Mumbai April 20: Prominent bollywood actress and co-owner of Punjab Kings Preity Zinta denied any such plan to make Rohit Sharma as a captain of her team in the next session of the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Friday.
Preity Zinta uploaded a post on her official social media account X and wrote that online news spreads about her were completely fake and baseless.
She said that some media organizations have misquoted her name in the articles. As per the content of the news articles, Preity Zinta is keen to include Rohit Sharma as a captain of her team through a mega auction of IPL next year.
In a post on X, Preity Zinta said: “All these articles are completely fake and baseless. I hold Rohit Sharma in a very high regard and am a big fan of his, but I never discussed him in any interview nor made this statement.”
“I also have a lot of respect for Shikhar Dhawan and he is currently injured. Make these articles appear in very poor teste. These articles are a perfect example of how misinformation is picked up without any verification and circulated online. I humbly request all media to refrain from circulating this and embarrassing all concerned parties. All I want to say is that we have a great team currently and our focus is to win games and make the most of #IPL2024 Thankyou. @punjabkingsIPL.,” she said in the post.
Rohit Sharma is a captain of Indian cricket team and Mumbai Indians in an IPL.
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