{"id":386566,"date":"2023-11-02T05:02:51","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T05:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/11\/02\/watch-rishabh-pant-leads-vvs-laxmans-cake-smear-birthday-party-off-the-field-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2023-11-02T05:02:51","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T05:02:51","slug":"watch-rishabh-pant-leads-vvs-laxmans-cake-smear-birthday-party-off-the-field-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/11\/02\/watch-rishabh-pant-leads-vvs-laxmans-cake-smear-birthday-party-off-the-field-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Rishabh Pant leads VVS Laxman&#8217;s cake-smear birthday party | Off the field News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-104905431,imgsize-33238.cms\" \/><\/p>\n<div>Batting legend <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/vvs-laxman\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" target=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">VVS Laxman<\/a>&#8216;s 49th birthday celebrations on Wednesday witnessed a cake-smear party, which has now become a ritual with Team India players. And leading the credits for that was wicketkeeper-batter <!-- -->Rishabh Pant<!-- -->.<br \/>In a video posted by Pant on &#8216;X&#8217;, Laxman could be seen putting a little cream on Pant&#8217;s face, after which Pant cut a big chunk out of the cake and smeared it on Laxman&#8217;s face.<br \/>Pant is currently out of the Indian team as he is recuperating from injuries suffered in a car acident. <\/p>\n<p>VVS Laxman retired from international <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" target=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cricket<\/a> in 2012 and is currently the head of <!-- -->National Cricket Academy<!-- --> in Bengaluru, besides filling in as India coach intermittently.<br \/>His last assignment as the coach of the Indian team was during the recently concluded Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, where India won a gold medal. <\/div>\n<p><script>!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n    function loadFBEvents(isFBCampaignActive) {\n      if (!isFBCampaignActive) {\n        return;\n      }\n      (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n        if (f.fbq) return;\n        n = f.fbq = function() {\n          n.callMethod ? n.callMethod(...arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);\n        };\n        if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n        n.push = n;\n        n.loaded = !0;\n        n.version = '2.0';\n        n.queue = [];\n        t = b.createElement(e);\n        t.async = !0;\n        t.defer = !0;\n        t.src = v;\n        s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n      })(f, b, e, 'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js', n, t, s);\n      fbq('init', '593671331875494');\n      fbq('track', 'PageView');\n    };<\/p>\n<p>    function loadGtagEvents(isGoogleCampaignActive) {\n      if (!isGoogleCampaignActive) {\n        return;\n      }\n      var id = document.getElementById('toi-plus-google-campaign');\n      if (id) {\n        return;\n      }\n      (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n        t = b.createElement(e);\n        t.async = !0;\n        t.defer = !0;\n        t.src = v;\n        t.id = 'toi-plus-google-campaign';\n        s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n      })(f, b, e, 'https:\/\/www.googletagmanager.com\/gtag\/js?id=AW-877820074', n, t, s);\n    };<\/p>\n<p>    function loadSurvicateJs(allowedSurvicateSections = []){\n      const section =  window.location.pathname.split('\/')[1]\n      const isHomePageAllowed = window.location.pathname === '\/' && allowedSurvicateSections.includes('homepage')<\/p>\n<p>      if(allowedSurvicateSections.includes(section) || isHomePageAllowed){\n        (function(w) {\n          var s = document.createElement('script');\n          s.src=\"https:\/\/survey.survicate.com\/workspaces\/0be6ae9845d14a7c8ff08a7a00bd9b21\/web_surveys.js\";\n          s.async = true;\n          var e = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];\n          e.parentNode.insertBefore(s, e);\n        })(window);\n      }<\/p>\n<p>    }<\/p>\n<p>    window.TimesApps = window.TimesApps || {};\n    var TimesApps = window.TimesApps;\n    TimesApps.toiPlusEvents = function(config) {\n      var isConfigAvailable = \"toiplus_site_settings\" in f && \"isFBCampaignActive\" in f.toiplus_site_settings && \"isGoogleCampaignActive\" in f.toiplus_site_settings;\n      var isPrimeUser = window.isPrime;\n      if (isConfigAvailable && !isPrimeUser) {\n        loadGtagEvents(f.toiplus_site_settings.isGoogleCampaignActive);\n        loadFBEvents(f.toiplus_site_settings.isFBCampaignActive);\n        loadSurvicateJs(f.toiplus_site_settings.allowedSurvicateSections);\n      } else {\n        var JarvisUrl=\"https:\/\/jarvis.indiatimes.com\/v1\/feeds\/toi_plus\/site_settings\/643526e21443833f0c454615?db_env=published\";\n        window.getFromClient(JarvisUrl, function(config){\n          if (config) {\n            loadGtagEvents(config?.isGoogleCampaignActive);\n            loadFBEvents(config?.isFBCampaignActive);\n            loadSurvicateJs(config?.allowedSurvicateSections);\n          }\n        })\n      }\n    };\n  })(\n    window,\n    document,\n    'script',\n  );<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/off-the-field\/watch-rishabh-pant-leads-vvs-laxmans-cake-smear-birthday-party\/articleshow\/104905325.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Batting legend VVS Laxman&#8216;s 49th birthday celebrations on Wednesday witnessed a cake-smear party, which has now become a ritual with Team India players. 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