Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) have earned a status as a most popular franchise within the IPL, identified for each their profitable historical past and distinctive participant therapy. Many gamers, together with Rinku Singh, stay loyal to the group as a result of their supportive strategy throughout troublesome instances.A beforehand unknown story has emerged about Cheteshwar Pujara's reference to KKR. In 2009, at age 21, Pujara joined KKR following a powerful home season. Throughout a apply match, he suffered a extreme anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear in his knee, an damage that sometimes requires as much as a 12 months for restoration and has ended many athletic careers.
“Future impelled him to sprint heedlessly to a ball for a catch that was by no means there; and the consequence: a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament, an impending surgical procedure and a quickly halted cricketing profession — all with out taking part in a single recreation for KKR,” wrote Puja Pujara, Cheteshwar's spouse, in The Diary of a Cricketer's Spouse.KKR took rapid motion to assist Pujara, arranging for his surgical procedure in Cape City, the place specialised sports activities damage therapy was out there. Initially, Pujara's father most popular the surgical procedure to be carried out in Rajkot, their hometown, however Shah Rukh Khan personally intervened to persuade him in regards to the superior medical care in South Africa.The franchise managed all logistics, together with passports, visas, and journey preparations. In addition they organized for Pujara's father and household physician to accompany him.“Shah Rukh additionally advised me that Chintu had an important future forward of him and will have one of the best out there medical therapy. When he realised I used to be nervous in regards to the absence of a help system in South Africa and my religion in Dr Shah's skills, he provided to fly him and any relations I needed with me,” Pujara's father acknowledged within the e-book.“We'll additionally fly down anybody you need for the surgical procedure. We'll pay them right here so that you've got your individual individuals round you,” a KKR consultant advised Pujara's household, as talked about within the e-book.The surgical procedure proved profitable, permitting Pujara to make a whole restoration. He went on to turn out to be a vital Check batsman for India earlier than his current retirement.
