India’s star cricketer and Mumbai Indians former captain Rohit Sharma on Thursday finally opened on why MI’s captainship was given to Hardik Pandya before the beginning of IPL 2024. 

Rohit Sharma acknowledged  this by saying that not everything goes your way. Being removed from Mumbai’s captaincy was a shock to many in the cricket world and a bitter pill to swallow for Rohit’s horde of fans, many of whom also booed Hardik during the team’s opening games this IPL season.

The roles of Hardik and Rohit Sharma will be switched during the T20 World Cup, which will begin on June 2. As part of MI’s significant leadership transition, which has not gone as expected, Rohit is currently playing under Hardik. He will return as Pandya’s captain for the crucial ICC match. For the majority of his career, Rohit has served as Hardik’s captain and senior, but the events of the last month and the upcoming 30 days threaten to alter the relationship.

Rohit emphasized, but not in a bad way, describing how playing under Hardik before returning to captain him would not throw off the rhythm. He also said, it is part of life. When questioned by the media about his experience playing in the ongoing Indian Premier League under Pandya, the Indian captain responded, it has been a great experience.

The 37-year-old received criticism for not scoring enough runs with the willow in the preceding three seasons, but in the competition’s 17th edition, he had an entirely different appearance. Whatever is there and you go by it and then try and do what is required from you as a player. He said he has only tried to do that in the last one month. In 10 IPL 2024 innings, India’s skipper Rohit has already scored 314 runs.

Amazon Prime Video on Thursday announced that the 3rd season of Panchayat which will start streaming from May 28 onwards. Amazon Prime Video took to its Instagram handle and wrote you moved the laukis, we announced the rewards.

Manish Menghani, director of content licensing at Prime Video India said Panchayat has been widely appreciated by the audiences due to its simple storytelling that is rooted in the slow-paced village life and for its satirical treatment of daily issues faced by villagers of Phulera.

Menghani further added due to its engaging and thought-provoking storyline, rustic backdrop, incredible direction and enthralling performances, Panchayat has become a part of pop culture with its characters and storyline it has captured the audience’s imagination and has become truly iconic.

The Viral Fever (TVF) President Vijay Koshi recalled that during the first season of Panchayat they had first premiered Panchayat on Prime Video back in 2020 and it has been truly an incredible journey with audiences from not only India but viewers from around the globe are sending their love and appreciation for this rural life-based comedy drama. The web series has managed to captivate the hearts of audiences with its authenticity and simplicity

Earlier Amazon Prime Video shared stills from the Panchayat 3 sets and the first picture showed Jitendra Kumar on a bicycle, the other photographs featured Ashok Pathak, Durgesh Kumar and Faisal Malik as Vinod, Bhushan and Prahlad, respectively.

The web series has been directed by Deepak Kumar Mishra and the script has been written by Chandan Kumar. The storyline of Panchayat 3 revolves around the challenges and conflicts faced by collector Abhishek Kumar, Pradhanji, Prahlad Pandey, Vinod, Bhushan and other characters in Phulera village. Panchayat 3 features Jitendra Kumar , Raghubir Yadav, Neena Gupta, Saanvika, Faisal Malik, Durgesh Kumar, Ashok Pathak and Chandan Roy in important roles.

Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan has a special message for the Indian cricket team who are getting ready to play the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024. The legendary actor shared a video in which he assumed the role of Ashwatthama, his character from the upcoming film, Kalki 2898 AD, and motivated the players of the Indian cricket team for the upcoming ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024.

The video was shared by the official social media accounts of the Nag Ashwin film, Kalki 2898 AD and began with Amitabh Bachchan announcing, Ye mahayudh hai, ab hoja tu taiyaar (This is a war, get ready for it). Through his poetry, the megastar tried to pump up the players as he said, Ab ban ja veer, buland kar le apni taqdeer, dikha dum, laga dum (Now, become brave, elevate your destiny, show your strength, put in effort). The video has gone viral on social media with 87,505 likes till now which are only increasing.

As the Bollywood star narrated the poem with the background music of Kalki 2898 AD playing, visuals of the Indian cricket team played on the screen. Players like Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Hardik Pandya, were seen along with former players like Harbhajan Singh and Mahendra Singh Dhoni celebrating their victory on the cricket ground in the viral video.

In the end of the video the actor concluded with Maan mat tu jeet se kam, garv se uthe har matha, ye mahadwand hai, mahayudh, virodhi se tu nazrein mila, ab hoja tu taiyaar (Do not belittle yourself in front of victory, let every head rise with pride, this is a great struggle, a great battle, meet the opponent eye to eye, now get ready).

The video was shared with the caption, T20WorldCup2024 ka Shankhnaad ho chuka hai! @amitabhbachchan, #TeamIndia’s biggest cheerleader, has a special message. Star Sports lekar aaye hain yeh T20 World Cup ka Mahayudh! Are you Ready?