PM Modi, Anushka Sharma accept Virat Kohli's #FitnessChallenge, Dhoni yet to respond

NEW DELHI: Taking Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore's #HumFitTohIndiaFit campaign forward, Indian skipper Virat Kohli on Wednesday gave a fitness challenge to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, star cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni, and his wife and actress Anushka Sharma.

Kohli took to Twitter to post a video of him doing the Butt Plank, and inviting the others to join the challenge.

"I have accepted the #FitnessChallenge by Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore sir. Now I would like to challenge my wife @AnushkaSharma , our PM @narendramodi ji and @msdhoni bhai for the same. #HumFitTohIndiaFit #ComeOutAndPlay," Virat tweeted.



Modi, on Thursday, accepted the cricketer's challenge. While he did not challenge anyone further, he did agree to post his own fitness video on Twitter soon.


Anushka Sharma also responded to her husband's tweet with a video. She then invited squash player Dipika Pallikal and her 'Sui Dhaaga' co-star Varun Dhawan to join in.

Dhoni is yet to respond to Kohli's tweet.

The 75-year-old megastar, Amitabh Bachchan, too, took to Twitter to accept Rathore's challenge. The Big B wrote, describing his fitness routine:


Earlier on Wednesday, in a self-made video posted on Twitter, Rathore urged Indians to shoot a video of their "fitness mantra" and share it. He then did 10 push-ups and also praised Prime Minister Modi by calling him his source of inspiration for staying fit.

Rathore then challenged Virat Kohli, Hrithik Roshan and Saina Nehwal to join in and take the #FitnessChallenge forward.



Nehwal went on to tag PV Sindhu, Rana Daggubati and Gautam Gambhir to join the challenge.


Sindhu then shared her own fitness video, tagging Deepika Padukone, who shared a video of her running in New York, and invited Mithali Raj, Rani Rampal and Aditi Ashok to join the challenge.

I am extremely passionate about fitness...and my new obsession...running!🏃🏽‍♀️Thank You @pvsindhu1 ! I challenge @mithaliraj @ranirampal4 @aditigolf #HumFitTohIndiaFit

A post shared by Deepika Padukone (@deepikapadukone) on May 23, 2018 at 9:24am PDT

Rathore's challenge was also accepted by his colleagues, Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju and Union Finance Minister Piyush Goyal, who took to Twitter to share their fitness mantras.