India batter Virat Kohli and his Bollywood diva wife Anushka Sharma surprised their fans in Bengaluru on Monday with a badminton match to highlight the importance of sports.

Virat and Anushka, who have demonstrated their dedication to fitness over the years, dropped by for an unannounced visit to a prestigious residential society in the city for an event. They then teamed up together to play a game of badminton against two lucky residents.

The game was filled with fun and some competitive banter and the power couple conveyed a powerful message about incorporating sports and fitness into daily lives.

Commenting on the occasion, Virat said, "Sports has to be an integral part of everyone's life. I'm glad that PUMA recognised the need and came forward wholeheartedly to highlight the importance of making it an essential just like other necessities.

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It was great fun taking time out from our schedules to interact with locals and crashing a meeting at the co-working space to get employees to do fitness challenges. I hope many will be motivated and inspired today and take up sports and fitness as a life skill."

"Sports and fitness must be integrated into our culture, curriculum and everyday lives as a valuable and critical life skill. As a brand, PUMA constantly creates fresh and offbeat ways to connect, engage and inspire audiences in a deeper way. Our event today brought Virat (Kohli) and Anushka (Sharma) and consumers up, close and personal. Virat and Anushka are youth icons and their on-the-spur interactions today will create awareness and encourage people of all ages to take up sports and fitness," Abhishek Ganguly, Managing Director, PUMA India and Southeast Asia, said.

(India Today inputs)