India may be a cricket-crazy nation, but it seems like for actor Ranbir Kapoor, it’s football that he is passionate about. Ranbir who has admitted his love for the sport in the past, is known to have been an avid footballer himself and has even played at the state level. And guess that is the reason that the actor is supporting the youth football T20 format especially at a time when several in B-town are actively cheering for cricket.

Ask Ranbir about his passion for the game and he says, “Football is life for me and if not an actor, I would have loved to be a football player. It teaches one team-work, determination and discipline apart from being such an exciting sport. And being a football enthusiast, I am glad that I am taking the initiative to popularise football amongst the youth of our country. I am proud and confident that the youth will enjoy the new T20 football format.”

A source from on the sets where recently the actor shot for a TVC reveals that the actor’s passion for the sport was quite visible during the shoot. “He and the other youngster featured in the ad kept playing football in between the shots. They never missed an opportunity to dribble the ball or to play fun tricks with each other. The youngster was also seen teaching Ranbir some cool football tricks.”

In fact, actor Salman Khan too is aware of Ranbir’s passion for the sport and had earlier commented on it saying, “I don’t know if he is interested in cricket as I haven’t seen him playing. But we have played football together and he plays well. When I do something for football I shall keep him in mind.” So now that Rockstar Ranbir has backing from Dabangg Salman, guess football is soon going to be buzzing sport in B-town, right guys?