Owners of IPL : Shah Rukh Khan
Starting this post, sixandout would dwell a little bit into the owners of the IPL Franchises.
We start with Mr. Shah Rukh Khan, the owner of the Kolkata Knight Riders. Apart from owning the IPL Team, SRK is arguably the biggest star of the Indian Film Industry.
In India, he is referred to as King Khan, and for reasons which are not fallacious at all. This guy has got this charisma, this ‘People’ thing. He knows how to catch the pulse of the audience. Be it coming to the Knight Rider matches and hugging each player to dancing and jumping in joy when they do well. Compare that to the other owners of the IPL teams, and they are closer to stationary blots. With his team doing reasonably well in the inaugural IPL, he has reasons to cheer. He once said that he has spent a lot of his money for this venture, and is at a point of no return. Though not the richest of all IPL owners, he is undoubtedly the most popular and stylish.
Some Stats:
Age : 44
Team : Kolkata Knight Riders
Net Worth : $1.2 Million (approximate) (pays a lot of taxes, though!)
Bought Team for : $950,000
Alternate Occupation : Actor (Superstar)
Co-Owners : Juhi Chawla, Jay Mehta(All figures are in USD)
Next Team : Kings XI Punjab (owned by Preity Zinta)
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Photo Credit: Newscom
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5 opinions for Owners of IPL : Shah Rukh Khan
vyom
Apr 30, 2008 at 4:57 pm
you r spot on ankit…
shahrukh khan’s enthusiasm is amazing…
It is great to see him cheering and applauding every ball…just shows how much he is involved with his team and how much he enjoys the game as well…
As far as his team is concerned, they need to get back to winning ways after 2 successive defeats…
Nyways great work with this blog…keep it up
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Nafees Jan
May 15, 2008 at 3:59 am
Whats SK’s official website for IPL?
Ankit
May 15, 2008 at 8:11 am
well, its http://www.kolkataknightriders.com
I would prefer all questions to be directed to the ask me page : http://www.sixandout.net/ask-sixandout
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