By S. Obeyesekere
Beautiful Bollywood Hindi actress Preity Zinta accentuated by a pouting Tom boyish outgoing outlook by multi-faceted talents from an intellect with degrees in English honours and criminal psychology, has taken that abundance to a next level passion to by large becoming known as the queen of cricket driving IPL franchise cricket as a co-owner of the Punjab Kings that were this year’s runners-up of T20 short format of the most exhilarating of the action packed in Indian terrain that has come to envelope an entire globe.
A floating bundle of energy immersed with te cricket at the height of the IPL hobnobbing with the players of her Punjab Kings franchise, indeed Preity Zinta has transcended cinema, tv show presenter, stage performer, social activist and what not of a trendsetting woman apart to truly decorating the game of cricket by her very electrifying nature of driving it as a franchise owner at top administrative level.
The passion she has brought to the game from a feminine aspect has been tremendous to giving world cricket new meaning as a illuminator coloring the bat-ball game by her sense of worth value to furthering the sport that has touched the lives of millions to whom cricket is a religion where it is particularly so in cricket India.
A word here, and a word there interacting with her franchise players, the Punjab Kings Captain, Shreyas Iyer in hitting Instagram with her punchy words of encouragement and praise like when Iyer lashed a match winning captain’s innings to making it to the semi finals, and as much her comments about te role of her franchise Head Coach, Ricky Ponting that he does not look as serious as the player he was, has been standard stuff that has kept the internet floating with the former Aussie great I lighter vein stating that Zinta should join him in the hutch to behold what a focused coach he is.
For the record, she established a career as a leading Hindi film actress of the decade with a variety of character types.
Born 31 January 1975, Preity Zinta, primarily known for her roles in Hindi films, after graduating with degrees in English honours and criminal psychology, made her acting debut in Dil Se.. in 1998, followed by a role in Soldier in the same year. These performances earned her the Film Fare Award for Best Female Debut, and she was later recognised for her role as a teenage single mother in Kya Kehna (2000). She established a career as a leading Hindi film actress of the decade with a variety of character types
Her roles, often deemed culturally defiant, along with her unconventional screen persona won her recognition and several accolades.
Her foray into her apparent likable sport of cricket has set the Bollywood actress cum so many other high interest areas like breaking into media work now in a literally new motion film that is the enthralling world of cricket.
