Mumbai, May 13 -- Actor Preity Zinta on Tuesday schooled a netizen for asking her a distasteful question during an interaction session on social media platform X.

The user asked in jest if the reason behind cricketer Glenn Maxwell's poor performance in the ongoing IPL 2025 during his return season for Punjab Kings (PBKS) was because of the fact that "he and the actress did not marry."

The query did not go down well with Zinta as in response she urged the netizen to "give her respect and stop with the gender bias."

"Mam Maxwell ki aapse shadi ni Hui isiliye vo aapko team se accha ni khelta tha?" the user posted.

Giving a befitting response to the user, Zinta on X wrote, "Will you ask this question to the male team owners of all teams, ...