Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Celebrity cricket

Shah Rukh Khan

A sports freak and consummate businessman, the flamboyant star – conferred the civilian honour of a Datukship by Malaysia’s Malaccan government last year – won the bid for Kolkata Knight Riders for a gasp-inducing US$75.1mil (RM270.4mil) last year.

Shah Rukh Khan announcing the members of his Kolkata Knight Riders team in Mumbai on April 5 for this year’s Indian Premier League in South Africa. – AFP

So what if his team had had mixed luck on the field? Shah Rukh’s devotion to his Knights is irrefutable. He’s always there as a pillar of support – shouting, dancing, cheering for them, even getting his wife (Gauri) and kids (Aryan and Suhani) along to augment the on-field excitement.

And in between his gazillion assignments, the 43-year-old king of Bollywood also launched a reality TV show to select the best cheerleaders to rouse his team in South Africa.

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