"How Much Do They Eat?" Preity Zinta Reveals She Once Made 120 Aloo Paranthas For Punjab Kings Players. Harbhajan Singh Reacts

29.04.2023 - 07:33 sports.ndtv.com

The Indian Premier League (IPL) is a melting pot of top cricket talents from around the world. It is one cricket competition, where all top cricketers want to be part of.

It also gives domestic cricketers the opportunity to learn from the best and share the same dressing room with the legends. Funny incidents also emerge from the league, some involving the team owners too.

Sharing one such instance, Punjab Kings co-owner Preity Zinta said that she once had to make 120 aloo paranthas for her team during the 2009 IPL in South Africa, when the team was called Kings XI Punjab. "Who would have thought Preity Zinta would make aloo parathas for her team?

I think they have stopped eating all paratha after that," the anchor asked Preity on Star Sports. Harbhajan SIngh, who was also standing there, started laughing. "First time I realised, how much do the boys eat.

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