These Bollywood stars have connections with IPL, one went to jail because of Dhoni’s team

IPL 2026: The relationship between Bollywood industry and cricket is very old. At the same time, ever since the Indian Premier League (IPL) started, the union of cricket and Bollywood has become very special. Stars like Shahrukh Khan, Juhi Chawla and Preity Zinta are the owners of IPL teams. But there are many stars who have had a special connection with IPL in the past. One of these stars even had to go to jail because of Dhoni’s team CSK.

These stars are the owners of IPL team

The names of Shahrukh Khan and Juhi Chawla come first in this list. Shahrukh is the co-owner of IPL team Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). Juhi Chawla is the owner of this team. KKR has won the final 3 times. Apart from these, Preity Zinta is the owner of IPL team Punjab Kings. However, the actress’s team Punjab was never able to win the trophy.

Shilpa Shetty

Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty also has a deep connection with IPL. The actress was the owner of the cricket team Rajasthan Royals (RR). RR had won the first title of IPL which started in 2008. But after being named in the 2013 betting scandal, she had to give up her stake in 2015 and was separated from the team.

Deepika used to support this team

Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone was also crazy about cricket. The actress used to support Royals Challengers Bangalore. Actually, earlier the owner of this team was Vijay Mallya and Deepika was in a relationship with Vijay’s son Siddharth Malhotra. But after the breakup, Deepika stopped supporting IPL and RCB.

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Stars support Mumbai Indians

Many Bollywood stars support Mumbai Indians, the team that has registered the most wins in the IPL. At the same time, Hrithik Roshan had a special connection with it. Actually, Hrithik had done the promotional video Duniya Hila Denge Hum for the Mumbai Indians team. Which went quite viral. At the same time, celebs from Abhishek Bachchan to Amitabh are seen in the field supporting the Mumbai team.

This actor was jailed

Bollywood star Vindu Dara Singh has a deep connection with IPL, although it became a problem for him. Actually, Vindu joined IPL to support MS Dhoni’s team Chennai Super Kings. But, in 2013, Delhi Police exposed spot-fixing in IPL and made several arrests. Vindu Dara Singh was also arrested among them. Gurunath Meiyappan, son-in-law of BCCI Chief N Srinivasan, was also arrested.

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