Rahul”s valiant effort went in vain as Punjab lost to the Rajasthan Royals in their previous match. Kings XI lost three of their last five matches and this made them ponder over the playing XI for the coming matches to make their playoff qualification a fruitful one.

Meanwhile, reports suggest that Kings XI Co-owner Preity Zinta involved in a rift with Virender Sehwag, the mentor of the team. The spat was over the promotion of Ashwin at no:3 positions ahead of Karun Nair. Gowtham knocked down Ash in the very first delivery he faced and this was said to be the reason behind the verbal spat.

The above news was confirmed by a source close to the KXIP franchise to the Mumbai micromirror. Sehwag was bought by Punjab in 2014 as a player and he was allowed to continue as a mentor. He played a vital role in the qualifiers 2 against Chennai Super Kings helping the team to reach the finals for the first time.

However, Preity Zinta ruled out all the above reports and said that it was all fake. In her latest tweet she added :

Mumbai Mirror gets it wrong again because we didn’t do Media net & pay them to write articles cuz that’s the only time they get it right. A conversation between Viru & me has been blown out of proportion & suddenly I’m a Villian ! Wow ! #fakenews https://t.co/qGOYhCiVtV

— Preity G Zinta (@realpreityzinta) May 11, 2018

She slammed all the reports and the rumours that have been prevailing since yesterday and put an end to it with her tweet. It is to be noted that Preity Zinta is one of the owners of the franchise including Ness Wadia and Mohit Burman(Dabur).

Kings XI Punjab is placed in the third spot now will play Kolkata Knight Riders today at Indore. Though Gayle and Rahul are giving their best, the middle order concerns are a bit frustrating for the camp and they will be looking forward to tinkering it in today”s game.