Mumbai: You've seen them dancing together on screen but now they're competing on the cricket pitch. Shah Rukh Khan and Preity Zinta have decided to throw their weight behind the IPL with their respective teams.

In Wednesday's auction for players, SRK bagged Shoaib Akhthar for $425,000 (Rs 1.7 crore), Ricky Ponting for $400,000 (Rs 1.6 crore) and Chris Gayle for $800,000 (Rs 3.2 crore).

Preity claimed Mahela Jayawardene for $475,000 (Rs 1.9 crore), S Sreesanth for $ 625,000 (Rs 2.5 crore) and Brett Lee for $900,000 (Rs 3.6 crore)

While money talks, with Bollywood backing, it seems to be bursting into a song and dance.

King Khan is good news for the business as he already has his finger in many pies. Apart from being a producer, he’s a star endorser and a television host too. The Chak De! hero is also no stranger to motivating teams.

And while Preity Zinta may no longer have great roles to boast about onscreen, she's taking her new role as entrepreneur quite seriously. "Films are my first child. Cricket now is my second child. I will give my life to it. We want to put up the best team and win all matches. We are here not for business but to support the sport,” she said.