New Delhi: In almost every match of Punjab Kings in IPL 2025, team owner Preity Zinta is seen. She is at the forefront of cheering the team. Punjab Kings have also performed well this season. The team reached the playoffs for the first time since 2014. It also topped the table with 19 points. However, the team lost to RCB in the first qualifier. A woman is seen with Preity Zinta in almost every match of the season.
Who is the woman with Preity Zinta?
Everyone wants to know who is the woman sitting with Preity Zinta. This woman was also seen in the first qualifier of IPL. She was wearing a Punjab Kings jersey. Let us tell you who that woman is? The woman sitting with Preity Zinta is the wife of Punjab Kings head coach Ricky Ponting. Her name is Riana Jennifer Canter. She is in India with Ponting because of the IPL.
Ponting and Riana got married in 2002
Riana, a lawyer by profession, hails from the Australian city of Wollongong. She met Ricky Ponting by chance, which happened during the 2000 Boxing Day Test in Melbourne. Riana had come to watch the match with her brother. She had no interest in cricket. Riana fell in love with Ponting as soon as she saw him. Ponting proposed to Riana after the 2001 Ashes series. After dating for two years, the two got married in June 2002.
Ricky Ponting is considered the most successful captain in cricket history. Despite disliking cricket, Riana remained a support for Ponting throughout his career. Ponting and Riana have three children - Amy Charlotte, Matisse Eli and Fletcher William. Captain Ricky Ponting, who won four ICC trophies, retired from international cricket in 2012. Since then he has been seen in the role of coaching. He has also been the head coach of Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals.
