After top Bollywood celebrities, including Aamir Khan, Deepika Padukone, Karan Johar, Anil Kapoor, Anushka Sharma and many others, took up the Pad Man Challenge, sports stars are up for the task now.

The head coach of Indian men cricket team, Ravi Shastri, who is currently in South Africa for the on-going six-match One-day International (ODI) series took the Pad Man challenge and posed with a sanitary pad. He shared the photograph on photo sharing application, Instagram and wrote, “Yes, it’s a Pad in my hand. Happy to support rockstar @akshaykumar for breaking the taboo and initiating an open conversation. AK, am sure no ball is going to hit PAD (MAN). #PadManChallenge Here I challenge @imVkohli @SinghaniaGautam @Leander”

Yes, it’s a Pad in my hand. Happy to support rockstar @akshaykumar for breaking the taboo and initiating an open conversation. AK, am sure no ball is going to hit PAD (MAN). #PadManChallenge Here I challenge @imVkohli @SinghaniaGautam @Leander pic.twitter.com/FXdK3py7gW

— Ravi Shastri (@RaviShastriOfc) February 6, 2018

Ravi Shastri not just posed with the sanitary napkin but also extended the challenge to Indian skipper Virat Kohli and tennis legend Leander Paes.

Thank you for being a rockstar and doing the #PadManChallenge @RaviShastriOfc https://t.co/t9asFF36ya

— Akshay Kumar (@akshaykumar) February 6, 2018

Meanwhile, the most celebrated badminton player of India, PV Sindhu, also took up the challenge and posted a photo on Instagram, saying, “pvsindhu1Thank you for tagging me @deepikapadukone ! Yes, that’s a Pad in my hand. Periods are normal. Just another day…#PadManChallenge.”

Thank you for tagging me @deepikapadukone ! Yes, that’s a Pad in my hand. Periods are normal. Just another day…#PadManChallenge

A post shared by sindhu pv (@pvsindhu1) on Feb 5, 2018 at 8:11am PST

The makers of Pad Man have found a unique way to promote the movie and spread awareness about menstruation by challenging the film fraternity to pose with a sanitary pad.  Arunachalam Muruganantham began this challenge on social media by posting this picture. He wrote, “Yes that’s a Pad in my hand & there’s nothing to be ashamed about. It’s natural! Period. #StandByHer’

Wrestler Geeta Phogat also took the challenge and wrote, “thank you so much for tagging me 😊@soundarya_20 _and yes it’s pad in my hand! Not a big thing… it’s natural! Period #PadManChallenge @akshaykumar @mrsfunnybones @sonamakapoor @Padmanfilm and now i Challenge to my husband @pawankumar86kg to complete the challenge”

thank you so much for tagging me 😊@soundarya_20 _and yes it’s pad in my hand! Not a big thing… it’s natural! Period #PadManChallenge @akshaykumar @mrsfunnybones @sonamakapoor @Padmanfilm and now i Challenge to my husband @pawankumar86kg to complete the challenge pic.twitter.com/SfAjFeh9pP

— geeta phogat (@geeta_phogat) February 6, 2018

Akshay Kumar-starrer Pad Man will be released on 9 February. The plot of the film is inspired by Twinkle Khanna’s book ‘The Legend of Lakshmi Prasad’ which she wrote on Arunachalam Muruganantham’s real-life story.  Akshay Kumar will play the lead role and the social media is buzzing with the topics related to the film. The producer of the project, Twinkle Khanna, recently presented Pad Man at the Oxford Union, the first ever film to reach that platform.