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By Rinku Gupta The announcement of the acting debut of cricketer Irfan Pathan in Chiyaan Vikram 58, created quite a buzz. Now, Irfan has revealed on Twitter that he has completed the first schedule of the film directed by Ajay Gnanamuthu and seems quite pleased with the way things have gone off.  The tweet, being in Tamil has created a further buzz on social media.  Irfan has thanked the Tamil people for helping him take the first step into the world of acting. He added that he was waiting eagerly to return and meet everyone now that the first schedule had gone off well. ' Im waiting'  he added, using Vijay's film famed dialogue, creating a stronger connect with the Tamil audiences. Here is the text of his tweet in Tamil, "வணக்கம் மக்களே.. நடிப்புலகில் முதல் படி எடுத்து வைக்கும் எனக்கு மிகவும் உதவியாய் இருந்த தமிழ் மக்களுக்கு நன்றி.. 🙏🙏 முதல் schedule நல்லபடியா முடிஞ்சாச்சு.. மீண்டும் எல்லாரையும் சந்திக்க "I'm waiting" 🙏😁 #ChiyaanVikram58...

by Rinku Gupta The love for cricket in TN is well known, with fan loyalty for  Dhoni and the the CSK reaching sky high levels. In the past cricketers like Sadagopan Ramesh have acted in a movie titled Potta Potti, but nothing much happened after that. In Bollywood, tennis player Leander Peas made his acting debut as well some years ago  in Rajdhani Express while Sunil Gavaskar did a cameo in Malamaal. Ajay Jadeja acted in Khel in Hindi while Kapil Dev acted in Iqbal, Mujhse Shaadi Karoge and Stumped. Even yuvraj Singh was a child actor at one time in Punjabi films. Sreesanth too has actively  taken to films with a slew of movies like Cabaret, Aksar 2, Kempegowda 2, Team 5 and Big Picture. Now, looks like the trend is hitting Kollywood. Suddenly i t's raining national level cricketers in KTown.  None other than Harbhajan Singh is debuting in Santhanam's Dikkiloona produced by KJR Studios and Soldiers Factory. The movie has music by Yuvan Shankar Raja and i...