Babes and Dudes of IPL

The pre and post-match shows of the Indian Premier League have been as much of TRP pullers for the cricket contest as the matches themselves. Let's take a look at some of babes and dudes who have played anchor for the cash-rich league: Rochelle Maria Rao, the winner of Miss India International 2012, has spiced up the IPL 6 with her sizzling debut as a cricket host. The leggy lass is doing a great job as the host and is surely grabbing some eyeballs as well.

Bigg Boss 6 contestant Karishma Kotak is also the co-hosts for Indian Premier League season 6. The hottie has joined Sameer Kocchar, Gaurav Kapoor and Rochelle Rao as anchor.

Sameer Kochhar, along with Gaurav Kapoor, has become the face of IPL pre-shows. The Delhi boy has hosted the pre-show since the very first season starting 2008 and now has been associated with the league for six years in a row. His knowledge of cricket and the skill of interacting with the fans on the ground has given him a lot of success as a cricket host.

Gaurav Kapoor has been a part of the IPL from the second season. He claims IPL is a clean family entertainment compared to the regressive shows on TV. His wit, whackier sense of humour and excellent screen presence have made him a class apart in the league of cricket hosts.

VJ-turned-anchor Archana Vijaya proved to be an instant hit when she took on hosting the IPL 5 pre-show on a TV channel. The girl from Kolkata started her career as a model but soon she was bitten by the cricket bug and went on to became a top cricket anchor in India.

Shibani Dandekar took over the reigns from Mandira Bedi as the host of IPL pre-show in 2011. Apart from IPL, she has also hosted the Celebrity Cricket League.

Angad Bedi, the son of legendray spinner Bishen Singh bedi, was roped in by a channel to host IPL 3 pre-show. His good looks, charm and his cricketing knowledge made him one of the happening cricket hosts that year.

Ayushmann Khurana, now a successful Bollywood actor, has also hosted a season of Indian Premier League. He joined Sameer Kochhar, Gaurav Kapoor and Angad Bedi as anchor of IPL 3, the only season which had all male hosts. The four hunks did a great job and made the IPL 3 pre-shows a huge success.

Mandira Bedi's anchoring, style and her dynamic presence surely became one of the highlights during the second edition of IPL.

The gorgeous Shonali Nagrani hosted the very first season of Indian Premier League. Apart from the IPL, the sexy model has also hosted Champions Trophy and World Cup 2007 shows.

Shahrukh & Deepika watch IPL while it pours in Munnar

The main stars of `Chennai Express have been literally soaking in the sights and sounds of Kerala. After shooting in Goa, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone spent the last five days filming parts of two songs for his next film with Kerala as backdrop. The team shot over four days in Munnar before moving to Alappuzha on Monday for shooting one day.

"Filming in Munnar, however, was difficult because it was raining. Could not shoot in two of the four proposed days because of the rain," says a source present at the site. The break, however, proved to be lucky for the two who, along with director Rohit Shetty, used the time to catch up on the ongoing IPL matches.

Unfortunately, Munnar shooting schedule interruptions had much more than the rain, says our source. "The roads are narrow, and get 14 trucks of crews it was a challenge. Add to that the multitude of holiday in the mountains. Always had people wanting to click pictures with the stars. Shah Rukh was most helpful. He posed with all of them. also tried to learn a couple of Malayalam words while he was here. Malayali tried a different dish every day, "reveals our source.