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SRK’s Knight Riders taste success at IPL

Posted in IPL, Knight Riders, Shahrukh khan on April 19, 2008 by nrmodh

Shahrukh Khan in Kya Aap Paanchvi Paas Se Tej HainKing Khan shined in cricket too. His boys played a spectacular game at the first match of IPL in Bangalore and crowned victorious. Shahrukh was seen dancing, shouting and cheering for his team. He jumped with every four and sixes hit by his players. He even popped champagne after the victory of his Kolkata Knight Riders. Kolkata Knight Riders headed by skipper Saurav Ganguly played a mindblowing game and defeated the Bangalore Royal Challengers by 140 runs. Kiwi’s Brendon Mccullun showered fours and sixes in the Chinnaswamy stadium and entertained the crowd to the fullest. Shahrukh’s wife Gauri, his two children and industry friends Arjun Rampal, Juhi Chawla, Shilpa Shetty, Zayed Khan, Karan Johar were also seen cheering for his team.

The inaugural ceremony was remarkable. Fireworks and some amazing performances heated up the Bangalore Chinnaswamy stadium. Today, Punjab Kings will take on Chennai Supers Kings and it is also expected to be a fantastic game. On April 20, Knight Riders will take on Deccan Chargers in Kolkata and they would definitely charge up the Eden Garden.

SRK to sell IPL tickets for as low as Rs.100

Posted in IPL, Knight Riders, Shahrukh khan on April 13, 2008 by nrmodh

Next week this time the biggest cricketing extravaganza -IPL (Indian Premiere League) would be on and cricket mania is surely going to be at an all time high for the following few weeks.

Needless to say the presence of Bollywood stars in some cricket matches would truly be a case of sone pe suhaaga for every Indian. The opening match of the IPL itself sees Dr.Vijay Mallya’s ‘Bangalore Royal Challengers’ take on Shah Rukh Khan’s ‘Kolkata Knight Riders’ at the Chinaswamy stadium in Bangalore.

While most of the team captains and owners would be present for the opening ceremony in Bangalore on April 18th, once the tournament starts, most owners would be seen only in the places where their teams are playing.

So this means that Shah Rukh Khan would be seen cheering his team Kolkata Knight Riders wherever they play. The charismatic Khan is particularly looking forward to cheering his team at the spectacular Eden Gardens stadium in Kolkata. In fact, Khan has even decided to keep the ticket prices as cheap as Rs. 100 (lowest denomination) so that the youth can get to witness all the cricketing action live.

What’s more, Shah Rukh would be even handing over every 1000th purchased ticket personally to the spectator. The superstar has even urged some of his good friends to be present along with him to cheer his team.

Surely, Shah Rukh is going all out to promote his team and get maximum spectators to watch the action. After all it’s no mean feat filling the massive Eden Gardens.

Preity Zinta injured

Posted in IPL, Preity Zinta on April 3, 2008 by nrmodh

At the launch of the Indian Premier League’s Mohali T20 cricket team on Tuesday the team owner Preity Zinta suffered a minor injury.

“I don’t know how it happened,” says Preity. “But in the melee at the launch an elbow came and hit me straight in the eye. I had to go through the event with a black eye wearing dark glasses.”

After the event Preity spent the entire evening nursing her eye with ice packs.

“There’s going to be some swelling. I was also injured a bit at the media launch of our team. I guess it’s bound to happen when one is in such situations.”