Preity Zinta to miss this year's IPL auction, reveals the reason in a post

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Preity Zinta, co-owner of the Punjab Kings team of the Indian Premier League, is going to miss this year's auction for a reason she has shared with fans on her Instagram account.

The actress wrote- "This year I'm going to miss the IPL Auction as I cannot leave my little ones and travel to India. The last couple of days have been hectic discussing the auction and all things cricket with our team. I wanted to reach out to our fans and ask them if they have any player suggestions or recommendations for our new team. I would love to know who you wanna see in the red jersey this year. Bring it on folks… I'm all ears."

She has been associated with the IPL right from the first season in 2008. Last year in November, the actress announced that she and her husband, financial analyst Gene Goodenough have become parents to twins -- a son and a daughter -- through surrogacy. Zinta, who has been away from the big screen, said they have named their newborn babies Jai and Gia.

"Gene & I are overjoyed & our hearts are filled with so much gratitude & with so much love as we welcome our twins Jai Zinta Goodenough & Gia Zinta Goodenough into our family," she wrote on Twitter. The actor also thanked the medical staff and their surrogate "for being part of this incredible journey".

The actor, who made her acting debut in 1998 with Mani Ratnam's Dil Se, tied the knot with her American boyfriend Goodenough in a private ceremony in Los Angeles in 2016.

Her film credits include titles like Soldier, Kya Kehna, Dil Chahta Hai, Kal Ho Naa Ho, Koi! Mil Gaya, Veer-Zaara, among others. Zinta was last seen in 2018 action-comedy Bhaiaji Superhit which marked her return to the screen after a seven-year hiatus.