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After seeing his team Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) narrowly lose to Rajasthan Royals (RR) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Tuesday, Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan decided to improve his team’s morale. SRK gave an inspiring speech in the KKR dressing room, claiming that on days like these, the team would end up in second place despite “deserving of winning”. Jos Buttler’s performance won the match for Rajasthan, but Shah Rukh hopes his Knight Riders can focus on the bigger picture and continue to do what they have done so far this season. (IPL 2024 Points Table)

In his speech, Shah Rukh admitted that despite the result against Royals, he is still very proud of his team. Even in defeat, SRK had nothing but good things to say about his team.

“In our lives, especially in sports, there are times when we shouldn’t lose and we shouldn’t win. But that’s the way it goes, and this will turn the tables. I think it’s a no-brainer that we didn’t lose today, and we all Guys have to be very proud of themselves, please don’t be happy like we are every time we come to the dressing room to keep the level high is the energy we all have, we have energy on the pitch, we have energy here, everyone. Stick together,” he said.

As King Khan said, we are always proud of our knights! pic.twitter.com/QEMRMSq1oQ

— Kolkata Knight Riders (@KKRiders) April 17, 2024

The KKR co-owner also had some special words for team mentor Gautam Gambhir, who was understandably upset after the defeat. However, SRK cheered him up and even the grumpy GG couldn’t help but laugh.

“All the best! It’s a very proud day to be honest, the way we all played, I’m not going to take down individual names, it’s already down. GG (Gautam Gambhir) don’t get frustrated. We will all bounce back. “As Link said, this is God’s plan today and we will come back with more and better God’s plans, thank you all and God bless you. “