Preity celebrate thrilling victory over Mumbai Indians

Preity Zinta’s jaadu ki jhappi is certainly working its magic for the Yuvraj Singh-led Mohali team. Several of the Punjab King’s XI team — including coach Tom Moody, Brett Lee, Sreesanth and Mahela Jayawardene — landed up late Wednesday night at Henry Thams in Colaba to celebrate their thrilling victory over the Mumbai Indians.

What was even more heartening was the presence of some Mumbai Indian players at the bash, including Lasith Malinga, Shaun Pollock, Ajinkya Rahane and Andre Nel. That’s called sporting spirit. And adding to the spirited mood was the Manchester United versus Chelsea soccer match being aired live. Ness Wadia joined Preity and Yuvraj (all three are die-hard Man U fans) to party and enjoy the game.

Just before the soccer match started, Preity walked out to her car to fetch the CD with her team’s theme song and demanded that it be played. Though the management insisted that Punjabi songs are never played at the restobar, they eventually had to give in to the loud cheers from the other guests.

Well, for whatever it was worth, the ‘motivational song’ even seemed to do it’s bit for the Manchester United team, which won the Champions League final in Moscow in an equally thrilling finish. The tied game went into penalty corner shootouts afte a 1-1 tie and Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar blocked a shot by Nicolas Anelka to give United the championship.

“Preity is really a one woman cheer squad. Her enthusiasm is infectious. She’s probably one of the main reasons behind the go-getting attitude you see in the team. Instead of just sticking close to Ness, she was cheering with the boys and making sure they all had a great time,” said a source.