Tuesday Jun 23 2009, Trivandrum

Priyan, Mohanlal to own IPL team!

Top Bollywood director Priyadarshan and Mollywood superstar Mohanlal plan to start a cricket team from Kerala for the next IPL season, to be titled as 'City Cricketers'.

Both the top professionals were frends from their childhood days and used to play together for a local team
City Cricketers; Priyan was an opening batsman while Lal was an allrounder.

They have roped in Shashi Tharoor, the new Union Minister of State for External Affairs, as the chairman of their team and have the full support of the KCA. Soon, they will approach the BCCI with the proposal and if they get the approval, their team will debut in the next IPL in 2010.

Priyan has already used his friendship with Shah Rukh Khan to send five promising cricketers from Kerala --Mohammed Niaz, Mohammed Sanuth, Rohan Prem, P Prashanth and Sanju V Samson — to attend the selection trials of the Kolkata Knight Riders.