Preity Zinta, a stake holder in the Kings XI Punjab team, said "Mortaza is a great player, an all-rounder and we wanted him".
Shabbir's most recent projects include Guinness World Records Ab India Todega where he is an on-field anchor along with Preity Zinta.
After finishing his graduation he briefly worked as a director for Phat Phish Films and at the young age of 21 he directed Bollywood Superstars Preity Zinta and AR Rahman in music videos.
The campaign is being supported by many actors and singers such as Shahrukh Khan, Shilpa Shetty, Yuvraj Singh, Sanjay Dutt, Preity Zinta, Ranbir Kapoor, Dia Mirza, Karan Johar, Usha Uthup, Richa Sharma, Bappi Lahiri and others.
She was born as Preethi Vijayakumar but opted to change her first name to Preetha to avoid confusion with other actresses, Preity Zinta and Preeti Jhangiani.
Her next film, Sangharsh (1999), was also produced by Mahesh Bhatt and starred Akshay Kumar and Preity Zinta in pivotal roles.
She did the styling for Preity Zinta once again in Jaan-E-Mann (2006) and worked with acclaimed director Sanjay Leela Bhansali for his film Saawariya (2007).