Priety Zinta denies suspicion of fixing on Kings XI Punjab players

Bollywood actress Preity Zinta co-owner of Kings XI Punjab recently blasted a section of the media for falsely implicating her name in the match fixing controversy. It was reported that Zinta had informed the names of the culprits to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) officials during an IPL working group meeting on August 8.

Sources said, Zinta had also said that she had felt at times that some IPL matches involving her team had followed a pre-decided pattern and alleged that the BCCI’s anti-corruption team has not been able to effectively tackle the match fixing issue.

Later in the day however, Zinta issued a strong denial, saying that her conversation with BCCI officials was misreported,

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— Preity zinta (@realpreityzinta) August 19, 2015

Stop spreading rubbish without verification . https://t.co/lyfMtVO7fQ

— Preity zinta (@realpreityzinta) August 19, 2015

Dear All, This piece of article is completely false, libel per say, inaccurate and an irresponsible piece of… http://t.co/x0pURYfKVw

— Preity zinta (@realpreityzinta) August 19, 2015

Justice RM Lodha Committee had recently suspended former champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Rajashtan Royals (RR) after their owner/official were found guilty of betting on matches.