Punjab Will Miss Yuvi, Says Preity Zinta

Having retained just two of their players from IPL 6, Kings XI Punjab and co-owner Preity Zinta had made it clear before the start of the IPL 7 auctions that the franchise was reworking strategies. They lost their star player Yuvraj Singh, who got the highest bid this season and will now be featuring for Royal Challengers Bangalore.

"In auctions you do not win every time," Preity told TOI. "The only person we thought we missed was Yuvi. We would have liked to have him as he is from Mohali but we couldn't.

"Thank god after all these years we were able to save some money. Thanks to some sound planning, a few impulsive decisions and Sanjay."

Former India all-rounder Sanjay Bangar is not only Kings XI Punjab's newly appointed assistant coach but he has also influenced most of their decisions in the auction. Preity said it was Yuvraj who introduced Bangar to her, after Cricket Australia refused to send KXIP's former coach Darren Lehmann for IPL 7.