SRK banned from players' dugout

One enduring image of the Kolkata Knight Riders’ roller-coaster ride through the inaugural IPL has been Shah Rukh Khan. In the dejection of defeat or the euphoria of joy, ‘King Khan’ has never been too far away. On Sunday, he was told to keep a ‘safe distance’ from his team. The Anti-Corruption Unit of the ICC has asked the KKR owner that he should not be in the player’s dressing room or their dugout just beyond the boundary. ‘‘I’ve been told it’s got something to do with ICC’s code of conduct,’’ SRK himself informed on Sunday evening in response to a question during a media conference. ‘‘I’ve been made to believe it’s anti anti-corruption.’’ Shah Rukh, who is usually seen cheering the Knights in the company of his group of celebrities from the terraces of the BC Roy Club House at the Eden Gardens here, has of late been making it to the dugout at the ground. The Bollywood matinee idol has been with his ‘boys’ in the dressing room, by his own admission very discreetly and only with the permission of coach John Buchanan, but now that door will be shut for him.