The 93rd Academy Awards took place on Monday, April 26. To mark the occasion, the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Rajasthan Royals (RR), decided to celebrate the occasion on their official social media handle as they shared a picture of the cricketers and recreated them in form of former Oscars-winning characters.
In the recreated image, RR skipper Sanju Samson can be seen portrayed as the ‘King Leonidas’ from the famous film ‘300’. The character of ‘Leonidas’ was played by the Scottish actor Gerard Buttler in Zack Snyder’s fantasy war film 300. Apart from him, the wicket-keeper batsman, Jos Buttler, all-rounders Chris Morris and Riyan Parag, and bowler Chetan Sakariya, too, feature in the picture.
This one goes out to all the entertainers. 💗#HallaBol | #RoyalsFamily | #Oscars pic.twitter.com/Mk0nqk1SIM
— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) April 26, 2021
While Buttler looks like Tom Hanks from the iconic movie ‘Forrest Grump’, Parag seems to be imitating Michael Keaton from the 2015 Oscars-winning film ‘Birdman’.
Chris Morris can be seen projecting Cliff Booth, played by Brad Pitt, from the film ‘Once upon a time in Hollywood’. Brad Pitt won the best supporting actor award for his role in the 2020 Academy Awards. Left-arm pacer Sakariya seems to be the look-alike of Chadwick Boseman from the movie ‘Black Panther’.
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Captioning the picture on Twitter, Rajasthan Royals wrote: “This one goes out to all the entertainers.” A Twitter user even went on to say that RR deserves to have 100 million followers. He replied, “Idk why RR has the least number of followers in social media. This admin deserves 100 million followers.”
Idk why RR has the least number of followers in social media..
This admin deserves 100 million followers😎
— Avani (@Avani84527156) April 26, 2021
Meanwhile, after the conclusion of the first phase of the IPL 2021, RR has now left with only four overseas players – Buttler, Chris Morris, David Miller, and Mustafizur Rahman.
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While the team has already been missing the likes of Ben Stokes and Jofra Archer due to injuries, Liam Livingstone and Andrew Tye left India due to bio-bubble fatigue. So far, the Rajasthan-based outfit has played five matches out of their allotted 14 league games. They next take on Mumbai Indians on Thursday.
