Cricket and Bollywood have a very old relationship and IPL has done this work stronger. Shah Rukh Khan and Preity Zinta have been the owners of KKR and Punjab Kings respectively for a long time. For a time, Shilpa Shetty was also associated with Rajasthan Royals. Recently, Salman Khan was also asked why he would not buy any team in the Indian Premier League. The answer given by Bhaijaan to this will surprise you.

Salman Khan arrived at an event held in Mumbai, where he was asked if he had to buy an IPL team ever. He said, “We are very old for IPL now.” Let us tell you that Salman Khan became the owner of New Delhi franchise in ISPL (Indian Street Premier League) this year.

The offer was received in 2008

Salman Khan revealed that he had received an offer to become the owner of the team in the initial season of the Indian Premier League, but he had turned down the offer. He said, “The IPL was offered at that time, did not take it. It is not that we are regretting, I am happy.”

How many Bollywood stars in IPL

The first name in this is Shah Rukh Khan, who has 55 percent shares of KKR franchise. The remaining 45 percent stake with Mehta Group, which owns Jai Mehta. Please tell that Jai Mehta is the husband of Bollywood veteran actress Juhi Chawla. Preity Zinta has been connected with Punjab Kings since 2008 and she has a 23 percent stake of franchise.

Shilpa Shetty and her husband Raj Kundra bought 11.9 percent stake in Rajasthan Royals in 2009. He had this stake till 2015. Akshay Kumar was not the owner of any team, but he signed a 3 -year deal with Delhi Daredevils (now Delhi Capitals) years ago. Delhi did this to reduce its losses.

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