Angkrish Raghuvanshi gets emotional after meeting Shahrukh Khan

IPL 2024: Young cricketers of Kolkata Knight Riders Angkrish Raghuvanshi Was surprised when the franchise owner was a Bollywood superstar. Shahrukh Khan Called them by their names. KKR has got a new star in the form of Angkrish Raghuvanshi. He helped the team score 272 runs by scoring a quick-fire half-century in his debut match against Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League 2024 on Wednesday. The 18-year-old batsman played an inning of 54 runs in 27 balls at a strike rate of 200. He hit 5 fours and 3 sixes. In a video shared on the official social media handle of IPL, Raghuvanshi talked about his Team India ambitions and meeting Shahrukh Khan.

IPL 2024: Raghuvanshi meets Shahrukh Khan

While talking about Shahrukh Khan, Angkrish Raghuvanshi said that he is such an actor whom he has grown up watching on TV and never even thought that he would meet him. Raghuvanshi said that wearing the jersey of Team India is a matter of pride in itself. But wear it like no one has ever worn it before. Everyone will look at me and say, I am different.

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Talking about his brilliant performance against Delhi Capitals, this young player dedicated his innings of 54 runs to his coach Abhishek Nair and his teammates. He also revealed that Nair taught him reverse sweep and other shots. He said that I want to dedicate this innings to my coach Abhishek Nair and my teammates and support staff. I have learned a lot by being with him. Abhishek sir has been working with me since childhood. All this reverse sweep and everything has been taught to me with great effort by him.

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After this the young batsman also talked about meeting Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan. He said that Shahrukh sir probably did not know his name earlier but now he knows it. I am very happy that Shahrukh sir knows my name. Talking about the match, KKR gave a target of 273 runs to Delhi, which proved to be huge for Delhi. Despite captain Rishabh Pant’s flamboyant half-century, Delhi could only reach the score of 166 and lost by 106 runs.