Was Shah Rukh Khan Hesitant To Buy IPL Team KKR? Lalit Modi Says, "Rs 20 Cr Was A Huge Investment"
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Shah Rukh Khan Almost Rejected KKR? Lalit Modi Reveals the Rs 20 Crore Doubt That Changed IPL History
It's hard to imagine the IPL without Shah Rukh Khan KKR. Today, the Kolkata Knight Riders are one of the league's most valuable and recognizable teams. But according to former IPL chairman Lalit Modi, the Bollywood superstar was very close to walking away from the deal that created the franchise. In a recent conversation with Humans of Bombay, Modi shared the little-known story of how Shah Rukh Khan initially hesitated to buy Kolkata Knight Ride…
Was Shah Rukh Khan Hesitant To Buy IPL Team KKR? Lalit Modi Says, "Rs 20 Cr Was A Huge Investment"
Today, the Indian Premier League (IPL) stands among the most lucrative and widely followed sporting leagues in the world. However, when the tournament was still an idea taking shape in the mid-2000s, its creator, Lalit Modi, knew that cricket alone would not be enough to transform it into a mass entertainment phenomenon. IPL also attracted the audience due to the celebrity involvement in it; Shah Rukh Khan came on board to buy the Kolkata Knight…
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