The co-owner of Kings XI Punjab, Preity Zinta, seemed very aggressive during the two-day mega auction event of the Indian Premier League (IPL). With the way she was bidding, it seemed as if she wanted every single cricketer from across the globe in her team.
The first player that Punjab brought in its camp was none other Indian spin wizard R Ashwin for a whopping Rs 7.2 crore. After snatching R Ashwin from Chennai Super Kings, Preity Zinta bought Indian opener KL Rahul for the whooping amount of Rs 11 crores.
Big thank u 2 @lionsdenkxip @virendersehwag @realpreityzinta @nesswadia for showing belief in me 🙏 pic.twitter.com/TstN7FX1I1
— MANOJ INDIAN (@tiwarymanoj) January 28, 2018
Karun Nair was also one of the big buy for the KXIP; the team bought him for Rs 5.6 crore. Later, Bollywood actress-turned-business woman, used Right to Match (RTM) card to bring David Miller, Marcus Stoinis and Mohit Sharma back into her squad.
2 days and 20 players later. #IPLAuction #LivePunjabiPlayPunjabi pic.twitter.com/fDPJrWEnD0
— Kings XI Punjab (@lionsdenkxip) January 28, 2018
Incidentally, the Punjabi-boy Yuvraj Singh had his home coming, as the team bought him for Rs 2 crore.
So here is the complete #Kxipsquad ! Barring my crazy toothache All Izz well 🏏😘🏏@lionsdenkxip #LivePunjabiPlayPunjabi #excited Ting😘 pic.twitter.com/35uKU60UNc
— Preity zinta (@realpreityzinta) January 28, 2018
Full list of player bought buy KXIP:
Mayank Agarwal, Mujeeb Zadran, Manzoor Dar, R Ashwin, David Miller, Marcus Stoinis, Pardeep Sahu, Manoj Tiwary, Yuvraj Singh, Karun Nair, KL Rahul, Andrew Tye, Akshdeep Nath, Chris Gayle, Aaron Finch, Mohit Sharma, Barinder Sran, Ankit Rajpoot, Ben Dwarshuis, Mayank Dagar, and Axar Patel