Recently, India’s former all-rounder Irfan Pathan, has recently thrown light on Preity’s Zinta’s deep involvement with Punjab Kings team. During his mid-innings discussion with Star sports.
Being a player of Punjab kings in IPL for almost three years. The Indian all-rounder praised the co-owner Preity Zinta a lot, for her emotional involvement with the team’s performances. “She is a wonderful woman. She was quite involved with the team. Haarne pe pareshan ho jaati thi, bahut pareshan ho jaati hai. But she knows how to control her emotions.”- Irfan Pathan.
Further he also reminisced about Preity Zinta’s understanding of success & failures. And shared stories about her calm demeanor. “Since she was a fantastic actor, very experienced and very successful, she knows it is not easy. She knows that every movie can’t be a hit. Similarly, she understands that we can’t win every match.” elaborated Pathan.
Later making the discussion a little fun & light. He also shared the anecdote about Preity Zinta’s gesture of celebrating the win. “She once made parathas with her hands in South Africa for the team. Almost 40 parathas by hand, because we won against Chennai Super Kings. She is of a different level of team owner.” said Irfan Pathan while highlighting her hands-on approach with regard to the team.
Yesterday, Punjab kings had a remarkable run-chase courtesy the steady partnership between Johnny Bairstow and Shashank Singh. Despite Kolkata Knight Riders’s thrilling performance, Jonny Bairstow’s impressive century & Shashank impressive batting turned the match in Punjab’s Favour. Winning the match by 8 runs.