It's
not
unusual
for
actors
to
be
rumoured
to
be
in
a
relationship
with
their
co-stars
or
other
celebrities.
Especially
after
the
wedding
of
Virat
Kolhi
and
Anushka
Sharma,
fans
of
Bollywood
and
the
Indian
cricket
team,
are
waiting
for
another
merger.
Actor
Athiya
Shetty,
who
has
been
rumoured
to
be
dating
cricketer
KL
Rahul,
was
teased
by
fashion
designer
and
film
producer
Vikram
Phadnis
when
he
pulled
her
leg
on
social
media.
In
a
playful
way,
the
actor
threatened
to
block
him.
When
Athiya
put
up
a
motivational
message
on
Instagram,
Vikram
left
a
funny
comment.
Her
motivational
quote
was,
'Trust
the
timing
of
your
life'.
She
captioned
the
picture,
"always,
always."
A
lot
of
people
commented
on
the
post,
but
the
one
that
caught
all
eyes
was
the
comment
by
designer
Vikram
Phadnis.
He,
first,
commented:
"You
seem
to
be
v
hyper
and
excited
these
days
???
Let's
go
to
KL
???
.....
Kuala
Lumpur
????"
Athiya,
who
wanted
to
tickle
a
funny
bone,
replied:
"@vikramphadnis
TIME
to
block
you!"
Vikram,
too
was
not
ready
to
give
up,
and
replied,
"I
will
complain
to
the
UMPIRE
!!
@athiyashetty
and
once
your
WICKET
is
gone
...
it's
back
to
the
pavilion
!!!," dropping
hints
on
something
to
do
with
cricket.
"Am
sure!!!!
@athiyashetty
!!!
What
about
the
timing
btw
!!!!!!!!,"
he
went
on.
People,
as
usual,
went
about
speculating
yet
another
Bollywood-Cricket
merger.
Many
simply
tagged
the
cricketer.
It
is
to
be
noted
that
Rahul,
a
few
days
back,
said
in
an
interview
to
Bombay
Times,
that
he
was
committed
to
cricket
when
his
name
came
up
in
connection
with
Alia
Bhatt's
friend
Akansha
Ranjan
Kapoor.
He
said,
"Oh,
all
these
things
have
been
written
about?
I
don't
really
read
the
papers,
so
I
don't
know
what
has
been
written
about
me.
I
have
learnt
to
keep
my
personal
life
personal
and
not
make
it
a
thing
to
talk
about.
I
am
committed
to
cricket
right
now."
A
picture
surfaced
online,
in
which
the
three
--
Rahul,
Akansha
and
Athiya
--
were
seen
posing
together.
(Social
media
posts
are
unedited)