KKR Ki Khobor: Window to Knights' life
Indian Premier League (IPL) showcases some brilliant performances by players across the world but does it inform the curious cricket lovers about the kind of lives their sporting heroes lead? Maybe not, right? KKR Ki Khobor, an online show, acts as a window to the lives of none other than the players of Kolkata Knight Riders, one of the most celebrated IPL franchise over the years. IBNS correspondent Souvik Ghosh writes.
The episodes of the show, which lasts for few minutes, try to bring the inside stories of the Knights, who toil on-field to win the tournament, which kicked off in 2008. From practice sessions to events, the Knights' footprints can be tracked by following the official Instagram profile of Kolkata Knight Riders.
KKR players can often be seen in several programmes across Kolkata and the fans could get to know about all the activities through the show.
On an episode exactly a week ago, KKR Ki Khobor anchor Anneysha said how the players went to the practice sessions and got ready for a high-voltage match against Kings XI Punjab.
The May 6 episode showed how KKR skipper Dinesh Karthik enjoyed shopping in Mumbai, the business capital of India. Apart from Karthik, KKR co-owner Juhi Chawla was also busy with an event in the western part of the country.
To provide entertainment to the viewers, the show aired some funny moments as well. Anneysha was seen teaching Under-19 star and KKR batsman Shubman Gill some of the Bengali words.
One of the funny moments which Anneysha remembers was when she had heard Sunil Narine wrong on one occasion. "There was this one time when I asked Sunil Narine what would he want to be if not an off-spinner. His reply to that was a race car driver & I misheard it as a rickshaw driver. This according to me was the funniest moment while hosting."
Apart from the Knights' life, the show also brings a kind of match review for the viewers who perhaps had missed the live action. The anchors of the show illustrate how the players fought hard on the field to win or lose accepting a tough luck.
After KKR reached the playoffs by outplaying Sunrisers Hyderabad on Saturday, Anneysha described how pace-bowler Prasidh Krishna picked four wickets to put the Bengal-oriented team in the driver's seat. Bollywood superstar and KKR co-owner Shah Rukh Khan's tweet for his team members were also mentioned in the episode.
Speaking about the research work before every match, Anneysha told IBNS, "The basic preparation before every episode is knowing the team & their whereabouts well. Yes. I go through magazines, newspapers & social media accounts of the team before each episode."
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