NBA player Sim Bhullar with Ranveer Singh and Priyanka Chopra.
Mumbai, 2nd May, 2015: Bollywood actors Ranveer Singh and Priyanka Chopra met Sim Bhullar, NBA’s first Indian origin player, in Mumbai. This Sim Bhullar India visit continues NBA’s policy of bringing its key faces to promote basketball in the country.
Sim Bhullar India Visit- Itinerary
22-year-old Bhullar will first tour Mumbai, most likely with photo-ops at the Gateway of India. This will be followed by an appearance on Sony SIX’s IPL Extra Innings show on Sunday, May 3. He will then travel to Noida to inaugurate the Reliance Foundation Jr. NBA Elite National Camp on May 4. On May 5, he will visit Amritsar’s Golden Temple and Pingalwara, a home for people suffering from incurable and terminal diseases. Bhullar’s family is expected to make a charitable contribution to this organisation. On May 6, he will conduct a Reliance Foundation Jr. NBA clinic for 150 children at New Public School, Chandigarh. Bhullar will then return to Noida on May 7 to celebrate the final day of the Reliance Foundation Jr. NBA Elite Camp.
When Ranveer met Indian NBA Baller Sim Bhullar.
Ranveer is a huge basketball fan and as the pictures suggest, seems overjoyed to meet Sim. We are told that he congratulated Bhullar on being the first Indian origin player at the NBA. Bhullar was pleasantly surprised when Priyanka Chopra walked in too and posed for pictures with him.
Priyanka Chopra stepped up her game to match NBA player Sim Bhullar.
It is now quite common for Indian celebrities to promote hoops. Here’s Abhishek Bachchan as guest at a recent event:
The Sim Bhullar India visit is no surprise. The NBA team he played for this regular season is the Sacramento Kings, majority owned by India born Vivek Ranadive. Ranadive emigrated from Mumbai to the US decades ago and is keen to make basketball India’s no. 2 sport.
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