Cricketers watch OSO, Akhtar visits orphanage

CHANDIGARH: A few members of the Indian cricket team including skipper M S Dhoni watched Shah Rukh Khan- starrer 'Om Shanti Om' at a multiplex here on Friday while Pakistani pacer Shoaib Akhtar visited an orphanage.
    
While a few players of the Indian team including Virender Sehwag left the city on Friday to be with their family on Diwali eve, others like Dhoni, Robin Utthapa and Irfan Pathan went to a multiplex here in the afternoon to watch the movie, released on Friday.
    
Senior players Sachin Tendulkar, his wife Anjali, son Arjun and daughter Sara along with Sourav Ganguly and his wife and daughter also accompanied Dhoni and company.
    
Arjun, who has been seen over the past three days swirling his bat around and enjoying the company of his parents, looked more cheerful today than his yesterday's sombre mood when India lost to Pakistan in the Mohali ODI in a nail-biting finish.
    
Local lad Yuvraj Singh drove around the city in his yellow sports car, attracting attention of his fans.
    
At the multiplex too, the Indian team was mobbed by fans who were pleasantly surprised to see their favourite cricketing heroes in flesh and blood.
    
Dhoni could be seen having pop corn and looked in a relaxed mood.
    
On Thursday, during a post-match press conference, Dhoni had said though the team felt sad by losing, but that was not the end of it.
    
"Field mein he hamarein zindagi khatam nahein hotee (our life does not end on the field)," Dhoni had said.