Vote for the best-looking IPL owner
IPL has a fair share of the Bollywood quotient with many teams owned by members of the Hindi film industry. Shah Rukh Khan co-owns Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) with Juhi Chawla, Shilpa Shetty co-owns Rajasthan Royals and Preity Zinta is a co-owner of Kings XI Punjab.
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The Indian Premier League (IPL) has added its own brand of glitzy glamour to cricket. Top industrialists and Bollywood stars are riding the cricket bandwagon, lending it new meaning with unprecedented money pouring into the game.
Flooded by tinsel town and India Inc biggies, this sports league brings together two of the country's most celebrated passions - Cricket, and Bollywood!
With Golden Goose IPL taking centerstage, all else takes a backseat. There's enough masala on and off the pitch with shorter matches, players from across the world, glamorous cheerleaders, the rich and the powerful team owners and of course, Bollywood!
The IPL's eight cricket teams are owned by some of the richest and the most powerful celebrities, including Bollywood giants Shah Rukh Khan, Preity Zinta, and Shilpa Shetty. Who do you think is the most glamorous of them all? -
Actor Shah Rukh Khan, joining hands with Juhi Chawla and her husband Jay Mehta, won the bid for the Kolkata team for $75.09 million.
The dark Knights have gone purple in their attempt to put a shady two years of IPL action behind them. 2010 sees the Kolkata side turn out in fresh colours and bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan hopes the side will be able to reverse its fortunes this time with a fresh approach.
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Kolkata Knight Riders Co-owner Juhi Chawla is hoping for Lady Luck to smile on her team to help them be a winner all the way.
Juhi said, “I will be present for all the matches of KKR. We are proud of Dada (Sourav Ganguly). He has the captain's luck and he is a fighting cricketer and hope he brings that dash to the team.”
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India's business elite is also on show at the IPL. Reliance Industries Chief Mukesh Ambani pipped Vijay Mallya to win the bid for the Mumbai team for USD 111.9 million.
Mumbai Indians represent Mumbai for the IPL and is the most expensive team. The team is led by Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar.
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To be a part of one of the most influential business houses in the nation and have a passion for the game of cricket is a boon and especially for someone of the stature of Nita Ambani. As co owner of Mumbai Indians, Nita has engaged wholeheartedly with the game that India eats, lives and breathes.
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Shilpa Shetty, part owner of Rajasthan Royals with her husband Raj Kundra has been at all matches that her team has played.
They are the late entrants in the T20 extravaganza. But that has not deterred the lovebirds as both left no stone unturned in promoting Rajasthan Royals.
Shetty thus becomes the third Bollywood star after Shah Rukh Khan and Preity Zinta to buy a stake in IPL teams.
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Gayatri Reddy, the daughter of Deccan Chargers team owner T Venkattaram Reddy is a vivacious woman who leaves no stone unturned in cheering for the team through their highs and lows. She also happens to be the lady luck of the team as Deccan Chargers won their first home IPL matches.
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According to latest tabloid buzz, Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone was spotted socializing with industrialist Vijay Mallya's son Siddharth Mallya during IPL matches in Bangalore.
Deepika was there to cheer for Mallya's IPL team, which thrashed Yuvraj Singh's side of Punjab and this entailed a spontaneous praise from Siddharth for Deepika. The gorgeous actress could not say anything to this very public show of affection and just blushed, leading the spectators to make their own guesses regarding the status of their relationship.
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N Srinivasan, Vice Chairman & Managing Director of the India Cements Ltd bagged the Chennai team for $ 90 million.
Of all the eight IPL franchise owners, India Cements was perhaps the least known across the country. At the best of times, cement bags are not the most glamorous of products to sell, and it doesn't help matters if you are seen as a conservative, publicity-shy and provincial operator. To most followers of the game, thus, it came as a surprise that India Cements not only bid more than $90 million for the Chennai team, but also made the most expensive player purchase. It shelled out $1.5 million for MS Dhoni, captain of the Indian cricket team and a man bestowed with popularity to rival that of Sachin Tendulkar.
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Delhi Daredevils is the team representing the national capital of Delhi in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The team is led by ace batsman Gautam Gambhir while coached by Greg Shipperd.
In the auctions held in January 2008, rights for Delhi franchise of IPL were acquired by Grandhi Mallikarjuna Rao GMR Group. The franchise was bought for $84 millions.
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