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Crowd Mesmerised With PBKS' Owner Preity Zinta's Glamour At IPL 2025 Mega Auction

PBKS owner Preity Zinta at IPL 2025 mega auction table [Source: @SfrRollins/X.com]PBKS owner Preity Zinta at IPL 2025 mega auction table [Source: @SfrRollins/X.com]

An interesting moment at the IPL 2025 mega auction took place in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, when the crowd in attendance broke into chants showering praise on Punjab Kings (PBKS) owner Preity Zinta. PBKS, who had the biggest purse, shook things up by paying out INR 26.75 crores for Shreyas Iyer.

IPL 2025 mega auction event held in Jeddah city of Saudi Arabia was a hit as a relentless amount of money was poured on marquee players on Day 1. The auction resumed on Day 2 earlier today with franchises strengthening their uncapped players depth.

Meanwhile, Punjab Kings (PBKS) stole the limelight with the purchase of marquee player Shreyas Iyer at a gigantic price of INR 26.75 crore. PBKS came into the auction with a purse of INR 110.5 crore and used all their purse signing important players like Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Glenn Maxwell, and Marcus Stoinis.

Preity Zinta finds fans at IPL 2025 mega auction

That said, PBKS was also in the limelight due to the presence of glamorous owner Preity Zinta. Former Bollywood actress arrived in PBKS jersey on Day 2 and the crowd gathered at Jeddah to witness the auction proceedings were left mesmerised with her beauty. They were chanting her name and cheering for her to shower love on the popular IPL franchise owner.

IPL 2025 mega auction was historic as record money was spent by all 10 franchises. Rishabh Pant was the costliest pick in the history of IPL for INR 27 crores followed by Shreyas Iyer at INR 26.75 and Venkatesh Iyer at INR 23.75 crores.

Why did PBKS choose Iyer over Pant?

Punjab Kings went all in to buy Shreyas Iyer for a whooping price, thus rejecting Rishabh Pant, who went to LSG. One main factor behind this bold decision from PBKS is the presence of head coach Ricky Ponting. 

When Ponting was mentoring DC, his partnership with Shreyas Iyer propelled the team to the finals of the IPL. However, after Pant took over, the results were underwhelming, resulting in the parting of both Ponting and Pant. Hence, the Australian legend trusts Iyer more than Pant, thus adding to PBKS’ interest in Shreyas Iyer.