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According to highly placed sources, Sambhavna Seth is not very happy at the fact that Monica Bedi has been sent as Wild card in Bigg Boss. She says, “How can Monica go when I got more votes??”. She has further raised questions on the entire nomination and elimination procedure of this Colors reality show as well. “My suspicions were raised when Rahul Mahajan asked me how many weeks I would want to stay”, says she. However the source adds that she does not feel that the behavior of participants inside was scripted.

She has no qualms about playing games. “Had I not played games, I would not have survived even the initial two weeks. It was really tough to face all that I did from many people there”, quips Sambhavna.

In no mood to spare Payal Rohatgi, Sambhavna says, “I would not mind doing a film with her if I get a role to beat her up”. Things were not well between the two item girls even when they had both worked together in ‘36 China Town’.  Payal supposedly started the fresh tiff when she called Sambhavna cheap, to which the latter retorted, “Look who is calling me names, somebody who wears two pieces and gets massages??”. She is said to have confirmed that Payal and Rahul had played some “game” in the toilet.  She also laughed at the fact that Payal would steal ciggies. Sambhavna even quoted, “Payal and Rahul had a fling even before they entered Bigg Boss house”.

On Casanova Rahul, she says luckily he did not hit on her. “Rather he called me his sister”, says the girl. However, Sambhavna confesses that she seemed wary of Zulfi. “He always played some kind of black magic; hence whatever he would say would come true”.

Sambhavna who went into Bigg Boss to please her father does not feel that she humiliated him by the supposed ‘kissing’ with Raja. “We were playing this game to make Payal feel jealous. If you watch carefully, I had covered Raja’s face with hair and we both were laughing. Whatever came up on the screen was all the camera work!”, states she.

In spite of the bad memories inside the house, Sambhavna is glad to have got the love of all. “It was so nice to see women coming up and saying that I was so sweet in the games I played”, avers the girl. She was also touched by the enquiries regarding her brother and nephew.  

Still clueless about her future plans, Sambhavna states, “I have a large number of TV and film offers pouring in, but have not decided on anything as of now”. However, our source says that she might be a judge on an upcoming reality show as well.

Despite all the hue and cry, cheerleaders are here to stay in cricket. The Indian Cricket League (ICL) Tuesday has chosen Bollywood’s sex siren Rakhi Sawant to lead its cheerleaders’ squad ICL Zeebras which will be present at every match of the second season of the league that begins at Hyderabad Oct 10. There are eight other cheerleaders in Rakhi’s team- Ritika, Preeti, Jessica, Geeta, Richa, Sharvari, Jayshree and Sangeeta. They will perform across all the match venues of Gurgaon, Panchkula, Hyderabad and Ahmedabad. Sawant has personally auditioned and hand-picked the squad members and their performances will be designed by a Mumbai-based choreographer.

“Cheerleading is not just tamasha (mindless drama). It is a sport by itself. Until now, it was the exclusive domain of the international cheerleading troupes. But, thanks to ICL, this country will now have an indigenous cheerleaders’ squad,” Sawant said in the statement.

“It was after my performance at Panchkula during ICL’s Season 1 that I saw a huge opportunity for a possible Indian cheerleading squad,” the actress said.

“That dialogue resumed a few months later and culminated in the formation of the ICL Zeebras. I can’t wait to don my Zeebra outfit and break into a jig every time Rohan (Gavaskar) or Raviraj (Patil) hits a six. I am sure, this will be one cheerleading squad that the country will remember for a long time,” she added.

Shariq Patel, ICL’s senior vice president (Marketing & Operations), said. “Cheerleaders have a significant role to play in the modern context of sports. The ICL Zeebras squad includes some extremely talented and graceful dancers. I am confident that this synergistic initiative between cricket and entertainment will formulate a completely new experience for sports fans of the country.”