Watch: Venkatesh Iyer and Avesh Khan participate in the ‘Arabic Kuthu’ challenge

Watch: Venkatesh Iyer and Avesh Khan participate in the ‘Arabic Kuthu’ challenge

Cricketers Venkatesh Iyer and Avesh Khan recently impressed fans with their dance moves when they took on the Arabic Kuthu challenge. The song is from Vijay’s upcoming film ‘Beast‘, which has been immensely popular with the public. Many celebs have also shared videos of themselves shaking a leg to the popular Arabic Kuthu song. Both Iyer and Khan were seen perfectly nailing the hook step of the Arabic Kuthu song in a video shared by the former on his social media handles earlier today.

Iyer, who received appreciation from all quarters for his excellent performance in the second half of last year’s IPL, has been retained by Kolkata Knight Riders for $8 crores prior to last month’s Indian Premier League auction. A hugely influential figure in KKR’s miraculous turnaround in the second phase after a slow start in the first phase, Iyer scored 370 runs for the team in the UAE leg of the competition.

Avesh Khan, on the other hand, was released by the Delhi Capitals ahead of the auction. While many franchises expressed interest in signing the right-arm pacer, Lucknow Super Giants ultimately bagged him for a whopping ₹10 crores. It is worth noting that the bowler finished as the second-highest wicket-taker in IPL 2021 with 24 scalps from 16 matches.

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IPL 2022 to kick off on March 26

IPL 2022
IPL 2022

The 15th edition of the Indian Premier League is a few weeks away from getting underway as ten teams will be immensely battle it out for the prestigious trophy. The inclusion of two new teams, Lucknow Super Giants and Gujarat Titans meant that the format of the tournament has now been slightly changed. The ten teams of IPL 2022 have now been divided into two groups on the basis of their championship titles and the number of final appearances they have made. Each of the franchises will play 14 league games, leading up to 70 league games overall in IPL 2022. Each team will play the teams of their own group and one team from the other group twice and will play the remaining four teams once as per the new IPL schedule. There will also be 12 doubleheaders in the season, starting from March 26 to May 29.

The IPL participants will have to get into their team’s bio bubble and will undergo three days of quarantine before that. Defending champions Chennai Super Kings will take on Kolkata Knight Riders in the opening game of the tournament this year at the Wankhede Stadium.

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