The fact that many Bollywood stars are sports enthusiasts and a few of them even own a sports team is known to many. However, when it comes to B-Town actresses who have taken their passion for sports to new heights and even invested in a professional team, we can only think about Juhi Chawla or Preity Zinta – as no other name quickly pops up in the head.
However, there are few other Bollywood bombshells who are the owners of sports teams. Have a look
Cricket being the most-loved sport of the nation, almost everybody knows about Indian Premier League (IPL), which is a popular domestic professional league. And if you follow IPL, you surely know that actress Juhi Chawla is the co-owner of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) team.
Juhi is not just a namesake owner of the team, she makes sure to be part of the IPL auction every year and even comes to watch KKR matches. She surely takes her role and the game too seriously.
Juhi Chawla (Source: Instagram/iamjuhichawla)
Taapsee, who is a sports fanatic, has recently announced that she has bought a franchise in the Premier Badminton League (PBL). The franchise will represent Pune in the forthcoming PBL season and will be called Pune 7 Aces. Taapsee will co-own the team with the management firm, KRI.
Taapsee Pannu (Source: Instagram/taapsee)
Preity Zinta is again too involved in the functioning of her team Kings XI Punjab in IPL. From ruling the auction table to hooting for her team from the stands, she functions like the queen of Kings XI Punjab.
Preity Zinta (Source: Instagram/realpz)
Not many know that Sonakshi Sinha also owned a team in World Kabaddi League after Akshay Kumar and Honey Singh. She bought the United Singhs team along with The Hayre Group of UK in WKL in 2014.
Sonakshi Sinha (Instagram/aslisona)
Actress Sunny Leone too took her interest in sports to another level and became the co-owner and brand ambassador of the Kochi-based Premier Futsal franchise Kerala Cobras last year.
Sunny Leone (Source: Instagram/sunnyleone)