From Abhishek Bachchan to Ranbir Kapoor: Bollywood stars who own sports teams

Author: Srijal Sharma

Ranbir Kapoor

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Abhishek Bachchan

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John Abraham

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Preity Zinta

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Akshay Kumar

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Riteish Deshmukh

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