Punjab Kings
Punjab Kings
LeagueIndian Premier League
Personnel
CaptainShikhar Dhawan
CoachTrevor Bayliss
Owner
Team information
CityMohali, Punjab, India
Founded2008 (2008) as Kings XI Punjab; 2021 (2021) as Punjab Kings
Home groundInderjit Singh Bindra Stadium, Mohali (capacity: 26,000)
Secondary home ground(s)Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala (capacity: 25,000)
Official websitepunjabkingsipl.in

T20 kit

Punjab Kings (PBKS) is a professional franchise cricket team based in Mohali, Punjab, that plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Established in 2008 as Kings XI Punjab (KXIP), the franchise is jointly owned by Mohit Burman, Ness Wadia, Preity Zinta and Karan Paul. The team plays its home matches at the PCA Stadium, Mohali, although since the 2010 season, they have also played some home matches at Dharamsala and Indore. Apart from the 2014 season when they topped the league table and finished runners-up, the team has made only one other playoff appearance in 16 seasons.

The franchise played in the now-defunct Champions League Twenty20 once, in 2014 when they finished as semi-finalists. The team name was changed to Punjab Kings in February 2021. In the December 2022 mini-auction the franchise made the then highest-ever bid for a player in the IPL, paying ₹18.50 crore (US$2.3 million) for Sam Curran.

Franchise history

In 2007, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) created the cricket tournament the Indian Premier League, based on the Twenty20 format of the game. Franchises for eight cities were made available in an auction held in Mumbai on 20 February 2008. The team representing Punjab was bought by the Dabur group's Mohit Burman (46%), the Wadia group's Ness Wadia (23%), Preity Zinta (23%), and Saptarshi Dey of the Dey & Dey Group (minor stake). The group paid a total of $76 million to acquire the franchise.

As the Kings XI Punjab, the franchise's catchment areas were the regions of Kashmir, Jammu, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Haryana—evident from the letter sequence "K J H P H" in the banner of the team's logo.[1][2]

Expulsion from the IPL and return

Following the controversy surrounding the BCCI and Lalit Modi in 2010, the Indian Premier League announced on 10 October 2010 that it had terminated the franchise contracts of Kings XI Punjab and the Rajasthan Royals. The teams announced that they would take legal action to remain in the Indian Premier League.[3] Initially, the team tried to negotiate a solution with the league, but when one could not be reached, they decided to file a case in Mumbai High Court accusing the IPL of getting rid of the two teams so that when the bidding process would start for the 2012 IPL season, the contract would be given to a more lucrative bidder.[4]

Kings XI Punjab was reinstated with the involvement of the High Court.[5]

Name change

On 17 February 2021, Kings XI Punjab was renamed to Punjab Kings, ahead of the 2021 Indian Premier League.[6][7][8] Ness Wadia explained the reason for changing the franchise name was to "relook at things" and rebrand after 13 seasons of IPL. He expressed his disappointment over the franchise for "not being able to win a title" and expected them to "start afresh" after a name change. He added that the name change had been planned two years ago and COVID-19 had just delayed the announcement.[9]

Captains

Last updated:25 December 2023 [10]

Player Nationality[lower-greek 1] From To Matches Won Lost Tied NR Win% Best Result
Yuvraj Singh  India200820092917120058.62SF (2008)
Kumar Sangakkara  Sri Lanka2010201013391023.335/8 (2010)
Mahela Jayawardene  Sri Lanka20102010101000Stand-In
Adam Gilchrist  Australia2011201334171700505/10 (2011)
David Hussey  Australia2012201312660050Stand-In
George Bailey  Australia201420153518170051.42 Runners up (2014)
Virender Sehwag  India20152015100100Stand-In
David Miller  South Africa201620166150016.668/8(2016 First half)
Murali Vijay  India201620168350037.58/8(2016 Second half)
Glenn Maxwell  Australia20172020147700505/8 (2017)
Ravichandran Ashwin  India201820192812160042.856/8 (2019)
KL Rahul  India202020212711142040.746/8 (2020 & 2021)
Mayank Agarwal  India20212022147700506/10 (2022)
Shikhar Dhawan  India2022Present12480033.338/10 (2023)
Sam Curran  England202320233210066.66Stand-In

Team history

2008 IPL season

The 2008 tournament got off to a slow start for the Kings XI Punjab, with the team losing their first two games. However, 94 runs by Kumar Sangakkara helped them to win the third game. Despite the absence of Brett Lee and Simon Katich (who were committed to tour the West Indies with Australia), the team found its groove. Powered by their balanced bowling line-up[11] and effective top order,[12] the team won nine of its next 10 matches, clinching a berth in the semi-final, where their run in the tournament came to an end with a comprehensive nine-wicket loss to the Chennai Super Kings.

Shaun Marsh was arguably KXIP's star player in the inaugural IPL.[13][14] The opener from Western Australia was overlooked in the IPL player auctions and was signed by the franchise on 9 April.[15] He finished the tournament as the Orange Cap holder—the award for the player with the most runs across the competition—with an average of 68.44 and a strike rate of 139.68 in 11 innings. Marsh managed to hit one century and five half-centuries across the course of the tournament.[16]

2009 IPL season

Finishing as semi-finalists in 2008, Kings XI Punjab started with ambitions to win the trophy. These were supported by their new sponsors Emirates. With two available slots to fill, the Kings XI Punjab made bids on Jerome Taylor and Yusuf Abdulla at the second IPL auction.

The team took a hit as most of their Australian cricketers were unavailable. The team lacked available pace bowlers after Jerome Taylor backed out at the last minute with an injury.

The team lost badly to the Delhi Daredevils and the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), however, they returned to form by beating the Royal Challengers, the Rajasthan Royals and the Mumbai Indians. Then the team witnessed a roller-coaster ride in their next eight matches with four wins and four losses. The team's semi-final hopes were crushed after losing to the Chennai Super Kings in their last match.

2010 IPL season

Kings XI Punjab lost six matches to the Kolkata Knight Riders, the Delhi Daredevils, the Royal Challengers Bangalore, the Deccan Chargers, the Rajasthan Royals and the Mumbai Indians but managed to win a match against Chennai Super Kings when the scores were level and the match went to a Super Over. Kings XI Punjab were boosted by the return of Brett Lee against Kolkata, but he was not at his best. Shaun Marsh returned in the match against the Mumbai Indians. In spite of his good performance, which included a half century, the team lost the match. They ended the 2010 IPL in the last position.

2011 IPL season

The 2011 IPL season looked promising when they brought a full strength team with Michael Bevan as coach and Adam Gilchrist appointed as the captain.

Kings XI Punjab missed out on the playoffs by two points (or one victory). This meant they finished fifth in the points table.

2012 IPL season

Kings XI Punjab finished in sixth place overall, winning eight matches out of sixteen.

2013 IPL season

Kings XI Punjab failed to qualify for the play-offs, but batsman David Miller played one of the innings of the tournament in the 51st match against the Royal Challengers Bangalore, as he smashed 101 off 38 deliveries and included eight fours and seven sixes. Coming in at no. 5 when Kings XI Punjab was struggling with only 51 runs in the scoreboard in the eighth over and chasing a target of 190, Miller rectified the game and led Punjab to a six-wicket win with two overs remaining. Adam Gilchrist retired at the end of the season.

2014 IPL season

Australia's T20I captain George Bailey was leading the squad for the seventh season. Other buys featured the likes of Virender Sehwag, Glenn Maxwell and Mitchell Johnson. Kings XI Punjab began the tournament by winning their first five games which were held outside India in UAE due to the general elections. The stand out player was Glenn Maxwell with his unorthodox and powerful hitting, scoring 95, 89 and 95 in his first three innings with a strike rate of over 200 who got equal contribution from South African David Miller, both of them making the side look invincible. There were many innings from the veteran Indian batsman Virender Sehwag and young star Manan Vohra which made the middle order batting easy and allowed the team to qualify for the playoffs. Due to a 122 run knock from Virender Sehwag against the Chennai Super Kings in the semifinal, KXIP made their way to the final. There they faced the Kolkata Knight Riders where they batted first and set a good target of 199 owing to Wriddhiman Saha's 115.[17] However, due to Manish Pandey's 94 off 50 balls and his teammates' consistently high strike rate, including Piyush Chawla's 13 off five balls, KKR were able to win the final by three wickets in the final over of the match.[18]

2014 CLT20

Kings XI Punjab qualified for the 2014 Champions League Twenty20 as they finished runners-up in the 2014 IPL. They were placed in Group B along with the Hobart Hurricanes (Australia), the Barbados Tridents (West Indies), the Cape Cobras (South Africa) and the Northern Knights (New Zealand).

Kings XI's first match was in their home stadium, the PCA Stadium, Mohali where they beat Hobart Hurricanes by five wickets, overhauling Hobart's 144–6 in 17.4 overs. Thisara Perera was named the Man Of The Match with 2–17 and 35. Glenn Maxwell top scored in the game with 43. They also won the second match beating the Barbados Tridents by four wickets. They won their third match of the competition against the Northern Knights and qualified for the semi-finals. They continued to win their final group match against the Cape Cobras but were knocked out of the tournament at the semi-final stage with a disappointing defeat against their IPL rivals the Chennai Super Kings,[19] who went on to win the tournament.

2015 IPL season

George Bailey continued to lead the side during the 2015 season. The team won just three of the 14 games and finished eighth in the league. David Miller finished the season as top scorer with 357 runs and Anureet Singh finished the season as the top wicket taker with 15 wickets.

2016 IPL season

David Miller and Murali Vijay captained the team in the first and second half of the 2016 season respectively. The team finished eighth once again with only four wins. Murali Vijay was the top scorer with 453 runs and Sandeep Sharma was the top wicket taker with 15 wickets.

2017 IPL season

Virender Sehwag joined as head coach as the team looked to recover from two back-to-back last-place finishes in the league. Glenn Maxwell was appointed as the captain. Eoin Morgan, Darren Sammy and Hashim Amla joined the likes of David Miller in the team. The team missed out on a place in the play-offs by a last game defeat to the Rising Pune Supergiant and ended the season in fifth, winning seven out of their 14 games. Hashim Amla finished the season as top scorer with 420 runs including two centuries, and Sandeep Sharma was the top wicket taker with 17 wickets.

2018 IPL season

The Kings XI Punjab squad for the 2018 IPL season included internationals such as: Ravichandran Ashwin, Yuvraj Singh, KL Rahul, Aaron Finch and Chris Gayle. Ashwin was appointed as captain and Brad Hodge as coach. The Tournament started well with KL Rahul scoring a fine fifty off 14 balls to guide KXIP home against Daredevils. Riding on KL Rahul and Chris Gayle's red hot form at the top and Andrew Tye and Mujeeb Ur Rahman with the ball, the team went on to win 5 out of their first six games, eventually becoming favourites to the title. Their weakness in Indian core was however exposed as they could manage just one win in the next eight and ultimately not being qualified for the playoffs despite a dream start from the beginning.

2019 IPL season

Franchises confirmed the names of retained players for the 12th season of Indian Premier League. KXIP retained the following players for the 2019 season: KL Rahul, Chris Gayle, Andrew Tye, Mayank Agarwal, Ankit Rajpoot, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Karun Nair, David Miller and Ravichandran Ashwin. On the auction day (18 December 2018), KXIP snapped up new 13 players: Varun Chakaravarthy, Sam Curran, Mohammed Shami, Prabhsimran Singh, Nicholas Pooran, Moises Henriques, Hardus Viljoen, Darshan Nalkande, Sarfaraz Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Agnivesh Ayachi, Harpreet Brar, and Murugan Ashwin.[20] Kings XI Punjab ended up in sixth position in the league table. KL Rahul was the highest run scorer for the team with 593 runs in 14 matches.

2020 IPL season

Kings XI Punjab released Varun Chakravarthy, Andrew Tye, Sam Curran, Prabhsimran Singh (who was rebought), David Miller, Moises Henriques and Agnivesh Ayachi from their 2020 roster. They have bought Glenn Maxwell, Deepak Hooda, James Neesham, Prabhsimran Singh, Chris Jordan, Tanjinder Dhillon, Ravi Bishnoi, Ishan Porel, Sheldon Cottrell for their 2020 squad. The retained players include KL Rahul, Karun Nair, Mohammed Shami, Nicholas Pooran, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Chris Gayle, Mandeep Singh, Mayank Agarwal, Hardus Viljoen, Darshan Nalkande, Sarfaraz Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Harpreet Brar and Murugan Ashwin.[21] They also transferred their former skipper R Ashwin to Delhi Capitals and Rajasthan Royals traded their all rounder Krishnappa Gowtham to Kings XI Punjab successfully.[22]

On 20 September, the Kings XI started their season campaign. KL Rahul, the Kings' new captain, elected to field first. This thrilling match ended in a tie. Delhi started with a win in the tournament, defeating Punjab's team in the Super Over. Delhi scored 157-runs for the loss of 8 wickets in 20 overs. The team had lost early wickets, but Marcus Stoinis' brilliant innings helped the Delhi Capitals to build a 157-run target. In response to 158 runs, Punjab also scored 157-runs in 20 overs on Mayank Agarwal's knock of 89 runs.

On 24 September, Kings XI Punjab won their first match of the season defeating Royal Challengers Bangalore by 97-runs. KL Rahul lost the toss and was put to bat. Rahul and Mayank Agarwal build the Kings XI innings with a 57-run stand for the first wicket. Rahul scored 132 off 69 balls with 14 fours and 7 sixes and helped the Kings XI finish the innings at 206/3 in 20 overs. Chasing a target of 207, the Royal Challengers had lost three wickets in a first four overs. Kings XI's new ball pair of Sheldon Cottrell and Mohammed Shami continued their good work from the first match and Royal Challengers were eventually bowled out for 109. Rahul became the fastest Indian batsman to complete 2000 runs in IPL. However, they were ousted against Rajasthan Royals who successfully chased down 223 and then continued to lose five matches. The losing streak was broken when Punjab defeated Bangalore for second time and then defeated Mumbai Indians in the Super Over and continued to win three more matches against Delhi, Hyderabad and Kolkata. However, they lost two matches at the end of the tournament. Their last match was against Chennai Super Kings who won comprehensively by 9 wickets, therefore knocking Punjab out of the tournament. They finished the season at the sixth place. KL Rahul was again the highest scorer for the team with 670 runs, while Mohammed Shami topped the bowling charts for the franchise, with 20 wickets from 14 matches.

2021 IPL season

2022 IPL season

2023 IPL season

Seasons

Indian Premier League

Year League standing Final standing
2008 2nd out of 8 Semi-finalists
2009 5th out of 8 League stage
2010 8th out of 8 League stage
2011 5th out of 10 League stage
'2012 6th out of 9 League stage
2013 6th out of 9 League stage
2014 1st out of 8 Runners up
2015 8th out of 8 League stage
2016 8th out of 8 League stage
2017 5th out of 8 League stage
2018 7th out of 8 League stage
2019 6th out of 8 League stage
2020 6th out of 8 League stage
2021 6th out of 8 League stage
2022 6th out of 10 League stage
2023 8th out of 10 League stage

Current squad

  • Players with international caps are listed in bold.
  •  *  denotes a player who is currently unavailable for selection.
  •  *  denotes a player who is unavailable for rest of the season.
No. Name Nat Birth date Batting style Bowling style Signed year Salary Notes
Batters
42Shikhar DhawanIndia5 December 1985Left-handedRight-arm off break2022₹8.25 crore (US$1.0 million)Captain
Rilee RossouwSouth Africa9 October 1989Left-handedRight-arm Off spin2024₹8 crore (US$1.0 million)Overseas
5Harpreet Singh BhatiaIndia11 August 1991Left-handedRight-arm medium2023₹40 lakh (US$50,000)
Shivam SinghIndia18 November 1996Right-handedRight-arm Off spin2023₹20 lakh (US$25,000)
Vishwanath SinghIndia18 June 1998Right-handedRight-arm Off spin2024₹20 lakh (US$25,000)
Ashutosh SharmaIndia15 September 1998Right-handedRight-arm Medium-fast2024₹20 lakh (US$25,000)
14Atharva TaideIndia26 April 2000Left-handedSlow left arm orthodox2022₹20 lakh (US$25,000)
Wicket-keepers
51Jonny BairstowEngland26 September 1989Right-handedRight-arm off spin2022₹6.75 crore (US$850,000)Overseas
99Jitesh SharmaIndia22 October 1993Right-handed-2022₹20 lakh (US$25,000)
84Prabhsimran SinghIndia10 August 2000Right-handed-2022₹60 lakh (US$75,000)
All-rounders
24Sikandar RazaZimbabwe24 April 1986Right-handedRight-arm off spin2022₹50 lakh (US$63,000)Overseas
Chris WoakesEngland2 March 1989Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium2024₹4.20 crore (US$530,000)Overseas
19Rishi DhawanIndia19 February 1990Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast2022₹55 lakh (US$69,000)
Shashank SinghIndia21 November 1991Right-handedRight-arm Medium-fast2024₹20 lakh (US$25,000)
23Liam LivingstoneEngland4 August 1993Right-handedRight-arm leg break2022₹11.5 crore (US$1.4 million)Overseas
58Sam CurranEngland3 June 1998Left-handedLeft-arm medium-fast2023₹18.5 crore (US$2.3 million)Overseas
Pace bowlers
Harshal PatelIndia23 November 1990Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast2024₹11.75 crore (US$1.5 million)
72Nathan EllisAustralia22 September 1994Right-handedRight-arm fast medium2022₹75 lakh (US$94,000)Overseas
25Kagiso RabadaSouth Africa25 May 1995Left-handedRight-arm fast2022₹9.25 crore (US$1.2 million)Overseas
02Arshdeep SinghIndia5 February 1999Left-handedLeft-arm medium-fast2019₹4 crore (US$500,000)
Vidwath KaverappaIndia25 February 1999Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast2023₹20 lakh (US$25,000)
Spin bowlers
95Harpreet BrarIndia16 September 1995Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodox2022₹3.8 crore (US$480,000)
Tanay ThyagarajanIndia15 November 1995Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodox2024₹20 lakh (US$25,000)
83Rahul ChaharIndia4 August 1999Right-handedRight-arm leg break2022₹5.25 crore (US$660,000)
Prince ChoudharyIndia29 September 1999Right-handedRight-arm leg break2024₹20 lakh (US$25,000)
Source: PBKS Players

Administration and support staff

Position Name
Head coachTrevor Bayliss
Assistant coachBrad Haddin
Batting coachWasim Jaffer
Spin bowling coachSunil Joshi
Fast bowling coachCharl Langeveldt
Fielding coachTrevor Gonsalves
PhysiotherapistAndrew Leipus
Strength and conditioning coachAdrian Le Roux
  • Source: Punjab Kings[23]

Statistics

Performance summary

As of 16 May 2023
Year Matches Wins Losses No result  % win
2008 15105066.66%
2009 1477050.00%
2010 14310121.43%
2011 1477050.00%
2012 1688050.00%
2013 1688050.00%
2014 17125070.58%
2015 14310121.43%
2016 14410028.57%
2017 1477050.00%
2018 1468042.85%
2019 1468042.85%
2020 1468042.85%
2021 1468042.85%
2022 1477050.00%
2023 1468042.85%
Total 232 106 124 2 45.69%

Opposition in Indian Premier League

As of 12 May 2023
Team Matches Won Lost Tied No result  % win
Chennai Super Kings2913160044.83%
Delhi Capitals3015150050.00%
Kolkata Knight Riders3211210034.37%
Mumbai Indians3115160048.39%
Rajasthan Royals2511140044.00%
Royal Challengers Bangalore3117140054.83%
Sunrisers Hyderabad217140033.33%
Gujrat Titans 3 1 2 0 0 33.33%
Lucknow Super Gaints 3 1 2 0 0 33.33%
Deccan Chargers10730070.00%
Gujarat Lions4220050.00%
Kochi Tuskers Kerala11000100.00%
Pune Warriors India6330050.00%
Rising Pune Supergiant4220050.00%
Total 224 104 120 0 0 46.43%
Teams now defunct
  • Source: ESPNcricinfo[24]

Opposition in CLT20

Teams Matches Won Lost Tied No result  % win
Hobart Hurricanes11000100.00%
Barbados Tridents11000100.00%
Cape Cobras11000100.00%
Northern Knights11000100.00%
Chennai Super Kings1010000.00%
Total5410080.00%

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ The information in the nationality column is according to ESPNcricinfo. This information may not necessarily reflect the player's birthplace or citizenship.

References

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  2. ↑ "IPL: Preity Zinta unveils Mohali-Kings XI Punjab". Thatscricket. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
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  17. ↑ Soumitra Bose (4 June 2014). "After Kolkata Knight Riders, West Bengal Plan to Fete IPL Final Centurion Wriddhiman Saha". NDTV. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  18. ↑ "Manish Pandey powers Kolkata to second title". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  19. ↑ Arun Gopalakrishnan (2 October 2014). "Match Report: SF2 - Kings XI Punjab V Chennai Super Kings". Champions League T20. Mumbai. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  20. ↑ "IPL 2019 Auction: Varun Chakravarathy 'over the moon' after bagging million-dollar deal". India Today. 18 December 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
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  22. ↑ "IPL 2020: Complete list of players retained, released and traded". Sportstar. 7 September 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
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