France or Croatia: Bollywood roots for FIFA World Cup favourites
Mumbai, July 15 : Bollywood celebrities Ranveer Singh, Abhishek Bachchan and John Abraham among others are excited about the clash between France and Croatia at the FIFA World Cup 2018 final in Moscow on Sunday.
The match at Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium will keep Bollywood's football fanatics hooked.
Ranveer and Abhishek did a little poll for their fans on their Twitter page.
Who do you think will win today? World Cup 2018?"
Ranveer added: "The talent on display is amongst the very best in world football. Have rooted for Croatia's golden generation this entire World Cup. They will have to play the match of their lives against footballing giants France who are due a major tournament win."
Filmmaker Shoojit Sircar tweeted: "Tonight I am behind Croatia. FIFA World Cup 2018."
Even John is a Croatia supporter, as is Poonam Pandey.
Diana Penty: France vs. Croatia! Who's gonna take it home tonight
Arjun wrote: "It all comes down to one game! Who's excited for the finals? Pogba v/s Modric, Kante v/s Rakitic, Mbappe v/s Mandazukic
France v/s Croatia FIFA World Cup 2018."
Actress Diana Penty posted a quirky video in which she teases the viewers, asking them: "France vs. Croatia! Who's gonna take it home tonight?"
Sophie Choudry is supporting France, which will bid to win their second FIFA World Cup title.
Everyone seems to be pegging Croatia to win tonight... Hmmm, hardly the underdogs anymore then right??? So I'm gonna back my favourites since 1998... Team France! I'm praying it's your time again! Either way, hope it's a cracking final to an awesome World Cup," she tweeted.
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Sunrisers Hyderabad defeat Punjab Kings by four wickets in IPL
Hyderabad, May 19: Sunrisers Hyderabad crushed Punjab Kings by four wickets to end the league phase of the Indian Premier League with 17 points here on Sunday.
Chasing 215, SRH overhauled the target with five balls to spare after opener Abhishek Sharma hammered a 28-ball 66 (6x6s, 5x4s).
SRH were also bolstered by contributions from Rahul Tripathi (33), Nitish Reddy (37) and Heinrich Klaasen (42) along the way.
Earlier in the contest, Punjab Kings were helped by Prabhsimran Singh's quick fire 71 as well as useful contributions from opener Atharva Taide (46) and Rilee Rossouw (49) to post 214/5 on board.
Prabhsimran and Taide added 97 runs from just 55 balls. While Taide scored 46 from 27 balls with five fours and two sixes, Prabhsimran hit seven sixes and four fours for his 45-ball 71.
Rossouw signed off with a 24-ball 49 with four sixes and three fours while stand-in skipper Jitesh Sharma produced late fireworks to make 32 not out.
Brief scores:
Punjab Kings 214/5 in 20 overs (Atharva Taide 46, Prabhsimran Singh 71, Rilee Rossouw 49; T Natarajan 2/33).
Hyderabad 215/6 in 19.1 overs (Abhishek Sharma 66, Rahul Tripathi 33, Nitish Reddy 37, Heinrich Klaasen 42; Arshdeep Singh 2/37) by 4 wickets.
