Ahead of the Indian Premier League’s (IPL) resumption on September 19, key player of all the eight teams echoed ‘picture abhi baaki hai’, giving a teaser to how thrilling the UAE-leg is going to be. Rohit Sharma’s Mumbai Indians will take on MS Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings at Abu Dhabi on Sunday. 

In a Star Sports campaign video, eight players can be seen joining in for a live video session. Rohit Sharma, who joins in first, takes the first dig at the others, suggesting his record title count and how the Mumbai Indians are used to coming first in the IPL. The next to join is Delhi Capitals’ Rishabh Pant, who reminds everyone that his side leads the points table at the moment. Chennai Super Kings’ star all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja steps in to say that Chennai Super Kings is not too far away. MS Dhoni and co are second on the table. 

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RCB skipper ViratKohli, Shubman Gill from Kolkata Knight Riders, Sunrisers Hyderabad’s lead bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar, KL Rrahul from the Punjab Kings and Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson also join the call. Bhuvneshwar Kumar asks Gill to focus on his batting. Kohli says that the IPL 2021 has many more twists and turns left.

In the end all of them say,” Asli Picture abhi baaki hai.” The dialogue from Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s movie ‘Om Shaanti Om’ is the hashtag IPL 2021 is using this year. 

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It was former Indian captain MS Dhoni who kicked off the campaign in a Star Sports commercial three weeks ago. 

Delhi Capitals currently lead the table with Chennai Super Kings, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai Indians following them in order. 

Chennai will play Mumbai in the first match after resumption of the current season of the cash-rich league.