Salman - Katrina bonded over sports during "Tiger Zinda Hai"

While this will be the reunion of the duo post their 5 years of Ek Tha Tiger and excitement towards the film has been growing day-by-day. The makers have promoted the film in such a way that Salman-Katrina's fans cannot stop talking about them.

However, while everyone wondered how will the two bond post the gap of 5 years and their alleged breakup but, the duo is always known to be cordial to each other but, what helped them to break the ice of awkwardness between them is sports.

In the film, both Salman and Katrina will be seen performing some high octane stunts. As Salman is always known for his fitness and his love for it, during the Abu Dhabi schedule, in order to remain fit, Salman made sure that Katrina too who has a fit body gets the time and space to maintain it. Apparently, Salman used to hit the gym every morning while Kat was looking for ways to do her workouts. But Salman was always there for her rescue.

"Salman and Katrina are super active people generally. While Salman hits the gym post pack up every single day, Katrina does a combination of workouts to look the way she looks. In the middle of a desert also, they figured activities that will serve as a regular exercise for them," says a source from the set revealed.

"Katrina was looking for ideas on what kind of exercise she could do and Salman surprised her with his brilliant ideas. He built a makeshift volleyball court and a cricket pitch! Katrina was thrilled and the two spent a lot of time bonding over these sessions," adds the source.

Regarding the same, director Ali Abbas Zafar said, "We had created a really huge set in Abu Dhabi. Salman Khan built the volleyball court and cricket pitch so that everyone could play during their free time. Everyone enjoyed playing here. Katrina is also fond of sports and she would play with the team as well."

To that, Katrina added, "While shooting for Tiger Zinda Hai, I've learnt four different sports. In Abu Dhabi, I would try my hand at cricket. While watching videos of me playing the game, I got many friends from the industry to request me to give it up! But I believe I hit the ball really well! I also took up tennis lessons while some action sequences were filmed here, and would hit the tennis ball exactly like the cricket ball much to my trainer's frustration. But all in all, playing these games felt good."