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Had asked SRK for a free hand at KKR, says Sourav Ganguly

By Saurabh Sharma July 09, 2020 • 22:29 PM View: 1321

Kolkata, July 9: BCCI President Sourav Ganguly said that he had asked Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Kolkata Knight Riders co-owner Shah Rukh Khan to give him a free hand while he was captaining the franchise. Ganguly was referring to an interview of Gautam Gambhir, under whom KKR went on to win two titles, in which the latter spoke about the freedom he got to handle the team.

"I was seeing an interview where Gautam Gambhir said Shah Rukh Khan had told him in the fourth year ‘This is your team, I will not interfere.' That's what I told him in the first year. Leave it to me. It didn't happen," Ganguly said in an interview with journalist Gautam Bhatacharjee on his YouTube channel.

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