Punjab Kings
2021 season
CoachAnil Kumble
CaptainKL Rahul
Ground(s)Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium
Tournament performanceLeague stage (6th)
Most runsKL Rahul (626)
Most wicketsMohammad Shami (19)

The 2021 season was the 14th season for the Indian Premier League franchise Punjab Kings. They were one of the eight teams competed in the 2021 Indian Premier League.[1] After winning only 6 matches out of 14 matches, they finished sixth in the tournament.[2]

Background

Player retention and transfers

The Punjab Kings retained 16 players and released nine players.[3][4]

Retained Players: KL Rahul, Arshdeep Singh, Chris Gayle, Darshan Nalkande, Harpreet Brar, Mandeep Singh, Mayank Agarwal, Mohammad Shami, Murugan Ashwin, Nicholas Pooran, Sarfaraz Khan, Deepak Hooda, Ishan Porel, Ravi Bishnoi, Chris Jordan, Prabhsimran Singh, Rahul Chahar

Released Players: Glenn Maxwell, Sheldon Cottrell, Mujeeb Zadran, Hardus Viljoen, James Neesham, Krishnappa Gowtham, Karun Nair, Jagadeesha Suchith, Tajinder Singh Dhillon

Added Players: Dawid Malan, Riley Meredith, Jhye Richardson, Shahrukh Khan, Jalaj Saxena, Moises Henriques, Utkarsh Singh, Fabian Allen, Saurabh Kumar

Squad

  • Players with international caps are listed in bold.
No. Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Year signed Salary Notes
Batsmen
333Chris Gayle Jamaica21 September 1979Left-handedRight-arm off break20182 crore (US$250,000)Overseas; Pulled out due to Bubble Fatigue
99Dawid Malan England3 September 1987Left-handedRight-arm leg break20211.5 crore (US$190,000)Overseas; Pulled out due to Bubble Fatigue
44Aiden Markram South Africa4 October 1994Right-handedRight-arm off break20211.5 crore (US$190,000)Overseas; Replacement for Dawid Malan
16Mayank Agarwal India16 February 1991Right-handedRight-arm off break20181 crore (US$130,000)Vice Captain
18Mandeep Singh India18 December 1991Right-handedRight-arm medium20191.4 crore (US$180,000)
97Sarfaraz Khan India27 October 1997Right-handedRight-arm leg break201925 lakh (US$31,000)
All-rounders
6Jalaj Saxena India15 December 1986Right-handedRight-arm off break202130 lakh (US$38,000)
21Moises Henriques Australia1 February 1987Right-handedRight-arm fast medium20214.2 crore (US$530,000)Overseas
8Saurabh Kumar India1 May 1993Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodox202120 lakh (US$25,000)
57Deepak Hooda India19 April 1995Right-handedRight-arm off break202050 lakh (US$63,000)
38Fabian Allen Jamaica7 May 1995Right-handedSlow left-arm orthodox202175 lakh (US$94,000)Overseas
35Shahrukh Khan India27 May 1995Right-handedRight-arm off break20215.25 crore (US$660,000)
95Harpreet Brar India16 September 1995Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodox201920 lakh (US$25,000)
60Jhye Richardson Australia20 September 1996Right-handedRight-arm fast202114 crore (US$1.8 million)Overseas; Pulled out due to Bubble Fatigue
Wicket-keepers
1K. L. Rahul India18 April 1992Right-handedRight-arm medium201811 crore (US$1.4 million)Captain
29Nicholas Pooran Trinidad and Tobago2 October 1995Left-handed20194.2 crore (US$530,000)Overseas
84Prabhsimran Singh India10 August 2000Right-handed202055 lakh (US$69,000)
Bowlers
89Murugan Ashwin India8 September 1990Right-handedRight-arm leg break201920 lakh (US$25,000)
56Ravi Bishnoi India5 September 2000Right-handedRight-arm leg break20202 crore (US$250,000)
34Chris Jordan England4 October 1988Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium20203 crore (US$375,700.70)Overseas
11Mohammed Shami India3 September 1990Right-handedRight-arm fast20194.8 crore (US$600,000)
72Nathan Ellis Australia22 December 1994Right-handedRight-arm fast medium202120 lakh (US$25,000)Overseas; Replacement for Riley Meredith
12Riley Meredith Australia21 June 1996Right-handedRight-arm fast20218 crore (US$1.0 million)Overseas; Pulled out due to Bubble Fatigue
55Ishan Porel India5 September 1998Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium202020 lakh (US$25,000)
4Darshan Nalkande India4 October 1998Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast20193 crore (US$380,000)
2Arshdeep Singh India5 February 1999Left-handedLeft-arm medium-fast201920 lakh (US$25,000)
88Adil Rashid England17 March 1988Right-handedRight-arm leg break20211.5 crore (US$190,000)Overseas; Replacement for Jhye Richardson
Source:PBKS Players

Administration and support staff

Position Name
OwnersMohit Burman, Ness Wadia, Priety Zinta, Karan Paul
CEOSatish Menon
Team managerAvinash Vaidya
Director of cricket operations and head coachAnil Kumble
Assistant coachesAndy Flower Bharat Arun
Batting coachWasim Jaffer
Bowling coachDamien Wright
Fielding coachJonty Rhodes
Team physioAndrew Leipus
TrainerAdrian Le Roux
Team doctorDr Srinand Srinivas
Source:PBKS Staff

Kit manufacturers and sponsors

Teams and standings

Results by match

Round1234567891011121314
ResultWLLLWLWLLWLWLW
Position37785656756555
Source: Fixtures
W = Win; L = Loss; NR = No Result
Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1 Delhi Capitals (3rd) 14 10 4 0 20 0.481 Advanced to Qualifier 1
2 Chennai Super Kings (C) 14 9 5 0 18 0.455
3 Royal Challengers Bangalore (4th) 14 9 5 0 18 −0.140 Advanced to the Eliminator
4 Kolkata Knight Riders (R) 14 7 7 0 14 0.587
5 Mumbai Indians 14 7 7 0 14 0.116
6 Punjab Kings 14 6 8 0 12 −0.001
7 Rajasthan Royals 14 5 9 0 10 −0.993
8 Sunrisers Hyderabad 14 3 11 0 6 −0.545
Source: ESPNcricinfo
(C) Champion; (R) Runners-up
The four top-ranked teams qualified for the playoffs.

League stage

The full schedule was published on the IPL website on 7 March 2021.[5]

Matches

Match 4
12 April 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Punjab Kings
221/6 (20 overs)
v
Rajasthan Royals
217/7 (20 overs)
KL Rahul 91 (50)
Chetan Sakariya 3/31 (4 overs)
Sanju Samson 119 (63)
Arshdeep Singh 3/35 (4 overs)
Punjab Kings won by 4 runs
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Sundaram Ravi (Ind)
Player of the match: Sanju Samson (Rajasthan Royals)
  • Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.

Match 8
16 April 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Punjab Kings
106/8 (20 overs)
v
Chennai Super Kings
107/4 (15.4 overs)
Shahrukh Khan 47 (36)
Deepak Chahar 4/13 (4 overs)
Moeen Ali 46 (31)
Mohammed Shami 2/21 (4 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 6 wickets
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Anil Dandekar (Ind)
Player of the match: Deepak Chahar (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.

Match 11
18 April 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Punjab Kings
195/4 (20 overs)
v
Delhi Capitals
198/4 (18.2 overs)
Mayank Agarwal 69 (36)
Lukman Meriwala 1/32 (3 overs)
Shikhar Dhawan 92 (49)
Jhye Richardson 2/41 (4 overs)
Delhi Capitals won by 6 wickets
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Paul Reiffel (Aus)
Player of the match: Shikhar Dhawan (Delhi Capitals)
  • Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.

Match 14
21 April 2021
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Punjab Kings
120 (19.4 overs)
v
Sunrisers Hyderabad
121/1 (18.4 overs)
Shahrukh Khan 22 (17)
Khaleel Ahmed 3/21 (4 overs)
Jonny Bairstow 63* (56)
Fabian Allen 1/22 (4 overs)
Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 9 wickets
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Umpires: Nitin Menon (Ind) and Krishnamachari Srinivasan (Ind)
Player of the match: Jonny Bairstow (Sunrisers Hyderabad)
  • Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to bat.

Match 17
23 April 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Mumbai Indians
131/6 (20 overs)
v
Punjab Kings
132/1 (17.4 overs)
Rohit Sharma 63 (52)
Ravi Bishnoi 2/21 (4 overs)
Mohammed Shami 2/21 (4 overs)
KL Rahul 60* (52)
Rahul Chahar 1/19 (4 overs)
Punjab Kings won by 9 wickets
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Umpires: Nitin Menon (Ind) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind)
Player of the match: KL Rahul (Punjab Kings)
  • Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to field.

Match 21
26 April 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Punjab Kings
123/9 (20 overs)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders
126/5 (16.4 overs)
Mayank Agarwal 31 (34)
Prasidh Krishna 3/30 (4 overs)
Eoin Morgan 47* (40)
Moises Henriques 1/5 (1 over)
Kolkata Knight Riders won 5 wickets
Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad
Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (Ind) and Paul Reiffel (Aus)
Player of the match: Eoin Morgan (Kolkata Knight Riders)
  • Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.

Match 26
30 April 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Punjab Kings
179/5 (20 overs)
v
KL Rahul 91* (57)
Kyle Jamieson 2/32 (3 overs)
Virat Kohli 35 (34)
Harpreet Brar 3/19 (4 overs)
Punjab Kings won by 34 runs
Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad
Umpires: Sundaram Ravi (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind)
Player of the match: Harpreet Brar (Punjab Kings)
  • Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.

Match 29
2 May 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Punjab Kings
166/6 (20 overs)
v
Delhi Capitals
167/3 (17.4 overs)
Mayank Agarwal 99* (58)
Kagiso Rabada 3/36 (4 overs)
Shikhar Dhawan 69* (47)
Harpreet Brar 1/19 (3 overs)
Delhi Capitals won by 7 wickets
Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Anil Dandekar (Ind)
Player of the match: Mayank Agarwal (Punjab Kings)
  • Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.

Match 33
22 September 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Sunrisers Hyderabad
134/9 (20 overs)
v
Delhi Capitals
139/2 (17.5 overs)
Abdul Samad 28 (21)
Kagiso Rabada 3/37 (4 overs)
Shreyas Iyer 47* (41)
Rashid Khan 1/26 (4 overs)
Delhi Capitals won by 8 wickets
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Richard Illingworth (Eng)
Player of the match: Anrich Nortje (Delhi Capitals)
  • Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat.

Match 37
25 September 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Punjab Kings
125/7 (20 overs)
v
Sunrisers Hyderabad
120/7 (20 overs)
Aiden Markram 27 (32)
Jason Holder 3/19 (4 overs)
Jason Holder 47* (29)
Ravi Bishnoi 3/24 (4 overs)
Punjab Kings won by 5 runs
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (Ind) and Richard Illingworth (Eng)
Player of the match: Jason Holder (Sunrisers Hyderabad)
  • Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.

Match 42
28 September 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Punjab Kings
135/6 (20 overs)
v
Mumbai Indians
137/4 (19 overs)
Aiden Markram 42 (29)
Kieron Pollard 2/8 (1 over)
Saurabh Tiwary 45 (37)
Ravi Bishnoi 2/25 (4 overs)
Mumbai Indians won by 6 wickets
Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Umpires: Sundaram Ravi (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind)
Player of the match: Kieron Pollard (Mumbai Indians)
  • Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.

Match 45
1 October 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Kolkata Knight Riders
165/7 (20 overs)
v
Punjab Kings
168/5 (19.3 overs)
Venkatesh Iyer 67 (49)
Arshdeep Singh 3/32 (4 overs)
KL Rahul 67 (55)
Varun Chakravarthy 2/24 (4 overs)
Punjab Kings won by 5 wickets
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Richard Illingworth (Eng)
Player of the match: KL Rahul (Punjab Kings)
  • Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to field.
  • Delhi Capitals qualified for the playoffs as a result of this match.[6]

Match 48
3 October 2021
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
Punjab Kings
158/6 (20 overs)
Glenn Maxwell 57 (33)
Moises Henriques 3/12 (4 overs)
Mayank Agarwal 57 (42)
Yuzvendra Chahal 3/29 (4 overs)
Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 6 runs
Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad
Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Richard Illingworth (Eng)
Player of the match: Glenn Maxwell (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
  • Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Royal Challengers Bangalore qualified for the playoffs as a result of this match.[7]

Match 53
7 October 2021
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Chennai Super Kings
134/6 (20 overs)
v
Punjab Kings
139/4 (13 overs)
Faf du Plessis 76 (55)
Chris Jordan 2/20 (3 overs)
KL Rahul 98* (42)
Shardul Thakur 3/28 (3 overs)
Punjab Kings won by 6 wickets
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Krishnamachari Srinivasan (Ind)
Player of the match: KL Rahul (Punjab Kings)
  • Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to field.
  • Delhi Capitals advanced to Qualifier 1 as a result of this match.[8]

Statistics

Most runs

No. Name Match Inns NO Runs HS Ave. BF SR 100s 50s 0 4s 6s
1KL Rahul13132 626 98*62.60276178.340604830
2Mayank Agarwal881 327 99*46.71227144.050303113
3Chris Gayle881 178 4625.42133133.83000208
4Deepak Hooda981 116 6416.5783139.7501078
5Shahrukh Khan872 107 4721.4084127.3800076
6Nicholas Pooran870 60 328.5755109.0900033
  • Source: ESPNcricinfo[9]

Most wickets

No. Name Match Inns Overs Runs Maidens Wickets BBI Ave. Econ. SR 4W 5W
1Mohammad Shami141422.20182 19 5/3215.168.1411.1601
2Arshdeep Singh9932.40255 18 3/2123.187.8017.8100
3Harpreet Brar3310.0155 5 3/1924.25.5012.000
4Ravi Bishnoi4416.0099 4 2/1724.756.1824.000
5Riley Meredith5517.00169 4 1/2942.259.9425.500
6Jhye Richardson3311.00117 3 2/4139.0010.6322.000
  • Source: ESPNcricinfo[10]

Player of the match awards

No. Date Player Opponent Result Contribution Ref.
123 April 2021KL RahulMumbai IndiansWon by 9 wickets60* (52)[11]
230 April 2021Harpreet BrarRoyal Challengers BangaloreWon by 34 runs25* (17) and 3/19 (4 overs)[12]
32 May 2021Mayank AgarwalDelhi Capitals Lost by 7 wickets99* (58)[13]
41 October 2021KL RahulKolkata Knight Riders Won by 5 wickets67 (55)[14]
57 October 2021KL RahulChennai Super Kings Won by 6 wickets98* (42) and 2 catches[15]

References

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  7. Penna, Peter Della (3 October 2021). "Glenn Maxwell and Yuzvendra Chahal fire Royal Challengers Bangalore into the playoffs". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 3 October 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  8. Raghuraman, Shankar (8 October 2021). "IPL 2021: DC assured top spot, KKR will be all but through to playoffs with a win vs RR - All possibilities in 8 points". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 12 August 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  9. "PBKS Most runs in IPL 2021". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  10. "PBKS Most wickets in IPL 2021". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  11. "Rahul, Gayle drag Punjab Kings to victory after bowlers strangle Mumbai Indians". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  12. "Harpreet Brar the hero after KL Rahul's 91* as Punjab Kings move up". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  13. "Rabada, Dhawan take Delhi Capitals to the top". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  14. "KL Rahul, bowlers lift Punjab Kings to fifth spot". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
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