The latest episode of Kaun Banega Crorepati 15 has India's loved cricketers Smriti Mandhana and
Ishan Kishan
as the guests on the hot seat. Ishan shared that the game shall have a toss at intervals and there shall be 3 such toss moments in the whole game where Big B and the guests will have a chance to ask questions to each other.
Big B then asked Ishan at what age he began to play Cricket, Ishan asked his father his age and said, "At 7-8 years I had begun to play Cricket, to stay away from studies.
I had forced him to put me in cricket when I saw how my elder brother used to get freedom from his studies. I used to love Cricket. Then my coaches asked my father to let me concentrate on Cricket, I had scope. I used to play from Jharkhand under 16. There was an open trial and I got selected from there. They had made me play only two balls in the net and I was not sure whether I would get selected." The host lauded him and further moved ahead with the game.
Smriti and Ishan complete the first padav, Ishan and Smriti reveal that they work for RBI. They share that they play for RBI and spread awareness. They are proud to be a part of the government body. Ishan then says that it is time for the toss. Yet again Big B chooses heads and he loses. Smriti has a list of questions. Her first question: Which Indian women cricketer is also known as Chakda Express? Big B tries to remember and Smriti also gives a hint. He finally guesses it right '
Jhulan Goswami
'. He says, "Unko dekh kar ke bohot se logon ke haath pair thande ho jaate hai. Jab bowling karne aati hai toh bohot darr lagta hai. Pata nahi kiska khopdi fod denge."
After answering a few more questions, Smriti then asked, "Who is known as Gabbar in the Indian men's cricket team?"
Amitabh Bachchan
says. "I know him, he plays with the left hand and he is an opener, his name is Shikhar Dhawan. Bohot zor se maarte hai gaind, when he takes the catch he hits his thigh with pride."
Amitabh Bachchan then continued with the game and asked the 6th question, The guests had to guess the Image question and they guessed it right. Ishan then shared an anecdote, "When I started playing on the higher level in Cricket, my friends and fellow cricketers took me to have sushi and they asked me to eat it with the condiments. They called wasabi 'pudine ki chutney' and I took a big bite of it. My whole face was burning. Then I pranked the other four players."
Big B then asked the 8th question worth Rs 80,000, the image question was "This person is from the same country as which of these coaches?" Duncan Fletcher, Gary Kristen, Greg Chapell,
John
Wright. They take their first lifeline Audience Poll and choose option B Gary Kirsten.
Smriti then shares her journey into cricket, "It was my father's dream to see bhaiya and me make a career in cricket. I started playing cricket looking at my brother and I was righty but I started playing from left looking at my brother." Ishan then asked, "Sir even you are left right? I used to see you and Sachin Sir, I even tried writing from the left hand thinking all the eminent celebrities were lefty." Amitabh Bachchan then says, "I am lefty, thoda humara khopdi khiska hua hai, I can write with both left and right."
Smriti then shares her challenges and how she began playing with the boys as there weren't many cricketers to play in the women's team. Amitabh Bachchan lauds her parents for giving equal opportunities and freedom to their daughter.
Smriti and Ishan easily complete the second padav losing one lifeline. After completing Super Sandook, they win Rs 50,000 for answering 5 correct answers. They revive their lifeline. Big B then asked the 12th question worth Rs 12,50,000: Which Indian cricket made his test debut in the same match in which Sachin Tendulkar scored his first international century?
A) Rahul Dravid B) Anil Kumble C) Sorav Ganguly D) Javagal Srinath
Ishan and Smriti take the lifeline phone a friend however, he fails to answer the question correctly Ishan then takes a double dip lifeline and first chooses option D which is wrong. He then chooses Option B
Anil
Kumble and wins Rs 12,50,000. Big B then asks the 13th question worth Rs 25 Lakhs: Which of these awards did RRR not win at the 69th National Film Awards, 2023?
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A) Best lyrics B) Best action direction C) Best special effects D) Best Choreography
Smriti and Ishan didn't know which one to choose, they decided to quit as they didn't know the right answer. To take a quick guess, they chose option C which was wrong. The right answer was option A Best lyrics. Smriti and Ishan win Rs 12,50,000.
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