Internet Desk: Kolkata Knights Riders co-owner Shah Rukh Khan is keen to sign the most successful captain of Indian Cricket team in next year’s Indian Premier League auction.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni could replace Gautam Ganbhir who has been doing a brilliant job as the team skipper in the Violet and Gold jersey.
Kolkata Knight Riders faced a tough time in the first three seasons of the Indian Premier League as they failed to make it to the top for not even once. However the todes of fortuned turned when they signed Gautam Gambhir in 2011. The team won the league title twice while mainjg the playoff stage for a remarkable six times under Gambhir’s captaincy. Despite this huge amount of success King Khan is desperate The Best Finisher of the World. It is said that SRK had remarked about saying that he is even ready to sell his paints to secure services of MSD.
“Yaar main toh usko apna Pajama bech ke bhi kharid lun, wo Aaye toh auction mein,” (I am willing to buy Dhoni even if it means selling off my pants, but he never goes under the hammer in IPL auctions), the actor said, as quoted by Sportswallah.
Meanwhile, Dhoni has played a match winning knock against defending champions Sunrisers Hyderabad couple of days ago. The 35 year old batsman from Ranchi scored 61 runs in just 34 balls to hand Rising Pune Supergiant a thrilling win in IPL season 10.