Sallu as opening batsman, SRK as wicketkeeper ?

'Sallu' as opening batsman,

'SRK' as wicketkeeper ?

India won the 2011 World Cup, and that's a bigger event than all the movies put together this year. (And yes, we'd say that even if 2011 wasn't turning out as tragically lackluster as it is.)

And while we celebrate our boys in blue, we decided to let our filmstars onto the stadium ground, just for a lark. Here then are the Bollywood lot, split up into cricketing roles. No, that's not figuring out which actor looks like which cricketer, but instead looking at our stars and their perceived roles in the industry.

Here, then, is the Bollywood team.

Opening Batsman:

There's a reason India have a batsman like Virender Sehwag to face the first ball of the innings. You need a dhamakedaar superstar right at the top, and who better to guarantee an opening than Salman Khan? Sure, some shots might be ludicrous and the critics might not applaud every move, but there's no doubting the Salman impact. And he's a man rivals fear.