Akshay's gesture in the teaser of "Singh is Kinng" where he has his hands straightened out and roars 'Kidda' (in Punjabi) is gradually acquiring cult status.

Recently at a cricket match in Delhi, when Akshay and Katrina were hanging out, Priyanka Gandhi's husband, Robert Vadhera, apparently a huge Akshay fan, reportedly expressed being impressed by the teaser of "Singh is Kinng" and added that he found Akshay's hand gesture "very cool".

An Indian Films-Studio 18 release "Singh is Kinng" will hit cinema hall worldwide on August 08.Boll

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Akshay has performed some breathtaking stunts during in his 17-year Bollywood career, but this will probably count as one of his best - as he performed it real.

The only hiccup was that the action sequence did not finish the way it was planned. Akshay flung in air over 70 meters from the ground and slid on a wire from one end of the stadium to the other, watched by a spell-bound audience.

For a moment it looked as if a brilliant trapeze artist was performing. The 40-year-old fitness freak climbed on to a trolley and then leapt in the air on the specially laid wire for the stunt. He turned upside down as he tried to reach the other end of the stage, crossing flames.

But with just a few metres left to cross the flames, the wires loosened up and he had to come down to the ground. The Delhi-born star then did a lap of the stadium with cheer leaders following him.

There were also a trick bicyclist and martial arts performers who entertained the audience with their stunts. Akshay’s wife and former actress Twinkle Khanna was among the spectators.

This is the first major floodlit match at the Ferozeshah Kotla.

Neither skipper Virender Sehwag, nor three other Indian Premier League team mates — Shoaib Malik, Mohammad Asif and Gautam Gambhir — hogged the limelight at a glitzy, Bollywood-flavoured celebration here on Monday in which the Delhi Daredevils unveiled their ‘first fan’ Akshay Kumar.

The marked corporate colour to any IPL event these days is in stark contrast to the BCCI’s own ostrich approach to professionalism, yet another new territory in a league of firsts. How it will all seamlessly merge into a cricket-focused entertainment outlet for millions, though, wasn’t what Akshay Kumar had in mind. For one, his Delhi roots make him an ideal brand ambassador, a role he played to aplomb as he introduced what he termed “my team’’ to the audience.

Delhi Daredevils can now offer Shah Rukh’s Kolkata and Preity Zinta’s Mohali some serious competition in the Bollywood-T20 eyeball stakes, continuing a marriage of convenience which aims to redefine the game’s promotional activities in these parts.