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MUMBAI: MAX, India?s Premium Hindi Movies and Special Events channel and the official broadcaster of the DLF IPL, is all set to bring to your homes, the excitement, the glamour and the LIVE analysis of the third season of the world?s largest cricket extravaganza. MAX extraaa innings T20, the first and only one of its kind, cricket wrap-around show that always lives up to its name by providing something extraaa. To create the incredible carnival like spirit that engulfs the event, MAX is bringing four die-hard cricket fans turned presenters onto your TV screens this year. The awesome foursome is Gaurav Kapur, Samir Kochhar, Ayushmann Khurrana and Angad Bedi.
Everybody loves Gaurav Kapur! He?s the friendly, energetic cricket buff who?s a scream with the audience. Interestingly enough, he?s well on his way to entertaining you on the big screen as well, with one film ? ?Saloon? ? that?s already made its way to the Cairo film festival. Turns out, he?s a guy for his audience; entertaining with cricket or in the movies. ?When I was little, I watched the match on DD at any odd hour that it was airing and the entertaining part was when you discussed the match with your friends the next day. With shows like extraaa innings T20, cricket seems like a round the clock fun fiesta and the nation is your friend with whom you can chat about the match and more. Boy! I?ve been waiting since the end of season 2, for DLF IPL 2010 to begin, so I can go out there and do what I love most ? tickle their ribs and talk about cricket to my fellow-cricket lovers.?
Another familiar face from season 2 is Samir Kochhar. ?I?m back to stack n? attack; you guys better free yourselves, to get groovy with me for DLF IPL Season 3?, says Samir. He?s sure to bring his Bollywood ka chaska to the world of cricketing entertainment. The combination of two of India?s favourite themes ? Bollywood and Cricket ? it can?t get any better than that! During the wait from the end of the last season to the beginning of this one, Samir?s been on a roll; the film camera-roll! We?ve watched him in films like Jannat and Zeher and we?re soon to watch him play the lead role in an upcoming film. Samir is gung-ho about coming back.
Now for the extraaa zing, this season MAX has Angad Bedi, well known in the domestic and county circuit. Trained by none other than father and India?s former captain, the one and only Bishan Singh Bedi, Angad Bedi is all set to charm the audience with his knowledge and experience of cricket this season of DLF IPL. A chip off the old block, Angad is an ace cricketer and comrade of the likes of Harbhajan Singh and Yuvraj Singh. ?It is an honour to be on extraaa innings. As Bishan Singh Bedi?s son, as former cricketer, as someone who lives cricket, what a pleasure it will be to go out there and share the fervour with everyone. What a luxury to do what I do best and be acknowledged for it?, he says. ?Not a day goes by at home without a chai-time conversation about cricket. Now it?ll be a full time fun conversation about cricket with my dad, with his fans and with cricket fans, which pretty-much sums up my country?.
VJ of a music channel and current host of some television shows, Ayushmann Khurrana is the final surprise this season on MAX extraaa innings T20. It?s no wonder this guy is surrounded by women! The charming smile, the dashing and debonair gait and a voice that boomerangs, is bound to hook girls and women alike. Ayushman is also an Under 14 and Under 19 district cricket player. Ayushmann will present the cricket extravaganza, DLF IPL 2010 like never before. ?I?ve played cricket and I love cricket? says Ayushmann. ?I won?t say more, for to elaborate would dilute that sentiment. To be on extraaa innings T20 is an opportunity to be treasured and I?m glad it?s been given to me. Don?t miss it for I?ll miss you. Catch you there.?
Speaking about this season?s extraaa innings show, Sneha Rajani, EVP & Business Head, MAX, said, ?extraaa innings is the pioneer of cricketainment. The aim is to combine India?s ardent religion ? cricket, with the universally enjoyable element of entertainment, which we have always done through this show. True to the name of the show, extraaa innings T20, we have come back with something new, exciting and extra for our viewers in every season of the DLF IPL. Presenters are the ones that make a show tick and this year we have four young and vibrant cricket fanatics ? each of whom will bring their own style to make MAX DLF IPL 2010 another roaring success with the audience!?
