Preity Zinta hails 'Punjabi Mundas' for winning start at IPL 2018
Preity Zinta
The credit of this win goes to talented KL Rahul
Punjab got off to a winning start after beating Delhi at their opener in the eleventh edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in Mohali on Sunday.
Led-by new skipper R. Ashwin, Punjab successfully vanquished Gautam Gambhir's side by six wickets.
And the major credit of this win goes to talented KL Rahul who opened with Mayank Agarwal and slammed a 14-ball half century to clinch the fastest fifty tag.
Their bright start to the tournament left owner Preity Zinta overjoyed as she took to social media to express her happiness.
Taking to her Twitter handle, Zinta wrote, “When @ashwinravi99 leads, @klrahul11 sets a new record, @Mujeeb_Zadran debuts at 17, @karun126 packs a punch & I can’t stop smiling #ting.”
Meanwhile, opener KL Rahul credited run-machine Chris Gayle for giving him valuable advice which helped him smash the ball across the park in Mohali.
Rahul, who was purchased for Rs 11 crore at the IPL auction, said it’s important to forget this innings and move on to the coming games.
“I just went in there and I just took off. I didn’t plan this innings. I was just watching the ball and getting into good positions. It’s an opener’s responsibility to get the team off to a good start. Really happy that it came off today. I was striking the ball really well, but it’s important to forget this innings and move on to the coming games. I don’t want to be overconfident."
"I have been branded as a Test cricketer for 4-5 years, so it’s good for me to be up there creating history and breaking the record (for the fastest IPL fifty),” Rahul said at the post-match presentation.