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SHane warne

Bollywood legends pays tribute

to the ‘King of spin’

Celebrities from the film fraternity including Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgn, Varun Dhawan,

Ranveer Singh, Arjun Rampal, Arjun Kapoor and Shibani Dandekar were among those who mourned the demise of
the legendary cricketer on their social media handles

cial media handles.
OUR BUREAU Actor Ayushmann Khurrana
took to his Instagram handle and
Mumbai
shared a picture of Warne, alongside
he sports fraternity lost a leg- which he wrote, “Goodbye Warney! I
end in cricketer Shane Warne emulated your action as a leg spinner
twho died on Friday at the age of my school team and under-16 and
of 52. Warne, who died of a suspect- under-19 team of Panchkula district.
ed heart attack, was one of the best Your loss is very personal. Rest in
spinners to have embraced the game. peace legend.”
He scalped 708 wickets in his illustri- Manyata Dutt, the wife of actor
ous career which spanned 145 Test Sanjay Dutt, shared an Insta Story
matches. that read, “Extremely sad and dis-
Warne was one of the best heartening news... RIP.”
leg-spinners to have embraced the Soha Ali Khan expressed grief
game. Warne scalped 708 wickets in by writing, “Deeply saddened to lose
his illustrious career which spanned a legend much befor his time.”
145 Test matches. Warne played 194 Varun Dhawan shared a picture
One Day Internationals for Australia of the legendary spinner and wrote,
in which he scalped 293 wickets. The “Completely shocked by this news,
right-hander was also handy with the have so many childhood memories
bat as he scored 3,154 runs in his Test watching this legend.”
career. He amassed 1,018 runs in the Punjabi singer and actor Ammy
50-overs format. Virk penned, “RIP legend... Wahe-
The leg-spinner was known guru kripa karan parwaar te,” along
for his guile bowling and took a to- with sharing Warne’s photo.
tal of 1,001 wickets. He became the Bollywood actor Preity Zinta,
first-ever bowler to scale the peak of who is a co-owner of the Punjab Kings
1,000 international wickets. IPL team, on Saturday, mourned the
Expressing grief over the demise death of legendary cricketer Shane
of ‘King Of Spin’, members of the Warne who passed away on Friday at
Indian film fraternity took to their the age of 52.
social media handles and penned Taking to her Instagram handle,
heartfelt tributes. “This news has left the actor posted a picture that fea-
millions like me in shock & disbe- tures her along with Warne. In the
lief...gone too soon...May you rest in post’s caption, Preity remembered
peace King Of Spin...,” veteran actor Warne by sharing memories of the
Anil Kapoor said in a tweet. legendary spinner. She wrote, “So
National Award-winning actor Sand artist Ajay Rawat created a sand art to pay tribute to former Australian cricketer sad to hear that Shane Warne is no
Manoj Bajpayee also tweeted, “How more. He was a magician on the field
can this be true? Absolutely shock- Shane Warne in Pushkar on Saturday. (ANI Photo) and such a charismatic and flamboy-
ing!! Gone too soon, Maestro!! Rest ant personality off the field. I learnt
in peace #Shanewarne” ly laugh easily. RIP dear legend. We handle and wrote. so much about cricket from him ev-
Veteran star Anupam Kher said will miss your brilliance!” he said in Celebrities from the film frater- ery time I met him during the IPL
deeply shocked and saddened to a tweet. nity including Akshay Kumar, Ajay and laughed a lot.”
know about the unexpected demise “A legend is no more. Gone too Devgn, Varun Dhawan, Ranveer “He was an inspiration to so
of one of the greatest spin bowlers. soon. Thank you Mr Warne for the Singh, Arjun Rampal, Arjun Kapoor many all over the world. My heartfelt
“He was magical on the field! I had memories of your magic on the crick- and Shibani Dandekar were among condolences to his family. R.I.P my
the privilege of meeting him in a et field. #RIP #ShaneWarne,” Actor those who mourned the demise of friend. You will be missed. #Legend
London hotel lobby. He could real- Boman Irani also took to his Twitter the legendary cricketer on their so- #RIP #Gonetoosoon,” added Preity.

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