SRK no match for MCA

Shah Rukh Khan has been banned from the Wankhede Stadium for five years, Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) president Vilasrao Deshmukh said yesterday.

The development comes two days after the co-owner of the Kolkata Knight Riders allegedly got into a fracas with MCA officials and security personnel after an Indian Premier League (IPL) match with the Mumbai Indians team.

"MCA is forced to ban Shah Rukh Khan from entering Wankhede Stadium for five years," said Deshmukh, the union minister for science and technology.

He said nobody could support such behaviour, be it the Board of Control for Cricket in India, the IPL or the MCA. "Our decision was unanimous. There was a proposal of a lifetime ban, but we want to send a message that this is not how one should behave," he said.

He said more than 50 per cent of MCA officials were present at the time of the brawl, so there was no point in forming an interim committee to look into the incident. Replying to allegations by the actor that his daughter was manhandled by MCA officials, Deshmukh said: "We have not received any such complaint from Shah Rukh Khan yet. He is unapologetic."