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‘Shahrukh is a down-to-earth guy. Ex-PAK captain recalls IPL 2008: ‘He was lying down on a kit bag, chatting with players.’

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‘Shahrukh is a down-to-earth guy. Ex-PAK captain recalls IPL 2008: ‘He was lying down on a kit bag, chatting with players.’

In 2008, the M Chinnaswamy Stadium hosted a never-before-seen T20 league, with Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore pitted against each other. After fourteen years, the tournament has established itself as the world’s most profitable league. Since its inception, the lucrative T20 competition has seen a slew of well-known names retire and a slew of lesser-known names make waves.

The IPL featured 11 Pakistan players in its inaugural season, but they were barred from participating in 2009 due to political tensions. Salman Butt, a former Pakistan captain who played for the Kolkata Knight Riders, was one of the players from the neighbouring country.

Butt recalls his time with the Kolkata franchise and its owner Shahrukh Khan vividly, despite the fact that he only played seven games and scored a fifty. Butt recalled the Bollywood star lying on a kitbag in the locker room while the players relaxed on a sofa.

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“All of the players received the Knight Riders helmet from Shahrukh Khan. It was a difficult one. Shahrukh Khan and Juhi Chawla were among the owners present. They combined two of the world’s most popular industries, cricket and Bollywood “On Cricket Den’s YouTube channel, Butt said.

Apart from Butt, the KKR dugout included Shoaib Akhtar, Umar Gul, and Mohammad Hafeez. “Because everything was under one roof, the launch was a huge success.” For us, it was a unique experience, and I recall meeting Shahrukh Khan in the dressing room. While the rest of the team sat on a sofa, chatting with the players, he was lying down on a kit bag.

“He’s laid-back and easygoing, and he looks after the players. There was nothing quite like having a boss “He went on to say that

The former Pakistan batsman also talked about how Shahrukh inspired the team after they lost their first few games. Butt claims that the actor gets along with everyone and has a down-to-earth demeanour.

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Pushpa 2 The Rule box office collection day 14: Allu Arjun, Rashmika Mandanna film mints over ₹973 crore in 2 weeks

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Pushpa 2 The Rule box office collection day 14: Allu Arjun, Rashmika Mandanna film mints over ₹973 crore in 2 weeks

Pushpa 2 The Rule box office collection day 14: Sukumar’s sequel to his 2021 blockbuster stars Allu Arjun, Rashmika Mandanna and Fahadh Faasil.
Pushpa 2 The Rule box office collection day 14: Sukumar’s Pushpa 2: The Rule completed its two-week run at the box office this Wednesday. According to Sacnilk.com, the film starring Allu Arjun, Rashmika Mandanna, and Fahadh Faasil in the lead roles made over ₹973 crore net in India. (Also Read: Allu Aravind visits Pushpa 2 premiere stampede victim in hospital; says this about Allu Arjun’s absence)

Pushpa 2: The Rule box office collection
The website reports that Pushpa 2: The Rule earned around ₹18.83 crore net in India on its second Wednesday, taking the film’s total collection so far to ₹973.2 crore net approximately. The film, which earned ₹725.8 crore net in its first week, saw a sudden spike in collections in the second week. It made ₹36.4 crore net on its second Friday, bringing in ₹63.3 crore and ₹76.6 crore over the weekend. During the week, Pushpa 2: The Rule collected ₹26.95 crore and ₹23.35 crore net on its second Monday and Tuesday.

Day 0 + 1₹10.65 crore + ₹165.25 crore net
Week 1₹725.8 crore net
Day 14₹973.2 crore net

Allu Arjun’s arrest and release on bail

On December 4, a woman died, and her young son was hospitalised in critical condition after a stampede-like situation occurred at Sandhya Threatre in Hyderabad due to Arjun’s visit for the premiere of Pushpa 2: The Rule. On December 13, he was arrested by the Telangana police for allegedly not informing them of his visit. He was let out on an interim bail by the Telangana High Court on December 14. The theatre management has also been arrested in the case and a show cause notice was sent to them.

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Allu Aravind visits victim in hospital

Arjun’s father, producer Allu Aravind, visited the young boy who is on life support at a hospital in Hyderabad on Wednesday. “I just visited Sri Tej in the ICU. I have spoken to the doctors looking after him. The boy has been recovering slowly in the last 10 days, but it might take longer. We are ready to support in any way we can to help him recover,” he said in a video released to the press. Arjun has been asked by his legal team to not visit the family yet.

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