When Bollywood star Akshay Kumar, through his generosity, rescued an IPL team from the crisis of huge losses?

Cricket News Desk. Captain and 'icon' players Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Shoaib Malik and Mohammad Asif were also present in this program, but Akshay remained on top in every aspect. He kept associating himself with cricket but the press kept asking him filmy questions. The atmosphere was more like a film party than a cricket event.

The franchise, famous for its action stunts, has not disclosed the star's fees but it is learned that he will be charged a hefty fee. The contract was just signed and Akshay also mentioned the marriage of Bollywood with cricket and said – 'The public wants to get the full value of the money spent on sports and in such a situation one wants to give the best performance to his favorite. If you get to see a film star with cricket, then nothing can be better than this.

Thus, to add glitz and glamor to the IPL, the people of GMR brought in Akshay Kumar and to make him a part of the team, he made a lot of buzz about the fact that he was born and brought up in Delhi and his The heart is from here. For my city Delhi. Akshay wearing a bright red outfit – the team logo was released and the team jersey and t-shirts were also launched.

So the deal with Akshay Kumar started with a bang – apart from shooting a promotional film for the team, he also had to attend big team events and corporate functions, but the truth is that DD forgot about Akshay as soon as the IPL started. . – In other words, they did not know how to take advantage of Akshay? The rest of the work was done after IPL became a hit. T20 cricket was so popular that it did not need any other support.

This all went well but when the accounts were drawn up at the end of the season what was to be expected – almost every team made a loss. The franchises were prepared for losses, but not as big as those suffered before the glamor of the IPL. GMR was also upset with Akshay Kumar's huge fees – she felt that he was paying her a huge amount for 'doing no work'. No one outside knew what was going on in the GMR office on this issue.

Before IPL 2009, when all the franchises were talking about spending, the only news in the media was that Delhi did not renew Akshay Kumar's contract and the matter ended. No one knew what happened behind the scenes. Referring to this incident, Amrit Mathur, who has held several senior positions in BCCI after many years and was associated with the Delhi franchise as CEO in the initial years of IPL, has written in his new book 'Pitchside: My Life In'. Indian Cricket'. And now we know how the case was actually resolved?

It was never officially revealed what the contract value with Akshay was, but some media reports at the time mentioned a contract worth Rs 5 crore per year. Actually, in this situation, the franchise now had two questions – if Akshay is given such a huge amount, then the losses for the season will increase further and if the contract is for 3 years, then how can the contract be postponed for the future. Year?

Before taking any action, the franchise did what was most important in such a situation – examined the terms of the contract in the light of the law and then found that their legal team had drafted a contract on behalf of Akshay which contained no So the season fee was included nor could the contract be terminated before the year in any way to avoid it. To Find a Way – Amrit Mathur himself met Akshay Kumar and what happened next is something one cannot expect in today's era of professionals and people looking only for their own benefit.

It was not easy for Delhi Capitals to resolve this issue. From the franchise's point of view, this deal was suicidal or hit-wicket. During the shooting of Chandni Chowk to China, Amrit Mathur met Akshay Kumar in his vanity van and clearly explained about the circumstances. Hesitantly, he also said that the payment of this contract would damage the franchise's account so badly that its consequences could not even be imagined. Akshay listened to everything calmly without giving any reaction and then just said – 'No problem sir. If this compromise doesn't work, stop it. Amrit Mathur felt that he was not able to hear properly, so Akshay Kumar surprised and repeated – 'Let's finish this.' Amrit Mathur replied that very strict conditions were written in the contract and the lawyer said that nothing could be done, so he said – 'No problem, I will tell the lawyer.'