MUMBAI: Star Sports, the official broadcaster of VIVO Pro Kabaddi League treats fans with action-packed matches. To make the event bigger, Khiladi of Bollywood - Akshay Kumar along with Vidya Balan, Taapsee Pannu, Kirti Kulhari and Nithya Menen, all-star cast of Mission Mangal will go LIVE from the Star Sports studio on 10th August 2019, 7PM onwards.
The Bollywood stars will grace viewers with their presence on KBD Live; VIVO Pro Kabaddi League’s pre-show for the opening match of the Ahmedabad leg where Gujarat Fortunegiants take on Tamil Thalaivas. The power-packed defence squad Gujarat Fortnegiants will be showing their might against the ever-blazing raiders of Tamil Thalaivas which include Rahul ‘The Showman’ Chaudhari and Ajay ‘Iceman’ Thakur – a match that will be a treat the viewers. With the added Bollywood ‘tadka’ this match will be nothing less than an entertaining 40 minutes for fans
VIVO Pro Kabaddi Season 7 has witnessed Bollywood and Cricket Fraternity’s presence with Virat Kohli visiting the opening of the Mumbai leg, Raveen Tandon gracing the opening of the Patna leg and Harbhajan Singh commentating on the first day of Patna leg. The star cast of Mission Mangal will be live on Star Sports 1 Hindi, Star Sports 1 Hindi HD and Hotstar when Gujarat Fortunegiants clash with Tamil Thalaivas at 7.30PM. Followed by Puneri Paltan take on Dabang Delhi K.C at 8.30PM.
Virat Kohli, Team India Captain (Cricket) opened the Mumbai leg of VIVO PRO KABADDI season 7, sharing his love for kabaddi said, "Kabaddi has taken a leap in the sports culture in our country since the inception of the Pro Kabaddi League. Seeing a sport that we all have played as kids to get to this stature today gives a different feeling altogether especially when you know that the Indian kabaddi team is one of the best ones throughout the world. Then seeing how players from all over the globe come to India to be a part of the Pro Kabaddi League shows that the level of the sport has been escalated exponentially. The reason kabaddi has become a world recognized sport is due to the fitness and determination of the Indian kabaddi players."