I don’t expect short-term profits from IPL: SRK

The Bollywood superstar said he did not expect any short-term profits from the Indian Premier League and after a point he had stopped looking only at the profits.

Khan, who is travelling abroad and could miss the next matches of his team, said his absence would not affect his team’s performance in the ongoing championship.

“I have belief that the Knight Riders will win with or without my presence.” In a humourous vein, the actor remarked that the only contribution he was making to the team’s players was teaching them some dance steps.

The actor said he was hopeful the IPL would bring in a sports culture to the country and the owners of teams should not expect any short-term profits.

He denied that the presence of filmstars at games was taking away the focus from cricket. “Stars don’t need the cricket field to promote themselves nor does cricket need them to popularise it…It will settle down in the coming weeks to only be about cricket.”

Despite actors like Aamir Khan and Amitabh Bachchan turning to blogs to keep in touch with their fans, Khan said he had no immediate plans to follow that path. “I do not write since I get into enough trouble speaking.”