Big B goes out of way to cheer Preity Zinta's IPL team

New Delhi, April 3(IANS) Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan cheered up Preity Zinta's Indian Premier League (IPL) team Kings XI Punjab by giving a short TV bite on her behest.

'Preity had called last evening for a request - her IPL team was hugely depressed and she was wondering if I could do a small TV bite to cheer them up. I did that and I hope it makes them happy,' Amitabh posted on his blog www.bigb.bigadda.com.

The two actors featured together in films like 'Veer-Zaara', 'Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna' and 'The Last Lear'.

The second season of the IPL is starting April 18 in South Africa.

Commenting on the upcoming Twenty20 series, Amitabh wrote: 'Cricket has become so big and important. And the T20 series, now shifted to South Africa due to security concerns and concerns of its reflection on the elections, is a sheer delight.'