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Watch quirky social media challenges by celebs that has gone viral during coronavirus lockdown

By Lokmat English Desk | Updated: April 12, 2020 15:00 IST

Frying Pan Challenge  46-year-old Indian tennis legend Leander Paes  recorded himself bouncing a tennis ball against the wall ...

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Frying Pan Challenge  

46-year-old Indian tennis legend Leander Paes  recorded himself bouncing a tennis ball against the wall with a frying pan instead of a racquet while talking to the camera, creating his own challenge called the frying pan challenge. His former doubles partner Mahesh Bhupathi, who had retired a few years back and was the Indian tennis’ team’s non-playing captain in the Davis Cup, was quick to appreciate his counterpart’s skills, to which Leander Paes asked him to post one of his own performing the skill.

 

100 volley challenge 

Three-time champion Andy Murray and his wife Kim Sears have now initiated the '100 volley challenge'. Murray took to his official Twitter handle to post a 100 volley associate challenge. Murray and his wife Kim Sears challenged all tennis players and fans to dig out their rackets and grab a partner to crack out 100 volleys from home after demonstrating their skill in the unique challenge. 

 

Head shave challenge

A group of England rugby players have shaved their heads as part of an online charity campaign. Australia batsman David Warner on Tuesday decided to shave off his head to show support towards all those people who are working relentlessly on the frontline in the battle against coronavirus.After shaving off his head, Warner also challenged his Australian team-mate Steve Smith and India skipper Virat Kohli to do the same.

 

T - Shirt challenge 

Actress Neha Sharma introduced a T-Shirt challenge on social media which involves putting on a T-shirt while doing a handstand.  Neha took to Instagram to post a video where she can be seen trying to do just that. She also invited her sister, actress Aisha Sharma, to take up the challenge. Neha made her Bollywood debut in 2010 with the Emraan Hashmi-starrer Crook. She was later seen in films like Teri Meri Kahaani, Kyaa Super Kool Hain Hum, Jayantabhai Ki Luv Story, Yamla Pagla Deewana 2, and  Youngistaan.

 

Motion Dance Fitness Challenge 

Asim Riaz of Big Boss fame introduced the motion dance fitness challenge through India's first artificial intelligence fitness app Thunderpod. Asim took to Instagram and posted a video of his dance fitness challenge which has gone viral on social media. The handsome hunk challenged actress Rashmi Desai, singer Shehnaaz Gill, and Aarti Singh to beat his score on the app. A number of celebrities including former Big Boss contestant Lucinda Nicholas, actress Ruhi Singh, and Deepti Sati have participated in this challenge.

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