Bollywood couple Kareena Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan Pataudi were among the bidders for the Pune IPL franchise before IPL annulled all bids and postponed the tender for two new franchises.
It was reported in the Indian media that Kareena Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan Pataudi had entered a bid for Pune along with Kareena's sister Karishma Kapoor and her husband Sunjay Kapur (owner at Sona Group). Saif himself has famous cricket connections - his father the 9th Nawab, Mansur Ali Khan "Tiger" Pataudi captained India and grandfather the 8th Nawab, Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi has the rare distinction of having played tests for England and India.
Talking about the IPL bid, Saif said: "Yes, we were interested in buying the Pune team but the bidding
process was cancelled. Kareena and I had
submitted our bid and there was one other person but Lalit cancelled it. It would've been great if we could have bought the Pune
team and entered the IPL as I love cricket too."
According to some media reports, the two had bid $300 million for the
Pune franchise in consortium with Karisma, Sunjay, Videocon's Venugopal Dhoot and Panchshil Group's Atul Chordia!
Kareena Kapoor would have joined Shilpa Shetty and Preity Zinta as a celebrity owner had her bid been declared winner!
They will have to continue to support Mumbai Indians for now!