SRK during KKR’s match. (politeness: kkriders)
New Delhi:
Shah Rukh Khan has every reason to be happy. The superstar’s IPL team Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) put on a thunderous performance on Wednesday to register the team’s third consecutive win in the Indian Premier League 2024. Now, KKR’s official Instagram account has shared a montage video with a glimpse of King Khan cheering for his co-ownership of the IPL team, which put on quite a show for the Visakhapatnam crowd. Dressed in a purple shirt and a cap with KKR’s official logo, SRK is all smiles as his team set a mammoth target of 272 for Delhi Capitals. The video was shared with his film Down theme music playing in the background. Sharing the clip, the page wrote: “The king watches his knights play. Shah Rukh Khan…#DCvKKR…#TATAIPL2024.”
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KKR’s official Instagram page also shared another video of Shah Rukh Khan meeting the players after the match. Not only this, but the superstar also made it a point to extend his support to the dejected Delhi Capitals side after they faced a defeat against KKR. The clip starts with a heartfelt interaction between SRK and DC’s Kuldeep Yadav, who was earlier part of the KKR team. The clip then shows SRK talking to Delhi Capitals captain Rishabh Pant. After an interaction, the two hugged. SRK can also be seen congratulating KKR debutant Angkrish Raghuvanshi on his first half-century. The clip ended with SRK hugging Ishant Sharma, Prithvi Shaw and KKR mentor Gautam Gambhir. The text accompanying the fragment read: “From SRK, with love. I am signing off from Vizag.”
Meanwhile, Ananya Panday, who is good friends with Shah Rukh Khan’s daughter Suhana Khan, recalled the time when KKR won their first IPL tournament. In a recent interview with No filter Neha, the actress said that SRK credited Suhana, Shanaya Kapoor and her as his “lucky charms”. Ananya Panday said, “Shah Rukh sir is a very inclusive person. Like there was this year when KKR won their first IPL and he said, ‘It’s because of you three, you are my lucky charm, you will always be with me’. That’s why he always makes us feel special. When we were younger, I don’t think we even realized this.”
The actress added that Shah Rukh Khan never made them feel like he was a star. “I think he’s exactly the kind of person… We didn’t feel that way. He didn’t make us feel that way. I don’t think he gives anyone that feeling. He makes the person in front of him feel like the Badshah. He has great quality,” she said.
On the work front, Shah Rukh Khan was last seen in Rajkumar Hirani’s Dunkiwhich hit theaters last December.