I’d love to promote others sports too: Preity

Actor Preity Zinta, the chairperson of Kings XI Punjab team of Indian Premier League (IPL) claims that she is keen to promote other games in the country, which incidentally have been overshadowed here due to excessive love of the people for cricket.

“People should also take initiative and reach the venues, where other games are held. The sponsors will automatically follow,” said Preity. “We are a country of over one billion people and we have come with only one Olympic gold medal. The other games need to be promoted.” The glam girl also showed her interest to be the ‘ambassador of women sports’ in the country. “Now, I am in cricket. If I get a chance to associate with women sports, I would gladly accept it,” said the bubbly actress.

She expressed her happiness over getting the ‘Sports Illustrated Award’ for the top 50 most influential persons in Indian sports on March 8 at Mumbai. “The award inspired me to do more for the other sports other than cricket,” she said. “I used to play basketball before making it to Bollywood,” she added. She said her team is a ‘socially aware’ team, which would work towards HIV positive people in India along with the UNAIDS.

“We have launched red bands today and the 25 per cent of the total amount generated from the sale of these bands will be donated for the social cause,” said Preity.

The Bollywood beauty along with Ness Wadia, Captain Kumar Sangakarra, Yuvraj Singh, Brett Lee pledged their support for the HIV affected by wearing special red bands to support and create awareness on AIDS at the PCA Stadium this week.

The Kings XI Punjab unveiled its unique and attractive Fan Club – the KXIP lion’s den and humorous animation films of their mascots-Rocky & Ranjit especially for their fans in India and across the globe.

Talking about the Fan Club and animation film, Preity said, “KXIP cherishes its enduring relationship with fans – both off and on the field. The KXIP lion’s Den – our Fan Club aims to bring exclusive benefits to the KXIP enthusiast who takes pleasure in being associated with us. On the other hand, Rocky and Ranjit, our mascots are yet another channel to reach out to loyalists and add smile to their faces! We hope, we keep to our promise, through these interactive means, and provide the right blends of cricket and entertainment to KXIP fans.”