Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Shah Rukh Khan and Sourav Ganguly together for the Kolkata Knight Riders

You know that Indian Premier League is going to start next month. You may wonder that it is a Bollywood blog and why we are writing about Indian Premier League. Actually, an important part of Indian Premier League is that some Bollywood celebrities like Shah Rukh Khna are owners or partners of something in IPL. Shah Rukh Khan is the owner of Kolkata Nightriders. The captain of Kolkata Knight Riders is Sourav Ganguly who is perhaps the most popular sports figure in West Bengal and Kolkata. So, they joined together and there was a glamorous ceremony in which they unveiled the Kolkata Knight Riders.

This is good for the Kolkata team in IPL because Shah Rukh Khan is a popular figure in all parts of India. He has the charm of his grace that very few Bollywood actors of this time have. On the other hand, Sourav Ganguly may not be the most popular cricketer in whole part of India but in Kolka and West Bengal, he is the only cricketer that matters to the people. In fact, Sourav Ganguly is more popular in Kolkata and West Bengal than Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid or any other Indian cricketer in the world. So, now we have to see how the team of Sourav Ganguly and Shah Rukh Khan do in IPL. The real match will start from next month.

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