India, April 9 -- Shresta Iyer, sister of Indian international and Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer, issued a public statement after deleting a video on Instagram for which she received 'hatred' over the past week.

The message from Iyer arrives after she received criticism for a video published after Punjab's match against Kolkata Knight Riders, which was abandoned after little under five overs were played due to heavy showers at the Eden Gardens. Shresta, along with some friends in PBKS gear, seemed to take a sly sig at KKR as they performed a dance and hinted at 'gifting' KKR one point after the wash-out.

It wasn't a message that was taken too well, and forced Shresta Iyer to delete the Instagram video, and issue somethign of an apol...