The inaugural match of the IPL Twenty20 would feature Vijay Mallya’s Bangalore Royal Challengers against Red Chillies Entertainment’s Kolkata Knight Riders. This would be the most highly anticipated match being the inaugural one. Red Chillies is actually fronted by Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan – just by being the owner, he has ensured millions of [...]
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, owner of Kolkata Knight Riders, has jumped into the defence of troubled cricket star Shoaib Akhtar, who has been banned for five years by the Pakistan Cricket Board. IPL boss Lalit Modi has said till the PCB ban is lifted Shoaib cannot play in IPL. Shah Rukh Khan has said [...]
Update: Shoaib Akhtar cannot play in IPL. Rediff reports: The IPL’s Governing Council Chairman Lalit Modi told reporters that Akhtar cannot take part in the high-profile Twenty20 competition till the Pakistan Cricket Board lifts the ban on him. Meanwhile, Shoaib Akhtar ifnds some support from Shah Rukh Khan: “We believe Shoaib should play. It is [...]
IPL Kolkata Knight Riders team skipper Sourav Ganguly is to skip the Olympics torch relay on April 17. Sourav Gnguly, who said Bhutia’s decision was his personal choice, said he had to attend the IPL inaugural clash with Bangalore Royal Challengers on April 18, which is why he can’t attend the run. Indian football skipper [...]
Kolkat Knight Riders captain Sourav Ganguly thinks the DLF IPL Twenty20 would propel him back to India’a ODI squad. Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid (Bangalore Royal Challengers), who both have scored more than 10,000 runs in One-Day internationals, did not find a place in the Indian ODI team after selectors and skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni [...]
Kolkata Knight Riders team owner and Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan has landed in a soup over ticket distribution of DLF IPL Twenty20 matches. Cricket Members Forum of Bengal has filed a case in a Kolkata court challenging the authority of Cricket Association of Bengal to distribute tickets for the tournament. The forum wants free [...]
The Indian ODI & Twenty20 captain does not hide his aversion for Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid, who have both scored more than 10,000 runs each in one-day cricket Indian Team’s one-day and Twenty20 captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Chennai Super Kings) has justified his decision to exclude Sourav Ganguly (Kolkata Knight Riders) and Rahul Dravid [...]
Ishant Sharma of IPL Kolkata Knight Riders and Gautam Gambhir , two of India’s best performers in the Australian tour, does not find a place in the Test squad against South Africa. Though the team for the first two Tests have been announced, Ishant may be considered for the second Test. Ishant Sharma had undergone a [...]
Shah Rukh Khan, the proud owner of Calcutta IPL team Kolkata Knight Raiders, is in a dilemma as the dates of his new TV show “Panchavi Pass” and that of IPL are bound to clash. Reports in the Indian media suggest that Shah Rukh is trying his best to postpone the telecast dates of Panchavi [...]
Shah Rukh Khan, who is the co-owner of Kolkata’s IPL team Kolkata Knight Raiders, said he was very happy to be a party in the team which will be led by Sourav Ganguly. At the function, Shah Rukh launched the official team logo of “Kolkata Knight Raiders” and also launched “Hoog Lee”, its mascot, which [...]