"Preity Zinta Cooked Paranthas For Me": Ex-England Star 'Forever Thankful' For PBKS Owner's Gesture

The IPL is not just an assimilation of the best cricket talents around the world but it is melting pot of different strata of celebrities too. Over the years, the team owners are as much in focus as are the cricket stars. Preity Zinta is one such celebrity team owner of Punjab Kings. She has been a constant presence in the stadiums where Punjab Kings play. To support her team, co-owner Preity Zinta was present in the stands at the stadium in Mullanpur during a recent match of Punjab Kings with Delhi Capitals.

Former England cricketer Ravi Bopara, who has played for Punjab, shared an interesting anecdote on Preity Zinta.

“Those were the early days in the IPL, when it was a party, those were the great days,” said Bopara on FanCode's IPL show ‘The Super Over.'

Punjab Kings co-owner Preity Zinta last year had 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 paranthas for her team? I think they have stopped eating aloo parantha 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 you boys eat! We were in South Africa, and they did not serve good all paranthas at the hotel. Then I told them, 'I will teach you all how to make aloo parantha'. Seeing that, the boys asked if I can make aloo paranthas for them too. I told them that, I will make aloo paranthas if they win the next match. They won it. Then I made 120 aloo paranthas for the team. After that I have stopped making aloo paranthas," Preity replied with a smile.

On hearing that, Harbhajan Singh: "Irfan alone would have ate 20 aloo