out and out negative."  Directed by Abhinav Kashyap, 2010 film featured Salman as Pandey, a fearless yet corrupt police officer with urthodox working methods. It received critical acclaim and was a blockbuster upon its release. In a group interview, Salman revealed that before him, actor Randeep Hooda and his bror Arbaaz Khan were approached for project.

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Ind vs WI First ODI

Earlier, after being asked to bat first by West Indian skipper Kieron Pollard, India were in trouble after losing wickets of KL Rahul and skipper Virat Kohli in seventh over. Things got even more difficult when Rohit Sharma was sent back for 36 after which youngsters Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant added 114 runs for fourth wicket. Iyer scored 70 while Pant scored 71. 

Chasing a target of 288, West Indies looked in trouble when Sunil Ambris was trapped in front of wicket by Deepak Chahar. However, that was only relief for Men In Blue as y were made to toil for wickets by duo of Shimron Hetmyer and Shai Hope who hit bowlers to all corners of ground and were involved in a 218-run stand for second wicket. 

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