Sourav Ganguly's "Brother" SRK Says He Didn't Know about Cricket Decision. Really SRK?

Shah Rukh Khan was dancing his way at the Moses Mabhida Stadium even as his effigies were being burnt in Kolkata. However, the Bollywood superstar states that while Sourav Ganguly is "like" his brother, he was not aware of the decision made by his own employees. Is that not hard to believe?

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While it may be legitimate for owners to say that the cricketing decisions were being left to the best minds in their team, it would be hard to believe that the IPL franchisee owners were remain in the dark to the extent that they would not even know which of their players were being rebid for, particularly when it involves a former captain.

Shah Rukh Khan landed from South Africa, enjoying the gala of the India v South Africa Twenty20 match. But surely he knew even as he took off that he was in for wrath from staunch Kolkata fans and Sourav Ganguly fans that a backlash was on in the land of Eden Gardens.

To feign ignorance then seemed, to me, his best move. All the right words were being spoken about how Kolkata without Dada was no team at all and that Ganguly was intricate to Kolkata Knight Riders and that SRK thinks Ganguly is like his little brother.

But this is where the problem lies of putting foot in the mouth. Remember what they seem - there is a huge difference in being a brother and being like a brother. And it seemed Shah Rukh Khan has now epitomized the gulf.

Would not Shah Rukh Khan follow and back the fortunes of his 'brother', particularly when he happens to be the owner of the team that Dada was a part of? Would he not have the influence to impose upon his own team if he really wanted Ganguly as the symbol and mascot of cricket in Kolkata? To say then that he had no involvement is ridiculous because if cricket is being run like a business, how can the businessman not know of his own investments?

This is not to imply that Ganguly should have been taken or that the KKR team was obliged to retain or rebid for Ganguly. But what it does suggest is that the IPL franchisee owners have a mind of their own but are unwilling to stand their ground and admit to these decisions.

The speculation was around for much longer and much before that Ganguly was not always a cricketer by choice but by chance in the KKR camp with him being an icon status player and the resulting feud between John Buchanan and Ganguly over the multiple captain theory saw SRK throw pretty much the same moves and similar lines, hoping to diffuse the bomb that had been ignited at the Eden Gardens.

It did not really work then and it would appear as far as the staunch Kolkata fan is concerned, it is not cutting the ice again either. Sourav Ganguly has to live with the truth that irrespective of his own opinion of himself, the business of cricket has ruled that he is past his best buy date, unless a bargaining was possible, which was also implied by one of the IPL franchisees stating that the hiked price tags had been a deterrent. Point taken, anyone?