The Punjab Kings (PBKS) are a franchise cricket team based in Mohali, Punjab, that plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Established in 2008 as the 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. Since 2010, they also have been playing some of their home games at either Dharamsala or 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 IPL 2008) in 13 seasons.
The Punjab Kings played in the now-defunct Champions League Twenty20 once, in 2014 as the Kings XI Punjab and finished as semi-finalists.
The old name of Punjab Kings (PBKS) was Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) which was changed in 2021.
2020 IPL season[edit]
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.[20] 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.[21]
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-run 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 Challlangers Banglore 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 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 2nd 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 6th 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.
Seasons
| Year | League table standing | Final standing |
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| 2008 | 2nd out of 8 | Semifinalists (3rd) |
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| 2009 | 5th out of 8 | 5th |
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| 2010 | 8th out of 8 | 8th |
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| 2011 | 5th out of 10 | 5th |
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| 2012 | 6th out of 9 | 6th |
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| 2013 | 6th out of 9 | 6th |
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| 2014 | 1st out of 8 | Runners-up |
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| 2015 | 8th out of 8 | 8th |
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| 2016 | 8th out of 8 | 8th |
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| 2017 | 5th out of 8 | 5th |
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| 2018 | 7th out of 8 | 7th |
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| 2019 | 6th out of 8 | 6th |
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| 2020 | 6th out of 8 | 6th |
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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 |
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| Batsmen |
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| 16 | Mayank Agarwal |  | 16 February 1991 (age 30) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | ₹1 crore (US$140,000) | |
| 18 | Mandeep Singh | | 18 December 1991 (age 29) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2019 | ₹1.4 crore (US$200,000) | |
| 57 | Deepak Hooda | | 19 April 1995 (age 25) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2020 | ₹50 lakh (US$70,000) | |
| 97 | Sarfaraz Khan | | 27 October 1997 (age 23) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2019 | ₹25 lakh (US$35,000) | |
| 333 | Chris Gayle |  | 21 September 1979 (age 41) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | ₹2 crore (US$280,000) | Overseas |
| N/A | Shahrukh Khan | | 27 May 1995 (age 25) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2021 | ₹5.25 crore (US$740,000) | |
| N/A | Dawid Malan |  | 3 September 1987 (age 33) | Left-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2021 | ₹1.5 crore (US$210,000) | Overseas |
| All-rounders |
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| N/A | Moises Henriques |  | 1 February 1987 (age 34) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast medium | 2021 | ₹4.2 crore (US$590,000) | Overseas |
| N/A | Fabian Allen | | 7 May 1995 (age 25) | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2021 | ₹75 lakh (US$110,000) | Overseas |
| N/A | Utkarsh Singh | | 7 May 1998 (age 22) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2021 | ₹20 lakh (US$28,000) | |
| Wicket-keepers |
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| 1 | K. L. Rahul | | 18 April 1992 (age 28) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2018 | ₹11 crore (US$1.5 million) | Captain |
| 29 | Nicholas Pooran |  | 2 October 1995 (age 25) | Left-handed | N/A | 2019 | ₹4.2 crore (US$590,000) | Overseas |
| 84 | Prabhsimran Singh | | 10 August 2000 (age 20) | Right-handed | N/A | 2020 | ₹55 lakh (US$77,000) | |
| Spin Bowlers |
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| 56 | Ravi Bishnoi | | 5 September 2000 (age 20) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2020 | ₹2 crore (US$280,000) | |
| 89 | Murugan Ashwin | | 8 September 1990 (age 30) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2019 | ₹20 lakh (US$28,000) | |
| 95 | Harpreet Brar | | 16 September 1995 (age 25) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2019 | ₹20 lakh (US$28,000) | |
| N/A | Jalaj Saxena | | 15 December 1986 (age 34) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2021 | ₹30 lakh (US$42,000) | |
| N/A | Saurabh Kumar | | 1 May 1993 (age 27) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2021 | ₹20 lakh (US$28,000) | |
| Pace Bowlers |
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| 2 | Arshdeep Singh | | 5 February 1999 (age 22) | Left-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | 2019 | ₹20 lakh (US$28,000) | |
| 11 | Mohammed Shami | | 3 September 1990 (age 30) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2019 | ₹4.8 crore (US$670,000) | |
| 34 | Chris Jordan | | 4 October 1988 (age 32) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2020 | ₹3 crore (US$420,600.00) | Overseas |
| N/A | Darshan Nalkande | | 4 October 1998 (age 22) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2019 | ₹3 crore (US$420,000) | |
| N/A | Ishan Porel | | 5 September 1998 (age 22) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2020 | ₹20 lakh (US$28,000) | |
| N/A | Jhye Richardson | | 20 September 1996 (age 24) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2021 | ₹14 crore (US$2.0 million) | Overseas |
| N/A | Riley Meredith | | 21 June 1996 (age 24) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2021 | ₹8 crore (US$1.1 million) | Overseas |
| Source:PBKS Players |
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Administration and support staff
Former players
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Sponsors and partners
Statistics
Performance summary
Last updated: 27 October 2020
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