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    "title": "Cricket commentary with sport stars an honour for Big B",
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    "excerpt": "Megastar Amitabh Bachchan felt honoured Sunday to do commentary for the India-Pakistan",
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    "editor1": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Mumbai, Feb 15 (IANS) Megastar Amitabh Bachchan felt honoured Sunday to do commentary for the India-Pakistan match of ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 with cricket legends like Kapil Dev and Rahul Dravid.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Big B did commentary as part of an integration between broadcaster Star Sports and the makers of his latest film &quot;Shamitabh&quot;, which released Feb 6.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Amitabh took to the microphone with former India cricketer Aakash Chopra and Pakistani fast bowling great Shoaib Akhtar after India won the toss and decided to bat, read a statement.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">As Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan entered the field as openers of Team India, the veteran-actor said: &quot;Rohit Sharma looks nervous at the start of the innings, a feeling I can very much relate to, at this moment.&quot;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Apart from entertaining the masses with his humour, Amitabh surprised everyone with his thorough cricket analysis and knowledge.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">He also took to Twitter to share his experience.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&ldquo;Commentary for the India Pak match over, an honor to be in the room as legends - Kapil, Rahul, Shoaib .. predicted 300 .. got it !!&rdquo; Big B tweeted Sunday.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">A day before the match, the 72-year-old expressed his eagerness to sit in the commentary box.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&ldquo;Its India vs Pakistan and its a commentary moment for me, sitting in the studios of Star in Mumbai and hoping against hope that I get those directions right for the cricket,&quot; he shared on his official blog srbachchan.tumblr.com Saturday.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Though he was nervous about it, a string of Bollywood stars were bowled over by his commentary.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Actors like Riteish Deshmukh, Shahid Kapoor and Alia Bhatt took to Twitter to appreciate Amitabh.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&ldquo;Amitabh Bachchan on star sports live - wah - ab aur Kya chahiye - #IndVsPak @SrBachchan,&quot; Riteish.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Shahid also shared: &ldquo;What a great morning seeing the india Pakistan match and hearing @SrBachchan commentate.&rdquo;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Sidharth Malhotra was also impressed by Big B&#39;s work.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&ldquo;Commentary never sound so impactful @SrBachchan live on #IndvsPak superb,&quot; he tweeted.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Sidharth&#39;s &quot;Student of the Year&quot; co-star Alia Bhatt also fell in &quot;love&quot; with the megastar&#39;s voice.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&ldquo;Okay even I AM UP for the match. So you can&#39;t take the Indian out of an #IndvsPak match after all! OH and you gotta love @SrBachchan,&quot; she shared on Twitter.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n",
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