Preity Zinta is one of the most proactive IPL team owners. Wherever Kings XI Punjab is playing, she is always a presence in the stadium and often interacts with the fans. During the IPL 2024 auction, a gesture she made while picking out batsman Shashank Singh went viral. After she raised the oar to select domestic cricketers to play for Chhattisgarh, people seemed a bit confused as to whether they had picked the “right” Shashank Singh. The PBKS team was criticized on social media for this move, but later PBKS posted that Shashank Singh was in their plans all along.

Shashank Singh recently became a hero for PBKS in the match against Gujarat Titans as he scored a brilliant half-century to lead the team A memorable victory while chasing the strict target of 100 ryan.

After the game, Preity Zinta posted a special post to pay tribute to Shashank Singh: “Today seems like the perfect day to finally talk about what used to be said about us at the auction. A lot of people in similar situations will lose confidence.”, giving in under pressure or becoming No motivation…but not Shashank! He’s not like a lot of people,” she wrote.

“He was really special. Not just because of his skills as a player, but because of his positive attitude and incredible spirit. He took all the comments, jokes and brickbats so positively and never became a victim. He Stand up for yourself and show us what he is made of and I applaud him for that and he has my admiration and respect. I hope he can be that to all of you when life changes and doesn’t play out as scripted role model because it’s not what people think it is “What you think of yourself is important, but what you think of yourself is even more important! So never stop believing in yourself like Shashank and I believe you will be the best player in the game of life. “

Replying to the post, Shashank wrote, “Thank you so much for your kind words ma’am, you have always believed in me from day one, I am honored to play for @punjabkingsipl Franchise, it is so passionate and full of positivity .Thank you for your continued support, it means a lot to me.

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