Shah Rukh Khan was present at the Eden Gardens along with his children Suhana Khan and AbRam for the IPL 2024 match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Lucknow Super Giants on Sunday. The Bollywood superstar, who is also an owner of the KKR franchise, has been attending quite a few matches of the franchise this year and the appearance of AbRam added more star power to the match. They were also joined by Bollywood actress Ananya Pandey who is a close friend of Suhana Khan. Fans were extremely excited as videos emerged of the celebrities arriving in Kolkata for the match and social media could not keep calm as AbRam joined his father SRK to cheer the side in the match.
SRK, AbRam, Ananya, Suhana and @pooja_dadlani are on the stands at Eden to support the Knights!@iamsrk @KKRiders @TeamSRKWarriors #ShahRukhKhan #AnanyaPanday #SuhanaKhan #AbRamKhan #EdenGardens #KKRvLSG #IPL2024 pic.twitter.com/9oyFBLhTeG
— SRK Warriors Rajarhat (@SRKWarriorsRH) April 14, 2024KKR made a sensational start to the season with four wins on the trot but their juggernaut came to an end as Chennai Super Kings defeated them comfortably by seven wickets.
King @iamsrk and abram cheering for KKR!pic.twitter.com/ofgN4K59tQ
— Nidhi (@SrkianNidhiii) April 14, 2024Coming to the match, skipper Shreyas Iyer won the toss and opted to field.
KKR are currently unbeaten at Eden Gardens this season with their win over Sunrisers Hyderabad in the opening match of the season. The franchise has relied heavily on their veteran all-rounder duo of Andre Russell and Sunil Narine till now with the fast bowlers also adding to their threat.
Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants Playing XIs-
Kolkata Knight Riders: Phil Salt (wicket-keeper), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer (captain), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakravarthy and Harshit Rana
Substitutes: Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Manish Pandey, Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Rinku Singh
Lucknow Super Giants: KL Rahul (captain & wicket-keeper), Quinton de Kock, Deepak Hooda, Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Krunal Pandya, Ravi Bishnoi, Yash Thakur, Shamar Joseph and Mohsin Khan
Substitutes: Arshad Khan, Prerak Mankad, M Siddharth, Amit Mishra and K Gowtham