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Abdul Rahman Ansari

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Posted: 16 years ago

Double deal

Ajay Devgan and Sanjay Dutt are keen to own the Ahmedabad IPL team


Sanjay Dutt	Ajay Devgan

After reports that Salman Khan is keen to own an Indian Premier League (IPL) team, comes the news that close friends Sanjay Dutt and Ajay Devgan too are in the process of buying a team.

According to a source, Sanjay and Ajay have become good friends after starring together in Ajay's home production All The Best. "They have decided to own a team together as they are ardent cricket fans. They are keen to own the Ahmedabad team. Since Ajay was busy travelling, he informed Sanjay about being unable to meet IPL Commissioner, Lalit Modi. It was Sanjay who met Modi and expressed their interest to own a team. Modi and Sanjay met at a suburban five-star on Wednesday to understand the bidding process. Sanjay made it very clear that whenever the auction begins, they are ready to invest in the Ahmedabad team."

Earlier, it was Salman who had met Modi and there were reports that he is interested in either owning the Nagpur or Kochi team."

Ajay's spokesperson said, "No comments."

At present, Shah Rukh Khan and Juhi Chawla, Preity Zinta and Shilpa Shetty are associated with the high-profile Twenty20 cricket tournament.

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Edited by Lubnavaishali - 16 years ago

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Abdul Rahman Ansari

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Posted: 16 years ago

Sanjay and Ajay co-partners in IPL?

If all goes well then the new friends of B-town Ajay Devgn and Sanjay Dutt
may soon own an IPL team. The buzz is that they have already taken a step to
work out this plan.

Sanjay has had a private meeting with Indian Premier League's commissioner Lalit Modi on September 2 in Mumbai. It was a private meeting in a five star hotel, where Sanjay revealed his plans about investing in the Ahmedabad team along with Ajay Devgan.

Sanjay is quite keen to invest as he made sure that he understandseverything about bidding process and investment of a team. Both actors who bonded on the sets of a film All The Best soon found out about their common interest in cricket. One day, while chatting with each other, this idea of owning a team together struck them. Ajay, who is away from town, asked Sanju to have a word with Lalit Modi which is said to have been successful.

Before this, Ajay would often mention about his interest in cricket via his blog, especially when this year's IPL season was going on.Apart from these two actors Salman Khan too had a meeting with Lalit Modi for the same reason, he is said to be interested in investing either in the Nagpur or Kochi team.

Other Bollywood celebrities who own various teams are Preity
Zinta-Kings XI of Punjab,Shah Rukh Khan-Juhi Chawla Kolkatta Knight
Riders and Shilpa Shetty with her beau Raj Kundra owns Rajasthan

Link http://www.starboxoffice.com/newsdetails.aspx?xfile=2009/September/News_20090903_17