{"id":16693,"date":"2025-12-11T19:38:24","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T14:08:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=670320"},"modified":"2025-12-11T19:38:24","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T14:08:24","slug":"kolkata-messi-tour-shah-rukh-khan-confirms-appearance-at-salt-lake-stadium-on-13-december-on-lionel-messis-india-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/kolkata-messi-tour-shah-rukh-khan-confirms-appearance-at-salt-lake-stadium-on-13-december-on-lionel-messis-india-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Kolkata Messi Tour: Shah Rukh Khan confirms appearance at Salt Lake Stadium on 13 December on Lionel Messi\u2019s India tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"311\" data-end=\"722\">Kolkata is witnessing an extraordinary surge of excitement as Lionel Messi prepares to return to India after more than a decade, with the city gearing up for an unprecedented celebration of global football and Bollywood star power. The frenzy began months ago when sportstrepreneur Satadru Dutta, promoter of the GOAT India Tour, announced Messi\u2019s multi-city visit covering Kolkata, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Delhi.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"724\" data-end=\"1159\">Fuel was added to the fire on Thursday afternoon when Shah Rukh Khan confirmed that he will join the celebrations in Kolkata. Taking to social media, the Bollywood superstar wrote: <em data-start=\"905\" data-end=\"1057\">\u201cThis time round not planning my Knight in Kolkata\u2026 and hoping the day Ride is completely \u2018Messi\u2019. See you guys on the 13th at the Salt Lake Stadium.\u201d<\/em><br data-start=\"1057\" data-end=\"1060\" \/>His post instantly triggered a wave of excitement across fans of both Messi and the Bollywood icon.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This time round not planning my Knight in Kolkata\u2026. and hoping the day Ride is completely \u2018Messi\u2019.<br \/>See you guys on the 13th at the Salt Lake Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shah Rukh Khan (@iamsrk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iamsrk\/status\/1999058040486806006?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 11, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1161\" data-end=\"1552\">With just days left for the event, ticket counters around the city have been packed, as supporters rush to secure seats for Messi\u2019s grand appearance. Prior to Khan\u2019s confirmation, Satadru had hinted that a \u201cnational icon with a Kolkata connect\u201d might join Messi at the tour\u2019s opening event. SRK\u2019s announcement across X and Facebook has now intensified the city\u2019s anticipation to fever pitch.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1554\" data-end=\"1894\">Fans online have been ecstatic, calling the upcoming appearance a once-in-a-lifetime crossover. One user wrote, <em data-start=\"1666\" data-end=\"1720\">\u201cCan\u2019t wait for the biggest crossover, legend Khan,\u201d<\/em> while another said, <em data-start=\"1741\" data-end=\"1894\">\u201cOn the 13th\u2026 two legends walk into one stadium. The King of Bollywood. The GOAT of Football. SRK \u00d7 Messi \u2014 Kolkata witnesses what history looks like.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1896\" data-end=\"2277\">Adding to the star-studded tour, Messi will be accompanied by former Barcelona teammate <strong data-start=\"1984\" data-end=\"1999\">Luis Su\u00e1rez<\/strong> and an Argentina midfielder as the group travels across the four metros on 13 and 14 December. In Kolkata, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will felicitate Messi at Eden Gardens on December 13, while Prime Minister Narendra Modi will welcome him during the Delhi leg of the tour.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2279\" data-end=\"2515\">With Messi returning to India and Shah Rukh Khan joining the spectacle, Kolkata is preparing for a landmark moment in sports and entertainment, one that has already sent the city \u2014 and the country \u2014 into a state of festive anticipation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kolkata is witnessing an extraordinary surge of excitement as Lionel Messi prepares to return to India after more than a\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":37521,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16693"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16693\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}