Shahrukh said that the multiple captain policy was only an experiment and asserted that Ganguly was not being sidelined by Coach Buchanan.
He said "Let me tell you, there is no Kolkata Knight Riders without Dada. We love him".
"There is no KKR without Ganguly". These were the words of Shahrukh Khan, when asked about the recent spat between Sourav Ganguly and coach John Buchanan.
Shahrukh said that the decision to have different captains was in no way meant to disrupt Dada's position and status as an iconic player.
"We are a team and no decision is taken by one person.
Twenty20 is a new format and new things are being tried. Too much has been said, we are not having four captains in one match. It's going to be one captain in one match. But in case something goes wrong, we need to have a back-up", SRK said.
Shahrukh's comments come a day after it was announced that the KKR's squad and captain for the IPL were to be decided in South Africa and not India. The team's director Joy Bhattacharya, after the conclusion of the 6 day conditioning camp, had mentioned "I don't want to disclose the names of the players who would be going to South Africa now as we want to keep all options open". "We might take the whole squad which took part in the conditioning camp to South Africa. Nothing has been finalised right now. The final team for KKR would be announced in South Africa", he added.
Now we shouldn't be worried about Dada's rank and position in our heart. :)
Dada is our hero also today.
| Date | Match | Venue | Time |
| April 18 | Mumbai vs Chennai | Cape Town | 4 PM |
| April 18 | Rajasthan vs Bangalore | Cape Town | 8 PM |
| April 19 | Delhi vs Punjab | Cape Town | 4 PM |
| April 19 | Kolkata vs Hyderabad | Cape Town | 8 PM |
| April 20 | Bangalore vs Chennai | Port Elizabeth | 8 PM |
| April 21 | Kolkata vs Punjab | Durban | 4 PM |
| April 21 | Rajasthan vs Mumbai | Durban | 8 PM |
| April 22 | Banglore vs Hyderabad | Cape Town | 8 PM |
| April 23 | Delhi vs Chennai | Durban | 4 PM |
| April 23 | Kolkata vs Rajasthan | Cape Town | 8 PM |
| April 24 | Punjab vs Banglore | Durban | 8 PM |
| April 25 | Hyderabad vs Mumbai | Durban | 4 PM |
| April 25 | Kolkata vs Chennai | Cape Town | 8 PM |
| April 26 | Banglore vs Delhi | Port Elizabeth | 4 PM |
| April 26 | Rajasthan vs Punjab | Cape Town | 8 PM |
| April 27 | Chennai vs Hyderabad | Durban | 4 PM |
| April 27 | Kolkata vs Mumbai | Port Elizabeth | 8 PM |
| April 28 | Delhi vs Rajasthan | Pretoria | 8 PM |
| April 29 | Kolkata vs Banglore | Durban | 4 PM |
| April 29 | Mumbai vs Punjab | Durban | 8 PM |
| April 30 | Delhi vs Hyderabad | Pretoria | 4 PM |
| April 30 | Rajasthan vs Chennai | Pretoria | 8 PM |
| May 1 | Mumbai vs Kolkata | East London | 4 PM |
| May 1 | Banglore vs Punjab | Durban | 8 PM |
| May 2 | Rajasthan vs Hyderabad | Port Elizabeth | 4 PM |
| May 2 | Chennai vs Delhi | Johannesburg | 8 PM |
| May 3 | Punjab vs Kolkata | Port Elizabeth | 4 PM |
| May 3 | Mumbai vs Banglore | Johannesburg | 8 PM |
| May 4 | Hyderabad vs Chennai | East London | 8 PM |
| May 5 | Punjab vs Rajasthan | Durban | 4 PM |
| May 5 | Delhi vs Kolkata | Durban | 8 PM |
| May 6 | Mumbai vs Hyderabad | Pretoria | 8 PM |
| May 7 | Banglore vs Rajasthan | Pretoria | 4 PM |
| May 7 | Punjab vs Chennai | Pretoria | 8 PM |
| May 8 | Delhi vs Mumbai | East London | 8 PM |
| May 9 | Hyderabad vs Punjab | Kimberley | 4 PM |
| May 9 | Chennai vs Rajasthan | Kimberley | 8 PM |
| May 10 | Banglore vs Mumbai | Port Elizabeth | 4 PM |
| May 10 | Kolkata vs Delhi | Port Elizabeth | 8 PM |
| May 11 | Hyderabad vs Rajasthan | Kimberley | 8 PM |
| May 12 | Banglore vs Kolkata | Pretoria | 4 PM |
| May 12 | Punjab vs Mumbai | Pretoria | 8 PM |
| May 13 | Hyderabad vs Delhi | Durban | 8 PM |
| May 14 | Chennai vs Banglore | Durban | 4 PM |
| May 14 | Mumbai vs Rajasthan | Durban | 8 PM |
| May 15 | Punjab vs Delhi | Bloemfontein | 8 PM |
| May 16 | Chennai vs Mumbai | Port Elizabeth | 4 PM |
| May 16 | Hyderabad vs Kolkata | Johannesburg | 8 PM |
| May 17 | Punjab vs Hyderabad | Johannesburg | 4 PM |
| May 17 | Rajasthan vs Delhi | Bloemfontein | 8 PM |
| May 18 | Chennai vs Kolkata | Pretoria | 8 PM |
| May 19 | Delhi vs Banglore | Johannesburg | 8 PM |
| May 20 | Rajasthan vs Kolkata | Durban | 4 PM |
| May 20 | Chennai vs Punjab | Durban | 8 PM |
| May 21 | Mumbai vs Delhi | Pretoria | 4 PM |
| May 21 | Hyderabad vs Banglore | Pretoria | 8 PM |
| May 22 | Semi Final 1 | Pretoria | 4 PM |
| May 23 | Semi Final 2 | Johannesburg | 4 PM |
| May 24 | FINAL | Johannesburg | 8 PM |
| Note: Please note that this is a tentative schedule and subject to change | |||