'Itihas gawah hai, ladkiyon ne ladayi hi karai hai' - Fans react hilariously as actress Rashmika Mandanna rates MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli as her favourites

Indian T20 League is just around the corner as the tournament opener is set to commence a few hours after today between Gujarat and Chennai. Meanwhile, the build-up for the much-anticipated tournament is going very intense as Indian celebrities from various walks of life are interested in the cash-rich Indian T20 tournament.

Amidst all this, the renowned South Indian actress Rashmika Mandanna has named her favorites in cricket. She went on to rate the former Indian skippers, MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli as her favorite cricketers amongst all who are currently active in cricket.

"MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli are my favorites. They're top-notch,” said Mandanna just ahead of the start of the 16^th edition of the Indian T20 League.

Subsequently, a section of Indian cricket fans took it as an opportunity to come up with some hilarious and interesting reactions on the micro-blogging site Twitter. Some of the fans also trolled the current Indian skipper and star batter, Rohit Sharma as he was not mentioned as a favorite by Rashmika.

Here’s how fans reacted:

इतिहास गवाह है लड़कियों ने सिर्फ लड़ाई हि कराई है 🤦🏻‍♂️😂

— PUNther (@pink_punther) March 30, 2023

Yaar, 😭 pic.twitter.com/d8cg503gHc

— Arrytro (@arytrro) March 30, 2023

MSD and Virat are fav batsmen of Tamanna and Rashmika

Meanwhile Hitman: pic.twitter.com/FlKVG6uzcQ

— ً (@SarcasticCowboy) March 30, 2023

Yeah sab raat me 11 baje kaun puch eaha usse

— ACID (@ACID_CHEL) March 30, 2023

South industries supporting south team's RCB, CSK
Bollywood supporting MI

— 🚘maddyyy (@Squarehazards) March 30, 2023

https://t.co/cBRIix16qj

Both are ❤

— Shamsi (MSH) (@ShamsiHaidri) March 30, 2023

Rakhi sawant said Chahal is her favourite
Ranu Mondal said Ishan kishan and Gill is her favourite

— Syed Ansar Hussain (@Ansar_Hyd) March 30, 2023

Everyone’s fav MS Dhoni

— Yash MSdian ™️ 🦁 (@itzyash07) March 30, 2023

Csk supporter

— P R A T I K S H A (@Pratuu111) March 30, 2023

Bhai rohit ko koi janta bhi hain? 😭

— Harman 🇮🇳 (@Harman35673056) March 30, 2023

Ask her about any knock played by them, she will run away... 😂

— Karun S (@karuns_7) March 30, 2023

Both the Female performers love Kohli and Dhoni. Where is my 5 time winner Rohit blud

— #RetireKohli (@priyam1_raj) March 30, 2023

Coming back to cricket, the defending champions Gujarat and four-time champions Chennai will take on each other in the tournament opener at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad from 7.30 PM today evening.

Here’s a look at the Gujarat squad for the Indian T20 League 2023:

Hardik Pandya (C), Shubman Gill, David Miller, Abhinav Manohar, Sai Sudharsan, Wriddhiman Saha, Matthew Wade, Rashid Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Vijay Shankar, Mohammed Shami, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Pradeep Sangwan, Darshan Nalkande, Jayant Yadav, R Sai Kishore, Noor Ahmad, Kane Williamson, Odean Smith, KS Bharat, Shivam Mavi, Urvil Patel, Joshua Little, and Mohit Sharma.

Here’s a look at the Chennai squad for the Indian T20 League 2023:

MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ambati Rayudu, Subhranshu Senapati, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Dwaine Pretorius, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande, Akash Singh, Matheesha Pathirana, Simarjeet Singh, Prashant Solanki, Maheesh Theekshana, Ajinkya Rahane, Ben Stokes, Shaik Rasheed, Nishant Sindhu, Ajay Mandal, Bhagath Varma, and Sisanda Magala.