Salman Khan has expressed his interest in bidding for a franchise for the 2011 season of the Indian Premier League. He recently met IPL Chairman and Commissioner Lalit Modi and discussed the procedure to buy a team for the Twenty20 tournament.
SALMAN KHAN could become the latest Bollywood superstar to join the Indian Premier League (IPL). He on Wednesday (August 26), expressed his interest in bidding for a franchise for the 2011 edition of the IPL.
Khan met IPL Chairman and Commissioner Lalit Modi and discussed the procedure to buy a team for the 2011 edition. According to Modi, Salman was interested to know what it takes to own a team, what is the process, when it will be initiated and what is the timeline for it.Modi also said that “The IPL is set to introduce two new teams in the 2011 season and the franchise may cost over $200 million to $300 million.” He also had a long list of celebrities interested in buying a team. At present, Shah Rukh Khan and Juhi Chawla (Kolkata Knight Riders), Preity Zinta (King’s XI Punjab) and Shilpa Shetty (Rajasthan Royals) are associated with the high-profile Twenty20 cricket tournament.