<img title="Shah Rukh Khan" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2017/feb/16SRK-1.jpg" alt="Shah Rukh Khan" width="670" height="770" /> Shah Rukh Khan
Shah Rukh Khan and the co-owners of&nbsp;Kolkata Knight Riders and Trinbago Knight Riders today came&nbsp;together to own Cape Town Franchisee of T20 Global League, a&nbsp;Cricket South Africa (CSA) initiative.
The new franchise will be called Cape Town Knight Riders, CSA President Chris Nenzai and CEO Haroon Lorgat made the&nbsp;announcement at a London five-star hotel today.
South African batsman J P Duminy has been allotted as the marquee player for the Cape Town Knight Riders.
The tournament, which will feature eight teams, will be&nbsp;played in November-December.
"On behalf of all of us from Knight Riders, congratulations to Cricket South Africa for the launch of exciting new T20 Global League. We are delighted and thankful&nbsp;that you have made Knight Riders part of the new Global&nbsp;League. South Africa is a beautiful country with beautiful&nbsp;people and I really look forward to be part of the exciting&nbsp;new journey and building something special together. We are&nbsp;particularly thrilled to make Cape Town and Newlands our new home away from home," said Shah Rukh Khan.&nbsp;
"We want to grow the Knight Riders brand globally, and acquiring a team in T20 Global league is a step in that&nbsp;direction. The South African league promises to be a great&nbsp;extravaganza and we are thankful to Cricket South Africa for&nbsp;making us part of the new phenomenon. Cape Town is a world-class city with a huge Cricket loving public and we are glad&nbsp;to launch Cape Town Knight Riders," said Venky Mysore, CEO&nbsp;Managing Director of the IPL team Kolkata Knight Riders.

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