Ban on Shah Rukh Khan’s entry into Wankhede goes

Shiv Kumar

Tribune News Service

Mumbai, August 2

In a major relief to actor Shah Rukh Khan, who owns the Kolkata Knight Riders IPL cricket team, the Mumbai Cricket Association today lifted the five-year ban on his entry into the Wankhede Stadium at Mumbai.

The Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA), which owns the Wankhede Stadium, took the decision at today’s meeting. The proposal to revoke the ban on Khan was proposed by BJP MLA and MCA vice-president Ashish Shelar.

“Today, in the MCA meeting, it was decided that the ban imposed on IPL’s Kolkata franchise owner Shah Rukh Khan be lifted. With the prior approval of our president Sharad Pawar, it was proposed by me that the ban on him be lifted and the managing committee approved it unanimously. Therefore, the ban on his entry in the Wankhede Stadium has been revoked,” Shelar told reporters after the meeting.

In the past Khan got the BCCI to shift matches to other venues rather than have KKR play in Mumbai.