Owners cannot own ownership over players, they belong to the game - Shah Rukh Khan

The Trinbago Knight Riders played the Jamaica Tallawahs last night in the 2018 Caribbean Premier League and were beaten by four wickets. At one stage, TKR were in a position of command, however, Andre Russell’s swashbuckling knock of 121 runs from 49 deliveries, including six fours and 13 sixes, ripped apart the Knights. Moreover, he also wielded his magic with the leather.

In his last over, the 30-year-old Jamaican picked up Brendon McCullum, Darren Bravo and Denesh Ramdin to notch a hat-trick. Meanwhile, the performance came against the team, owned by Shah Rukh Khan, who is also the owner of the Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League. Co-incidentally. Russell has carved himself as an indispensable member of KKR over the years.

I met Brendon McCullum last night

He was retained by the franchise in the auction and he delivered for them in all departments. TKR’s loss to Jamaica may have hurt the Bollywood actor, but he also sounded happy for the fact that his players are stamping their authority with their consistent performance across different tournaments.

“Today all the players from Kolkata Knight Riders and Trinbago Knight Riders are doing well. We scored over 200 runs. Andre Russell has taken a great catch and three wickets. So I feel very happy when my players are playing in the opposite team and play well,” Khan was quoted as saying in Times Now.

A few of the TKR players have been part of the KKR setup at some time or the other, Brendon McCullum is one of them. McCullum commenced his campaign for Kolkata with the knock of 158, which even after a decade remains to be an indelible memory. Yesterday, he scored a 24-ball half-century. Khan also talked about his interaction with Baz while highlighting the relationship between an owner and a player.

“I met Brendon McCullum last night, he started his career with KKR and I was telling him last night whenever he plays well, against our team also, I feel happy. All the players when they get into a team, they play like it’s their own. Owners cannot own ownership over them. Players belong to the game. As long as they are playing well, we get very happy,” the 52-year-old added.

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