Former New Zealand skipper Brendon McCullum recalled former India skipper, Sourav Ganguly, and Kolkata Knight Riders co-owner Shahrukh Khan’s reactions after his whirlwind knock of 158* in just 73 balls in the 1st-ever match of the inaugural edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). On Saturday, his knock completed its 12 -year anniversary and it was a dream start to the cash-rich league.
McCullum’s innings was laced with 13 sixes and 10 fours which helped KKR win the opening match. In a video shared by the franchise during the lockdown to keep fans engaged, McCullum can be Ganguly saying to him that his life has changed after the knock, whereas Shahrukh Khan said that you will always be a Knight Rider.
Here is the video of the same:
.@Bazmccullum reminisces about a watershed moment for cricket with his blistering 158 in the first-ever IPL game!
Watch this on #CricketConnected, tomorrow at 7 PM, and #ReLive the Kiwi's knock from 2008 with #RCBvKKR at 8 PM on the Star Sports Network! pic.twitter.com/wXKrYWItYN
— Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) April 17, 2020
In the video, Brendon can be heard saying, “I don’t remember many reactions in detail, but what I do remember is what Sourav Ganguly said to me that night. Dada said, ‘Your life is changed forever’, and I didn’t quite know what he meant at the time, but (in hindsight), I 100% agree with him. Shah Rukh, in the months which followed or the days and the weeks and the months which followed, he said. ‘you’ll always be with the Knight Riders’.”
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However, amid the coronavirus lockdown in India, it is highly unlikely the IPL will take place. The BCCI has postponed the T20 event till ”further notice”.
However, the number of coronavirus positive patients in India went past 14600 with almost 500 people losing their lives on Thursday, as per the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
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The entire world is slowly moving towards a lockdown due to the scare of the ever-escalating situation concerning the World Health Organisation-recognized pandemic that is the Coronavirus. Everything- schools, colleges, airports, railway stations, gyms, sporting events, movies, offices- have been put under lockdown as the world continues to self-isolate in order to control the pandemic.
