Delhi: The Indian Premier League (IPL) is trying for a new beginning in 2025. The team’s mistress Preity Zinta is on a mission to win her first IPL trophy and this time the team is in the hands of new captain Shreyas Iyer. Till now Punjab has done well and remains in the playoff race with 11 points.
Punjab Kings bought Shreyas Iyer in the auction for Rs 26.75 crore. Iyer made Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) champions in 2024 under his captaincy. Punjab played a big bet on him, seeing his experience and batting skills. So far, Shreyas has batted brilliantly for Punjab. Preity Zinta also praised her in a conversation with fans on social media platform X.
Preity Zinta praises Shreyas
In response to a question, Preity Zinta wrote, “Shreyas is a very down to meaning and a great captain. She is very tactical and aggressive in the game, but as a human being very sweet and soft and soft spoke.”
Shreyas Iyer is the only player in iPL history to reach two different teams to the finals. Now he wants to make a record to win the IPL Trophy with two different teams. After starting a career with Delhi Capitals (DC) and after getting success with Kolkata, now he wants to become a big name with Punjab Kings.
Preity Zinta further said that the entire auction of Punjab was on bringing Shreyas Iyer into the team. He said, “We are very happy that Shreyas is the captain of Punjab Kings and is more happy that we were able to take him in auction. He was our first and only choice for captaincy. Our entire team planned around him.”
Shreyas is a very down to earth guy and an amazing captain. Very tactical and aggressive in his approach as a player, but the sweetest and the most soft-spoken guy. We are very happy that he is leading punjab kings & happy we could get him in the auction as he was our first &… https://t.co/Q5AJBXWCI0
– Preity g zinta (@realpreityzinta) April 28, 2025
Since Shreyas has previously worked with Ricky Ponting in Delhi Capitals and now Ponting is the coach of Punjab Kings, the two seemed to be already fixed.
So far, Iyer has scored 288 runs in 9 matches and his strike rate is 182, which is much better than the average of his previous IPL season.
Now Shreyas and Preity Zinta’s first goal is to take Punjab Kings to the playoffs again after 10 years. The team is now trying to perform well in the last and most important part of the tournament. PBKS is currently at the fifth position by winning 5 out of 9 matches in the points table.
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