WATCH: Amitabh Bachchan takes on Ravi Shastri's tracer bullet challenge

New Delhi: His has been the voice of Indian cinema for the last many decades, but thespian Amitabh Bachchan lent his world famous baritone to cricket while taking on Ravi Shastri's viral Tracer Bullet Challenge.

The Indian cricket board shared a video with the 74-year-old doing commentary. In the video he was heard as saying, "He bowls a juicy half-volley & @imVkohli drives through the covers and it goes LIKE A TRACER BULLET".

'He bowls a juicy half-volley & @imVkohli drives through the covers and it goes LIKE A TRACER BULLET- #TracerBulletChallenge by @SrBachchan pic.twitter.com/MEFSoWJJpZ — BCCI (@BCCI) November 24, 2016

Shastri, who established himself as the voice of cricket, came up with the idea, using one of the his most used and famous lines, during the third day's play of the second Test at Visakhapatnam.

And since, many have taken to the challenge.