Preity Zinta called a false quote on Rishabh Pant© BCCI / SPORTZPICS
The Kings of Punjab left for the start of theft for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 Sous Shreyas Iyer. The Punjab would have both Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant on the list of wishes before the IPL 2025 auction, but the dynamics were so that they could only bid for Shreyas. Pant too seemed to be relieved not to be roped by the Punjab franchise, and was happy to have joined LuckNow super-managers for record costs of 27 crore Inr after being released by the Capitals of Delhi. With PBKS enjoying a better campaign compared to LSG, a quote from the Punjab co -owner, Preity Zinta, has become viral on social networks, although it turned out to be false.
In the quote, Zinta seemed to make a comparison between Iyer and Pant, calling the second a “big name”, while the first is a “great interpreter”. However, the Bollywood actress went to social networks to call a false quote.
“We had both Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer options – that we could have taken in the team. But we wanted a big interpreter, not a name … So we took Shreyas Iyer in the team,” said the quote.
“I’m really sorry but this is false news!” She said.
I’m really sorry but it’s false news!
– Preity G Zinta (@realpreityzinta) April 19, 2025
The Punjab Kings recorded brilliant victories in recent days, especially against Kolkata Knight Riders when they successfully defended a score of 111, an IPL record. Yuzvendra Chahal was the hero of pbks in this match. In an post-match conversation on YouTube, Preity Zinta could not hide her excitement from the result. “I just wanted to say that I am so happy,” she told Chahal. “In the past, we lost matters already won. But today we won a match that looked lost!” Chahal then joked: “Woh in front of Tha! (It had happened) ”, which prompted a big smile on Zinta’s face and a comforting response. “Exactly! So I’m really happy with that, “she said.
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