India, March 26 -- The 2025 edition of the Indian Premier League is underway, and within days, the first controversy has also erupted. In the game between Gujarat Titans and Punjab Kings on Tuesday, Punjab's Shreyas Iyer was controversially left stranded three runs short of his century in his debut for the franchise. As his teammate Shashank Singh copped criticism for 'robbing' Iyer of the opportunity, the team's co-owner, actor Preity Zinta also weighed in on Iyer's performance. (Also read: Preity Zinta on raising kids Jai-Gia in multicultural family; says husband Gene 'lucked out marrying an Indian woman')

On Tuesday, Preity took to social media to share a bunch of pictures of the players from the game. Punjab defeated Gujarat on the b...