decks up for first IPL match

> > > decks up for first IPL match>
> > >
> > >
> > > The countdown will be over soon and the entire
> city
> > > of Kolkata is decked up
> > > for the first match of superstar Shah Rukh
> > > Khan-owned Kolkata Knight Riders
> > > in the Indian Premier League (IPL) in Kolkata on
> > > Sunday.
> > >
> > > "Being an actor, I have always thought every
> thing
> > > in larger-than- life
> > > perspective. Knight Rider’s matches will also be
> no
> > > exception," Shah Rukh
> > > told IANS.
> > >
> > > "At the Eden Gardens, where the matches will be
> > > played, we will exhibit two
> > > helmets, an 18-carat gold-plated and a diamond
> > > studded one, to show the
> > > other teams that we are the declared winners.
> The
> > > matches are just child’s
> > > play for us," Shah Rukh said.
> > >
> > > "I believe it’s my duty to entertain people
> whether
> > > it’s in films or in the
> > > IPL matches. Though I am not going to dance at
> the
> > > gallery, I will be
> > > present at the Eden (Garden). Rani (Mukherjee),
> > > Bipasha (Basu) and Kareena
> > > (Kapoor) have verbally confirmed their presence.
> > > With Kareena, now-a-days,
> > > we get a Saif Ali Khan free. So Saif can also be
> > > expected. I will personally
> > > try to convince John (Abraham) and Karan (Johar)
> to
> > > fly down as well."
> > >
> > > Let the King Khan do his bit but Kolkata has
> already
> > > made its plans for the
> > > matches.
> > >
> > > "We have arranged for a procession from
> Hatibagan in
> > > central Kolkata to the
> > > Eden Gardens. Twenty belly dancers will dance
> their
> > > way to the ground on a
> > > 16-wheeled container trailer," said Arnab Roy,
> joint
> > > secretary of Shah Rukh
> > > Khan Fans Club.
> > >
> > > Roy said this is the first time in the history
> of
> > > the Eden Gardens that the
> > > supporters will enter the grounds with drums and
> > > play them at the gallery.
> > >
> > > "We will also decorate the gallery with Knight
> > > Riders flags, banners and
> > > festoons. Shah Rukh has promised to help us deck
> up
> > > the gallery," he added.
> > >
> > > Fans of Sourav Ganguly, captain of the Knight
> > > Riders, and Shah Rukh will
> > > arrange mass screening of all matches at
> selected
> > > places across the city.
> > >
> > > Already golden-black hoardings and posters of
> the
> > > ’Knights’, with their
> > > faces painted in gold and with determined looks,
> are
> > > evoking an air of
> > > excitement in all Kolkatans.
> > >
> > > Ticket sales for the IPL matches began here
> Monday.
> > > Since then, there has
> > > been a beeline outside the Cricket Association
> Of
> > > Bengal (CAB) ticket
> > > counters.
> > >
> > > "All the tickets for the first two Knight Riders
> > > matches, on April 20
> > > against Deccan Chargers and April 29 against the
> > > Mumbai Indians, are sold
> > > out. I am sure tickets for the other five
> matches
> > > will also turn hot cake
> > > once Kolkatans get the taste of the first match
> at
> > > Eden (Gardens)," CAB
> > > joint secretary Amitabha Bandopadhyay said.
> > >
> > > Of the 14 matches of the Kolkata Knight Riders,
> > > seven will be played at the
> > > Eden Gardens ground in Kolkata.
> > >
> > > The first match of the IPL, will kick start
> Friday,
> > > with Knight Riders
> > > battling it out with Bangalore Royal Challengers
> in
> > > Bangalore with the war
> > > cry "Korbo, Lorbo, Jeetbo" (Do, Fight, Win).