Shocking! Shah Rukh Khan went extra mile to save Cheteshwar Pujara’s career during Early IPL days

This incident was revealed by Cheteshwar Pujara’s wife Puja Pujara – who did the revelation in her bool The Diary of a Cricketer’s wife. Actually, when Pujara tore his ACL, Shah Rukh Khan made arrangements for his surgery to be held in Cape Town and made sure the best doctors were there for the operation.

“Destiny impelled him to dash heedlessly to a ball for a catch that was never there; and the result: a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament, an impending surgery and a temporarily halted cricketing career — all without playing a single game for KKR,” Cheteshwar’s wife, Puja Pujara, wrote in The Diary of a Cricketer’s Wife.

“Shah Rukh also told me that Chintu had a great future ahead of him and should have the best available medical treatment. When he realised I was worried about the absence of a support system in South Africa and my faith in Dr Shah’s abilities, he offered to fly him and any family members I wanted with me,” Pujara’s father is quoted as saying in the book.

Following the surgery, Cheteshwar Pujara made a complete recovery and went on to make big name of himself in international cricket. Pujara made his debut in Test cricket later that same year and secured his name as an important player of the Indian red-ball side. Pujji went on to play 103 matches in the longest format of the game and scored 7195 runs, accompanied by 19 centuries and 35 fifties.