Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) owner and Bollywood superstar, Shah Rukh Khan, was apologetic as he accidentally interrupted a live post-match cricket show as he was taking a victory lap with his kids, Suhana and AbRam at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
KKR cruised to the final after a convincing eight-wicket win over SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) in the first qualifier on Tuesday (May 21) of the Indian Premier League (IPL). As the team celebrated reaching its fourth final in IPL history, Shah Rukh and his family led the lap of honour.
A viral video clip showed that Shah Rukh, during the victory lap, accidentally stumbled onto the live broadcast by the JioCinema Hindi commentators.
Former cricketers Aakash Chopra, Parthiv Patel and Suresh Raina were conducting the show when Shahrukh arrived on the scene.
While Suhana spotted the live shoot and moved his brother to the side, Shah Rukh walked right in, before apologising with folded hands for interrupting the proceedings.
As the Bollywood star apologised, he made sure to hug all three of them and later apologised to the fans watching the broadcast before continuing the lap around the stadium.
“Oh, what a man! Legend!” said Chopra after the happy accident. “He did not even realise that he walked into the show. He was very apologetic, but I said, ‘You made our day. You are the showstopper.”
“I spent a bit of time at KKR with him. I batted at No. 8 and also at No. 6 then. He was very supportive,” he added.
The former India opener also took to X to call Khan a legend.
WATCH Shah Rukh’s enderaing reaction to crashing the live show:
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KKR continue scintillating form
Chasing a modest target of 160 in the qualifier, KKR hardly broke a sweat and won the match inside 14 overs as Venkatesh Iyer scored an unbeaten 28-ball 51 while skipper Shreyas Iyer hit 58 not out off 24 balls.
However, the match was beautifully set up by the bowlers, especially Mitchell Starc who justified why the KKR board had splurged a record-breaking sum on him during the previous auction.
Starc sent destructive opener Travis Head back to the pavilion on the second ball of the match for a duck. SRH’s innings took a downturn from there as Head’s opening partner Abhishek Sharma was sent back in the next over as well.
SRH lost four wickets inside the powerplay and never really recovered from there despite useful contributions from Heinrich Klassen and skipper Pat Cummins down the order.
SRH, however, still have a chance to make it to the final in the second qualifier where they face the winner of the eliminator game between the Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Rajasthan Royals.
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