Three time IPL winners Kolkata Knight Riders(KKR) shared a heartfelt post on their social media as a tribute to their co-owner Shah Rukh Khan. The legendary Bollywood actor recently won Best Actor award
in the 71st National Awards for his role in Jawan. Notably, this was also the first National Award for Shah Rukh Khan in his career of 33 years.
After achieving this historic feat, Shah Rukh Khan has been getting praises from several renowned names from different fields. Between all these, his IPL franchise KKR also shared a heartfelt post for the legendary beginning with his iconic dialogue from Om Shanti Om. “𝘐𝘵𝘯𝘪 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘶𝘮𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘢𝘯𝘦 𝘬𝘪 𝘬𝘰𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘬𝘪 𝘩𝘢𝘪, 𝘬𝘪 𝘩𝘢𝘳 𝘻𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘫𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘶𝘮𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘦 𝘬𝘪 𝘴𝘢𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘬𝘪 𝘩𝘢𝘪”. You didn’t just say it. You meant it, you lived it!” KKR wrote on their social media post.
Our forever King: KKR pay tribute to Shah Rukh Khan after his National Award win
Further in their post, Kolkata Knight Riders heaped praise on Shah Rukh after his first National Award win and called it a moment for history.“@iamsrk, your first National Award is a moment for history, and your Knight Riders couldn’t be prouder. To our heartbeat, our boss man, our 12th man, our forever King—this one’s as special as you are,” the franchise further wrote.
A day before, KKR’s sister franchise Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR) also ended up winning their fifth title in the Caribbean Premier League. TKR defeated Guyana Amazon Warriors by three wickets in the final of CPL 2025 to add another silverware in the Knight Riders’ trophy cabinet. With this, the Knight Riders now have eight titles to their name including three in IPL and five in the CPL.