Only Akshay Kumar is in a position to give any competition to Shah Rukh Khan. This rivalry was also visible at an award function where Shah Rukh Khan had taken a jibe at Akki for dancing at big ticket weddings and lavish parties of the big and mighty. But now the professional rivalry is all set to spread to cricket ground at Firozshah Kotla in Delhi. Shah Rukh Khan is the owner of Kolkota Knight Riders while Akshay Kumar’s association with Delhi Daredevils is that of a brand ambassador for the team. Shah Rukh Khan has already made his intentions very clear that he wants his team to win all the matches and to encourage this King Khan will be present at all the venues. Shah Rukh Khan’s team is being led by former Indian cricket team captain Saurabh Ganguly and has in it stars like pace bowler Shohaib Akhtar of Pakistan.

To match King Khan’s passion about the whole affair, Akshay Kumar has also decided to attend all the matches played by Delhi Daredevils. But if other professional commitments prevent this, Akki wants to make sure that he is present on the day of confrontation with Shah Rukh Khan’s Knight Riders at Firozshah Kotla. The main reason behind this is said to be his fear that Shah Rukh’s presence in stands may intimidate Delhi Daredevils.

The buzz doing the rounds in the industry is that the professional rivalry of films between Akshay Kumar and Shah Rukh Khan may be seen in Akki’s action of going whole hog to promote Delhi’s team. The grapevine is abuzz that though at that time of clash between Kolkota Knight Riders and Delhi Daredevils, Akshay Kumar will be shooting for Nikhil Advani’s ‘Chandni Chowk to China’ in mainland China, the actor has plans to return to India for one day.

Akki has already informed the producer and director of his intention to return to cheer up his team at Kotla but the industry sees this more as a case of rivalry with Shah Rukh Khan than only a morale boosting exercise for Delhi Daredevils.

To add fuel to the fire Akshay Kumar has been shown in the promos of his upcoming film ‘Singh is Kinng’ as King of bollywood, sparking another controversy about his growing rivalry with Shah Rukh. The upcoming Vipul Shah directed blockbuster introduces action Kumar as ‘the king of bollywood as never seen before.’ But the pinch is that title King is generally associated with the most successful star Shah Rukh Khan in bollywood and the Khan Camp may not be amused at this unwarranted attack on its title.

The buzz doing the rounds in the industry is that originally the think tank of Vipul Shah had planned that ‘Badshah’ word should be used to announce the entry of Akki, but someone shot down the proposal by saying that the title was generally used for Shah Rukh Khan.