{"id":325573,"date":"2026-04-28T03:25:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T21:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=325573"},"modified":"2026-04-28T03:25:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T21:55:07","slug":"ipl-2026-team-india-bowler-makes-stunning-request-to-preity-zinta-before-pbks-vs-rr-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/28\/ipl-2026-team-india-bowler-makes-stunning-request-to-preity-zinta-before-pbks-vs-rr-clash\/","title":{"rendered":"IPL 2026: Team India Bowler Makes Stunning Request to Preity Zinta Before PBKS vs RR Clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Punjab Kings (PBKS) star spinner Yuzvendra Chahal once more showed his playful side throughout the ongoing Indian Premier League 2026. The leg-spinner jokingly requested a gap slot from the team\u2019s co-owner Preity Zinta during a social media Q&#038;A session.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Zinta responded in the identical light-hearted spirit, saying she would consider his request, but only after the present season involves an end. Just a few days after PBKS successfully chased down 265 against Delhi Capitals, Zinta took to X and wrote:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong><span class=\"s2\">\u201cToday looks as if an ideal day for an impromptu #pzchat! Bring on the questions, folks.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Chahal further<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>replied:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><strong><span class=\"s2\">\u201cMam ek match mein open batting karne ka probability mil jaaye toh (Ma\u2019m, see if I can get a chance to open the innings.).\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"hi\" dir=\"ltr\">Mam ek match mein open batting karne ka probability mil jaaye toh \ud83e\udd79\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83d\ude01 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/pzchat?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#pzchat<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Yuzvendra Chahal (@yuzi_chahal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yuzi_chahal\/status\/2048672746977276387?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 27, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Zinta further replied:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><strong><span class=\"s2\">\u201cNeedless to say, Yuzi. Anything for you. IPL Khatam hone do, uske baad (let the IPL finish, after which we\u2019ll do this) whichever match you want, I\u2019m sure Prabh &#038; Priyansh won\u2019t mind then.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Needless to say Yuzi  \u2764\ufe0f Anything for you. IPL Khatam hone do, uske baad whichever match you want \ud83d\ude02I\u2019m sure Prabh &#038; Priyansh won\u2019t mind  then \ud83e\udd29\ud83d\ude02 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ting?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Ting<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Preity G Zinta (@realpreityzinta) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realpreityzinta\/status\/2048695771432993140?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 27, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cCalm &#038; Inclusive\u201d: Preity Zinta Hails Shreyas Iyer<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Preity Zinta also praised PBKS captain Shreyas Iyer for his leadership, describing him as a sensible, composed, and approachable strategist. She shared these thoughts in one other post on X:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong><span class=\"s2\">\u201cHe&#8217;s an inspiring &#038; strategic leader that leads by example. Intelligent, calm, inclusive &#038; accessible to the entire team. On a fun note, he can be incredible with kids; that\u2019s why my kids lovingly call him Shreyas Bhaiya and adore him.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">He&#8217;s an inspiring &#038;  strategic leader that leads by example. Intelligent, calm , inclusive &#038; accessible to the entire team. On a fun note he can be incredible with kids that\u2019s why my kids lovingly call him Shreyas Bhaiya and adore him \u2764\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Preity G Zinta (@realpreityzinta) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realpreityzinta\/status\/2048668184472072595?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 27, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">After leading PBKS to the IPL 2025 final, Shreyas Iyer has continued his effective form this season, guiding the team to 6 wins in seven matches, including a rain-hit game against Kolkata Knight Riders. They may aim to hold this momentum into their home clash against Rajasthan Royals on Tuesday, April 28.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Get the most recent cricket news here, like us on <a href=\"https:\/\/m.facebook.com\/cricfitupdate?wtsid=rdr_0r9TyTtGMzhJUSzAh\">Facebook<\/a>, and follow us on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CricFit\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/cricfit?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==\">Instagram <\/a> for more such updates.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Punjab Kings (PBKS) star spinner Yuzvendra Chahal once more showed his playful side throughout the ongoing Indian Premier League 2026. The leg-spinner jokingly requested a gap slot from the team\u2019s co-owner Preity Zinta during a social media Q&#038;A session. Zinta responded in the identical light-hearted spirit, saying she would consider his request, but only after [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":325574,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20675],"tags":[21588,1128,56,9843,28971,6013,2134,523,1008,6014],"class_list":["post-325573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket","tag-bowler","tag-clash","tag-india","tag-ipl","tag-pbks","tag-preity","tag-request","tag-stunning","tag-team","tag-zinta"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=325573"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325573\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":325576,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325573\/revisions\/325576"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/325574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}