Sunday, March 29, 2009

Bollywood Geared Up For IPL!

Lights Camera Action! Bollywood A-listers are now headed to South Africa already & are geared up promoting their respective teams for the upcoming Indian Premier League-II. Shilpa Shetty, The actress, who owns a share in one of the IPL teams, landed in South Africa on Friday to discuss plans for the upcoming event set to take place in different cities from April 18 to May 24. The IPL, a franchise-based Twenty20 competition organized by the Board of Control for Cricket in India, features the world’s best cricketers.

Apart from the cricketers, excitement is also swelling about the high-profile owners of the teams, which include Bollywood super-stars like Shahrukh Khan, Preity Zinta and Shetty, who are expected to make appearances at the games. Many actors though are not the owners of any IPL team have participated in the much coveted cricket tournament have added a zing to it by promoting IPL teams. Akshay Kumar did stunning stunts for the Delhi Dare-Devils; Katrina Kaif also supported Akki while Kareena Kapoor & Anil Kapoor supported the Mumbai Indians.