Bollywood
superstar
Shah
Rukh
Khan
today
said
he
wants
his
youngest
son,
five-year-old
AbRam,
to
grow
up
to
be
a
hockey
player
and
represent
the
country
in
international
stage.
The
star
of
the
2007
Bollywood
blockbuster
Chak
De!
India,
Shah
Rukh's
love
for
hockey
is
no
secret.
Shah
Rukh's
portrayal
of
Kabir
Khan,
who
coached
the
Indian
women's
team
to
lift
the
World
Cup,
is
one
of
the
top
inspirational
sports
movies
of
Bollywood.
Here
in
the
city
along
with
AbRam
and
daughter
Suhana
to
cheer
for
his
IPL
team
Kolkata
Knight
Riders,
Shah
Rukh
said,
"He's
not
yet
started
playing
cricket.
Right
now,
he's
playing
a
little
bit
of
football.
I
would
like
him
to
play
field
hockey
for
India," he
said.
Shah
Rukh,
his
daughter
Suhana
and
his
entourage
cheered
for
KKR
as
they
got
off
to
a
winning
start
under
new
skipper
Dinesh
Karthik.
They
were
seen
taking
a
victory
lap
of
the
stadium
after
their
four-wicket
win
over
Royal
Challengers
Bangalore
last
night.
Chasing
a
stiff
177,
KKR
rode
on
blistering
half-century
from
Sunil
Narine
to
prevail
over
the
star-studded
RCB.
Shah
Rukh
further
urged
the
KKR
fans
to
extend
full-hearted
support
to
Karthik
in
the
post-Gautam
Gambhir
era.
"I
think
it's
our
duty
as
people
of
Kolkata
and
Bengal
to
make
Dinesh
happy
being
here.
Dinesh
is
ready
to
take
on
that
mantle
and
hopefully
he
will
do
well.
But
first
we
have
to
show
support,"
he
said.
"My
whole
idea
is
to
make
Kolkata
and
my
team
proud.
I
hope
each
boy
in
our
team
plays
well,
stays
healthy
and
is
happy,
and
I
think
Kolkata
would
want
that,"
he
said.
KKR
parted
ways
with
Gambhir
amicably,
following
a
successful
association
of
seven
years
during
which
he
led
KKR
to
their
two
IPL
Trophies
in
2012
and
2014.
"He's
(Karthik)
a
very
settled
man,
and
so
was
Gauti.
I
can't
thank
him
(Gambhir)
enough.
We
had
some
conversations
and
it
was
mutually
decided
the
way
we're
looking
at
the
team
was
a
little
different
concept.
Dinesh
was
very
happy
(with
the
decision).
We
thought
that
we
would
have
everything
new.
We
had
done
that
before
also
--
change
the
whole
team
and
start
anew."
KKR
picked
three
Under-19
World
Cup
winning
youngsters
in
Shubman
Gill,
Shivam
Mavi
and
Kamlesh
Nagarkoti,
and
went
in
for
relatively
little
known
faces
in
Nitish
Rana
and
Rinku
Singh
at
the
auctions.
Shah
Rukh
took
pride
in
the
fact
that
they
may
be
the
youngest
team
in
the
IPL
this
season.
"Always
the
idea
was
to
bring
in
young
people
and
hone
their
skill.
There
have
been
so
many
instances
in
the
past.
Like
Jaydev
Unadkat,
Sanju
Samson,
they
have
played
for
us
and
done
well.
We
just
thought
about
the
concept
of
bringing
the
young
ones.
God
willing
they
will
do
well
and
make
Kolkata
proud.
The
idea
is
to
continue
that.
This
year
we
thought
about
changing
the
whole
team.
We
might
have
the
youngest
team
in
the
whole
of
IPL.
It
just
makes
everyone
feel
more
happy,
and
there
are
opportunities
for
youngsters,"
he
said.
Shah
Rukh
is
currently
busy
shooting
overseas
for
his
upcoming
film
'Zero' but
despite
the
hectic
schedule
he
promised
to
keep
coming
back.
"No,
no,
I'm
not
going
back...
I
will
keep
coming
to
support
KKR,"
Shah
Rukh
concluded
before
leaving.