SRK's first ever blog on Knight Riders' official website

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25/4/2009

Shah Rukh Khan is the latest Bollywood superstar to enter the webspace with the launch of his personal blog on the official websiteof his IPL team - 'Knight Riders'. The following is Shah Rukh's firstever blog that he wrote after 'Knight Riders' were defeated by'Rajasthan Royals' in their last match on April 23:

The beginning of a new day!

When the season started, I thought I would write every couple of days to all our fans that visit our site.

Firstly, thanks for doing so and a special thanks to all who believe inthe Knight Riders and support us as a team. Apologies for not being aregular at my blog or actually not even writing the first entry withthe start of the season. So here is the first one.

I thought I would start the first write up by detailing the thresholdand culture of this franchise. That would have been apt if we hadn'tstarted playing. Right now, as I write at 5 a.m. in Cape Town, havinglost yet another game, which we could have won, the heart is heavy andthe mind is numb. Full marks to Rajasthan Royals for proving that atrue champion team does not choke at the finish line. Congratulationsguys.

Since the commencement of this season, we have a trail of one win outof three, which is not a good position to be in. So at this time I willnot get into why the franchise was started and what dreams we all haveas far as our ambitions are concerned. All ambitions finally will getfulfilled only when the team wins and keeps true to the faith that allour fans have invested in us. Till such time, I am going to talk a bitabout the game as I understand, which needless to say is quite limited.I will also talk about the role that I choose to play as part of theKnight Riders.

I treat this team as I treat my own children. I am quite a dotingfather and perhaps a bit too emotionally involved with all the thingsmy team goes through. I feel like crying when they lose and go wildwith happiness when they win. Throughout the tournament last year, myonly concern was that the team members should not in any way feel sador bad after the losses we suffered. If I could, I would want to takeall the disappointments they face with every loss or a bad performanceonto myself. As much as I try, I now realise that it is not possible.

This is a set of professional players and they seem to understand onerule that most of us cannot understand. And the rule is that this is agame, and one team will lose while the other will win.

If either the success or the defeat of the last match lingers beyond aday, it would be impossible for them to face a new match and a newchallenge the next time round, with full steam and gusto. They gatherthe broken pieces, try and understand what could be done better andstart afresh. Like a father learns from his children, I am beginning tounderstand this lesson too. Earlier I used to pep talk our team beforeand after every match, so that their morale would remain positive. Asthe year has passed into another, I now realise that these boysactually walk the talk; and I need to do the same. I am learning fromthis whole experience that the more I practice, the easier things seem.

The harder I run, the farther I can go. The more I pray, the less Ifeel the burden of performance. Also I am learning that after doing allthis, there is no guarantee of winning everyday. So all one can do isto give it your best shot and leave the rest.

In attempting to give it our best, our team has taken lots of unpopulardecisions. Starting with, the multiple captains to choices of whom weplay in which match. A truckload of criticism from all quarters hasbeen dumped at our doorsteps. Every time I go and sit in the stadium, Ifeel the weight of all the choices made. If we come out winners throughthis tournament, will I feel vindicated? The answer is no. If we don'tperform as well as we should, would I feel we did the wrong thing?Again the answer is no.

The decisions we take in life, need not always lead to a black andwhite solution as in mathematics. The decisions are guidelines andbeliefs we chalk down our path towards a goal. Sometimes we get to thegoal inspite of the decisions and sometimes because of them. And thereare times when all goes wrong. The strength lies in sticking to a paththat you chose to begin with. As the journey progresses, whether thatpath turns out to be tough or easy, you have to follow it becausetherein lies your principles and beliefs.

Assessing how a ball should be played after seeing it at 1500 framesper second on your television sets is one thing…but to take that splitmillisecond decision, when the ball tears down at you, at 150kilometers per hour, is another ballgame altogether. In retrospectthings can be explained and faults and genius can be torn apart orpraised, but in the moment that you have to live and deliver, a pathhas to be chosen and walked on, with complete belief that it will workout fine.

I don't know if the path we have chosen is correct or not…and that'swhy we won't feel vindicated in victory and neither will we feelashamed in defeat. It's just a path we the Knight Riders have chosen towalk on and will stick to it, till the very end. I hope all those whobelieve in this team will walk along with us.

This is getting as long as a Test Match, and I need to end it. I canfeel the first rays of the Sun beginning to break through. A new day isabout to begin. The defeat still lingers thick in my mind…so I will tryand sleep it off and start afresh again. I know my boys will do thesame. We will face our disappointments head on with a smile and aprayer. I close my eyes with these thoughts from Theodore Roosevelt:

It is not the critic who counts;

Not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles,

Or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.

The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena,

Whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood;

Who strives valiantly;

Who errs, who comes short again and again,

Because there is no effort without error and shortcoming;

But who does actually strive to do deeds;

Who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions;

Who spends himself in a worthy cause;

Who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement,

And who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly,

So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who

neither know

Victory nor Defeat.

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