When Indian Premier League threw its doors open for auctioning 8 zonal teams, everybody was surprised to find Preity Zinta as one of the contenders.

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When she picked up some of the best players on the block for her team, they were more than just surprised. Everybody wanted to know if she really knew anything about cricket or if she had got into the sport simply because she had the money and some powerful friends to back up the project.

"I always loved cricket, but until now I wasn't able to get myself more involved with the game. From the time I heard that IPL was going to be formed, I was seriously waiting to build my own team.

"But I have to admit that my knowledge of cricket was not that much. I only knew about sixers and those huge cheques that they won towards the end of the tournament. But now I know things like Yorkers and Wides!" says the beautiful owner of a wonderful team.