I Always Knew I Will Be An Actor Says Saif Ali Khan

Actor Saif Ali Khan, who graced the ISPL Tournament’s opening game, said, despite his father’s cricket legacy, he always knew he was inclined towards being an actor.

Saif Ali Khan was interacting with media during the opening ISPL match in Mumbai, on Wednesday.

Saif Ali Khan is son of Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, one of the most prolific Indian cricketer. So we asked if there was any time in her life, where he debated being a cricketer or actor, he said, “No, I don’t think so, I think I was always interested in films and I knew I was going to be an actor.”

Expressing his excitement about co-owning a cricket team, Saif said, “Very excited being the co-owners of this team, and I think it is going to be whole lot fun, because cricket begins with tennis ball, and this will be a very exciting tournament, I am here to support our team, which we met for the first here, today.”

Saif also shared about his childhood memories watching his father play with tennis ball. He said, “I have plenty of childhood memories, my father also used to play cricket with tennis ball, and he would tape on it, so the ball would swing and move, whenever he would practice for test cricket, he would do it with tennis ball. Even the fielding is practiced with a tennis ball.”

Celebirites such as Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Ram Charan, Suriya, Abhishek Bachchan, Boman Irani, Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor Khan, and master blaster Sachin Tendulkar, Suresh Raina, Munawar Faruqui, Elvish Yadav and more graced the opening match of Indian Street Cricket League.