Bollywood actor Salman Khan shared a video on his Instagram handle on Thursday to extend his best wishes to Team India participating in the Tokyo Olympic Games 2020. On July 23, the world’s most celebrated athletics event will commence and players from different countries will fight for the top spot. With 127 athletes competing in 85 events, India hopes to win medals for boxing, shooting, wrestling, archery and badminton. 

After Union Minister for Information and Broadcast and Youth Affairs & Sports Anurag Thakur nominated Akshay Kumar to cheer for Team India, the Minister of Law and Justice Kiren Rijiju nominated Salman Khan to participate in the online campaign. Both Akshay and Salman happily accepted the nominations and shared their ‘vitory punch’ videos on social media.

“Best of luck to our Indian Olympic team for the Tokyo Olympics. Here’s my victory punch. Cheer for India,” Salman said while addressing the athletes. While sharing the video, Salman wrote, “I join the campaign to support our Indian Olympic team … #Tokyo2020. I accept the challenge given by @kiren.rijiju #HumaraVictoryPunch”.

Earlier today, Akshay Kumar shared a video on Twitter for Team India and wrote, “Thank you Anurag ji for nominating me. I’m cheering for Team India at #Tokyo2020 Olympics. Are you? I nominate @KhiladiGroup1 @RanchiAkkians @Akkistaan @RajasthanAkkian @AKFansGroup  @TamilAkkians @SILCHAR_AKKIANS @CHENNAIAKKIANS @MumbaiAkkians @VeerAkkians #Cheer4India. (sic)

For those unaware, politician Anurag Thakur had started Humara Victory Punch campaign in order to boost the spirits of Indian athletes going to the Olympics. As India is sending its largest ever contingent to the Olympics this year, everyone’s hopes of bettering its medals haul are high. Mary Kom, Pooja Rani, Manish Kaushik, Ashish Kumar, Satish Kumar, and Manpreet Singh are among the 127 athletes participating in Tokyo Olympics 2020.