“What will Knight Riders be?” Reminiscing about the early years of his IPL team, Shah Rukh Khan chuckled…
📹: Star Sports
📹: Star Sports
Category
🎥
Short filmTranscript
00:00I'm not a cricketer myself. I'm the 12th man in KKR.
00:03There's no nervousness in the first few matches.
00:05I think everyone is equally nervous then.
00:07I just feel more at family here.
00:09I made a note, what will Knight Riders be?
00:17When we started, I remember Venky sir joining us.
00:20So I had a note that I made. I'll write it down.
00:24So I made a note, what will Knight Riders be?
00:27Of course, it's a sporting franchise.
00:28Of course, we'll play cricket.
00:29Of course, we'll try to win.
00:31But someone told me that there was a time
00:34when in our country,
00:35in a population of 1 billion,
00:36among 100 crore people,
00:38only 11 boys get a chance to play cricket.
00:42It's not 11, it's 16, then it's 20.
00:45And because of IPL,
00:46maybe 250, 300, 400 kids get a chance now.
00:50Girls are getting a chance now.
00:52And at that level, you know,
00:53in such a big ground,
00:55some kids, like Ankrish in our team,
00:58he's 18-19 years old.
01:00He's from Afghanistan.
01:01I think he's maybe even younger than him.
01:04And I've seen youngsters like Rinku,
01:06Sanju Samson,
01:08Mohammad Shami.
01:09So many people who started with us,
01:12young kids.
01:13Kuch hain aap khel rahe hain, kuch nahin khel rahe hain.
01:14I remember Iqbal, wonderful spinner.
01:16Kuldeep.
01:18And then, of course, all the stars now
01:21were captaining.
01:22And some of the boys have gone through us.
01:24For me, the highest point is
01:26being able to give an opportunity
01:28to a young kid.
01:30Opportunity bahut zyada importance hoga
01:32apne upar lena.
01:33But ek mauka kahin par
01:35is poore milli ke andar.
01:37And they become
01:39what they were destined to become.
01:41But I feel that has been the highest point,
01:43having been able to participate
01:44in the journey of some of the youngsters
01:46who've gone on to become
01:48such amazing players
01:49and playing for the country.
01:50Main khud cricketer nahin hain.
01:51I'm the 12th man in KKR.
01:54So as the 12th man,
01:55how to go onto the field,
01:56serve water,
01:58exchange the jerseys,
01:59give the towel
01:59and be able to explain this away.
02:02Give it time.
02:02Har cheez ko thoda sa
02:04saans lene ka mauka milna chahiye.
02:05Feeling kaise aati hai?
02:06Thodi se nervousness?
02:08Nervousness nahin hota.
02:09Pehle pehle do chaar matches mein
02:10nervousness nahin hota.
02:11Mujhe lagta hai sabhi log
02:12equally nervous hote hain.
02:13I just feel more at family here.
02:15There is a competition ki
02:16kaun kam smile karta hai?
02:18Gautam bhai ya Sunil bhai?
02:21Ki who smiles and expresses best?
02:23Ki dono ke dono hai,
02:24toh hum srini rehte hain.
02:25Ab toh humare Chandrakant Pandey ji
02:26bhi smile karna chod nahin hoti.
02:28Tino ki tino lagta hai.
02:28Jab toh naik
02:29woh chakka maarta hai,
02:30aise hi maarta hai.
02:31Gautam woh chakke ko aise hi dekhta hai.
02:33Chandu sir...
02:34Sir, everybody so...
02:35Don't nobody smile.
02:36So to have run this team,
02:38I always tell my children,
02:39I tell everybody that it
02:40taught us how to lose
02:42and still not be losers.
02:43So it signifies all that.
02:45It's been actually
02:48a full lifetime,
02:49meren sir.