Shilpa Shetty and Preity Zinta have expressed shock at the Board of Control for Cricket in India's (BCCI) decision to axe their IPL teams Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI Punjab respectively.

"Honestly too shocked to react, just disheartened... cause it's more than just a team for us! Still havn't received the termination, will react after. Need to know the basis of this decision.' In London now (sic)," Shetty tweeted.

The IPL governing council on Sunday terminated the contracts of Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI Punjab.

"Still absorbing the news. After working so hard in the IPL and putting my everything building this team dis [this] is not what I expected! Shocked!," Zinta tweeted.

Zinta thanked her fans for support. "I know there is God up there and he is looking out for me," she said to her fans who wrote messages offering her support.