Actress Preity Zinta, who has been attending her IPL team Punjab Kings’ matches, shared a post on social media, revealing that she is unwell. She wrote that she is down with fever, and is having a ‘sleepless night’ ahead of Punjab Kings’ match with Royal Challengers Bengaluru at the Mullanpur Stadium on Sunday. She added that it is likely due to the toll of constant travel, excessive heat and constantly shifting hotel rooms. However, she is glad that her mother is flying to be with her. She hopes that she will be able to make it to the match at Mullanpur Stadium. She also jokingly added that she is going to pretend it’s ‘cricket fever’. Preity Zinta took to X (previously Twitter), and wrote, “I’m sure it’s all the hectic travel, excessive heat n air conditioning exposure & constantly changing hotel rooms that has brought on the fever. It’s never fun when you are sick & having a sleepless night. Thank god mom is coming to see me & the game tomorrow Hope I can make it to the Mullanpur stadium since it’s our last home game in Chandigarh before we move to Dharamshala for the next set of home games. Good bye n goodnight to all the night owls I’m just gonna pretend it’s cricket fever n try to get some much needed sleep ……… and ignore all the fake news circulating online.” I’m sure it’s all the hectic travel, excessive heat n air conditioning exposure & constantly changing hotel rooms that has brought on the fever. It’s never fun when you are sick & having a sleepless night. Thank god mom is coming to see me & the game tomorrow ? Hope I can make… — Preity G Zinta (@realpreityzinta) April 19, 2025 For the unversed, Preity is referring to a post which surfaced on social media, quoting her saying that she rejected cricketer Rishabh Pant for her team, opting for Shreyas Iyer instead as they wanted a big performer, not just a big name. Reacting to this post, she wrote that this was fake news. On Saturday, an X user wrote, “Rishabh Pant had said in an interview that i could go anywhere but not to Punjab Kings. But now Punjab owner Preity Zinta exposed Rishabh Pant and said, ‘We had both Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer- options we could have taken in the team. But we wanted a big performer, not a big name…so we took Shreyas Iyer in the team.” Responding to this, Preity wrote, “I’m so sorry but this is fake news!” Meanwhile, Preity Zinta is all set to make a comeback in films. She will be seen with Sunny Deol in Rajkumar Santoshi directorial Lahore 1947, which also stars Shabana Azmi, Ali Fazal. It will be produced by Aamir Khan Productions.