Kings XI Punjab co-owner Preity Zinta on Wednesday slammed media reports that she had accused several players of the Indian Premier League (IPL) team of match-fixing.
A story in a leading daily claimed that Kings XI Punjab co-owner told the IPL working group she suspected a number of her players of “suspicious activities” but had failed to come forward earlier because she had no proof.
Citing anonymous sources, the story claimed that Zinta “pulled up players who she thought weren’t playing fair, dropped them from games and even put them up for auction” and that she had tipped off other franchises about the players she suspected.
Apart from various IPL stakeholders, the meeting was attended by all four members of the working group – IPL chairman Rajeev Shukla, BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur, BCCI treasurer Anirudh Chaudhary and former India captain Sourav Ganguly.
Later in the day however, Zinta issued a strong denial, saying that her conversation with BCCI officials was misreported and vehemently condemned the report in a series of posts on social media platform Twitter.
Shocked by this inaccurate & extremely irresponsible & malicious piece by @IndianExpress #stunned #2shocked2react https://t.co/KtvXM8XRTX
— Preity zinta (@realpreityzinta) August 19, 2015
I suggested RANDOM POLYGRAPH ( LIE DETECTOR) Tests to Bcci for players so no can even think about match fixing. The theory was that … 1/1
— Preity zinta (@realpreityzinta) August 19, 2015
The theory being that "Prevention is better than cure." Of course @IndianExpress @abpnewshindi @abpnewstv had 2 twist & change the story👏1/2
— Preity zinta (@realpreityzinta) August 19, 2015
A constructive conversation to genuinely make a difference to the game is turned into a destructive article for sensational purpose. 1/3
— Preity zinta (@realpreityzinta) August 19, 2015
A constructive conversation to genuinely make a difference to the game is turned into a destructive article for sensational purpose. 1/3
— Preity zinta (@realpreityzinta) August 19, 2015