Punjab kings were also formerly known as Kings XI Punjab, one of the popular teams of the IPL. It is a franchise based in Punjab and was established in 2008; since then, they have played every IPL tournament. This year too, with starting of the new season after the Covid pandemic, their eyes would be on performing better as they haven’t able to impress fans in the past few years. They have managed to the knockout stage only two times in fourteen seasons, and their best performance came in 2014 when they were runner-up in the IPL. So now you are going to learn about the Punjab kings team and who is the owner of kings xi Punjab , and how they have performed in the IPL so far.
Peak Performance In The IPL
The impressive performance from Punjab Kings came in 2014 when they topped the league and managed to come to the second position in the IPL. Mohali Cricket Stadium is the home ground of the Punjab Kings. Now talking about the owner of Punjab kings, you would be happy to know that the team is co-owned by Preity Zinta, Karan Paul, Ness Wadia, and Mohit Burman. After coming second in 2014, they also booked their spot in the Champions League Twenty20 2014 and were the semi-finalist of the tournament.
How many times Kings XI Punjab won the IPL?
Punjab kings are still waiting to win their first IPL title and it has been a long since Punjab kings were able to get to a knockout stage. Thus all the fans are hoping that with the mega auction and many new signings, the team will surely be able to do well this season.
Punjab Kings in Auctions
This year, the mega auction took place, and Punjab Kings decided to retain two players for this season. The decision was taken with the ambition to win their first IPL. The Punjab kings retained players in 2022 are Mayank Agarwal, who is the current captain of Punjab kings, and Arshdeep Singh. Mayank Agarwal would be getting a salary of whooping 12 crores this year after the retention. He did well in the past two years and managed to make runs above 140.45. To make a batting lineup strong and replace their batsman KL Rahul, Punjab Kings bought Shikhar Dhawan for approximately eight crores INR. And among foreigners, the team bought men in the form of Liam Livingstone, Johnny Bairstow, and bowler Odeam Smith who can hit long sixes too when needed.
Earlier, Punjab Kings was known as Kings XI Punjab, and their owners decided to change the name in 2021, just a year after the auction. They hope that changing the name would give a fresh start to the team and motivate them this year to do well in the IPL season and try to bring the trophy for the first time.
Punjab King’s Whole Squad in IPL
After the mega auction, great players such as KL Rahul left the team and made it hard for the Punjab Kings. But now, let’s talk about the IPL 2022 Punjab kings team. So this year, you will see the player such as:
- Shikhar Dhawan
- Mayank Agarwal,
- Arshdeep Singh Kagiso Rabada,
- Jonny Bairstow,
- Rahul Chahar,
- Harpreet Brar,
- Shahrukh Khan,
- Prabhsimran Singh
- Jitesh Sharma
- Ishan Porel,
- Liam Livingstone,
- Odeon Smith,
- Sandeep Sharma,
- Raj Angad Bawa,
- Rishi Dhawan,
- Prerak Mankad,
- Vaibhav Arora,
- Written Chatterjee,
- Baltej Dhanda,
- Ansh Patel,
- Nathan Ellis,
- Atharva Taide,
- Chanuka Rajapaksa,
- Benny Howell
Punjab managed to gather this squad for this year to perform well in the following IPL season. The squad selected for the IPL is good in terms of batting. Fans have high hopes and expectations from the kings xi Punjab players, such as Shikhar Dhawan, Mayank Agarwal, Johnny Bairstow, and Liam Livingstone.
Apart from this, the presence of Shahrukh Khan will provide much-needed batting depth in the lineup. Moreover, Raj Bawa, a U-19 World Cup winner, can be a game-changer player with the ability of both batting and bowling and can be a good all-rounder this season.
Talking about the bowling lineup, Punjab Kings is more dependent on young pacers in this IPL. Hence fans consider it a weakness as the young players are not as experienced and haven’t played many matches in the IPL. So this year, the burden to lead the bowling squad will be on the fast pacer from South Africa, Kagiso Rabada. Apart from him, bowlers such as Sandeep Sharma and Rahul Chahar will be responsible for supporting Rabada in the bowling section.
