Punjab Kings (PBKS) co-owner and Bollywood actress Preity Zinta revealed that once she had to make 120 aloo parathas for the team players after they didn’t get proper food in South Africa during the 2009 IPL edition when the team was known as Kings XI Punjab.
PBKS or when it was known as KXIP, was led by Yuvraj Singh in the first three editions of the tournament, including the IPL 2009, which was held in the rainbow nation.
During a chat with Harbhajan Singh on Star Sports, Zinta revealed that she once had to make 120 aloo parathas for her team during the 2009 IPL in South Africa.
"Who would have thought Preity Zinta would make aloo parathas for her team? I think they have stopped eating all paratha after that," the anchor asked Preity on Star Sports.
"First time I realised, how much do the boys eat. We were in South Africa, and they served not a good all paratha. Then I told them, 'I will teach you to make all paratha'. Seeing that, the boys asked if I can make all parathas for them. I told them that, will make aloo parathas if they win the next match. They won it. Then I made 120 aloo parathas. After that I have stopped making aloo parathas," Preity replied.
To this, Harbhajan Singh replied: "Irfan alone would have ate 20." Irfan Pathan was then playing for the Punjab franchise in the IPL.
Coming to the IPL 2023, PBKS lost to Lucknow Super Giants in a massively one-sided game at home in Mohali on April 28. LSG batted first after PBKS captain Shikhar Dhawan won the toss and chose to bowl.
LSG posted the second highest-ever IPL team total of 257/5 with Marcus Stoinis making 72 and Kyle Mayers hitting 54. In response, PBKS managed 201 runs and lost the game by 56 runs, becoming the first team in IPL to score 200 runs chasing and despite that losing by a margin of 50 plus runs.
Punjab Kings batting coach Wasim Jaffer has backed his team's bowlers to make a strong comeback after humiliation at the hands of LSG.
"Today was one of those days when everything clicked for the opposition and we were a bit clueless. Our bowlers will come back strong. Our bowling couldn't perform. They started off well in powerplay and just took off, they didn't stop, every one played... Ayush Badoni, Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran. When someone plays like this, it's very difficult, they didn't lose momentum after the powerplay. As I said, It was an off day for our bowling,” he said in a press conference.
(PTI inputs)
