Punjab Kings (KXIP): Team Squad, Players List, and Full Schedule

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The Punjab Kings (KXIP) is an authorized cricket team based in Mohali, Punjab that plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The team was founded in the year 2008 as Kings XI Punjab (KXIP). On 17th February 21, the Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) was renamed as Punjab Kings (PBKS). The team is jointly owned by Mohit Burman, Ness Wadia, Preity Zinta, and Karan Paul. The team’s native land, where they play their home matches at PCA Stadium, Mohali.

Whereas from 2010, the team has also been playing home matches at Dharamsala or Indore. However, in 2007 the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) created the cricket tournament; the Indian Premier League (IPL) based on the 20-20 setup of the game. The team is captained by KL Rahul and coached by Anil Kumble. 

IPL 2020 SEASON 

On 20^th September the Kings XI started their season campaign. And on 24^th September the team won its 1^st match of the season by defeating Royal Challengers Bangalore by 97runs. However, the streak was broken when Punjab defeated Bangalore for the 2nd time and then again defeated Mumbai in super overage the team continued to win 3 more matches against Delhi, Hyderabad, and Kolkata.

Whereas they lost the last two matches at the end of the tournament, and their last and final match was with Chennai Super Kings who won by 9wickets, however, knocked Punjab out of the tournament. Moreover, the team finished the season in 6^th place. 

IPL 2021 SEASON

The Indian Premier League 2021, is also known as IPL 14  and, for sponsorship reasons the VIVO IPL 2021. It is the fourteenth season of the Indian Premier League (IPL). The popular 20-20 cricket Tournament was established by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in 2007. The matches have been scheduled to be played between 9 April to 30 May 2021 across six different venues in India. Let’s Check out below is the Complete KXIP Team Squad.

IPL 2021 Complete KXIP Team Squad:

KL Rahul (c/wk), Mayank Agarwal, Chris Gayle, Mandeep Singh, Prabsimran Singh, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Sarfaraz Khan; Deepak Hooda, Murugan Ashwin, Ravi Bishnoi, Harpreet Brar, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Ishan Porel; Darshan Nalkande, Chris Jordan, Dawid Malan, Jhye Richardson, Shahrukh Khan, Riley Meredith, Moises Henriques, Jalaj Saxena, Utkarsh Singh, Fabian Allen , Saurabh Kumar.

IPL 2021 Punjab Kings Players List 

The Punjab franchise had started the auction day with ₹ 53.20 crore in their wallet. 

Released players: – Maxwell,Karun Nair, Hardus Viljoen, Jagadeesha Suchith ,Mujeeb ur Rahman, Sheldon Cottrell, Jimmy Neesham, Krishnappa Gowtham, Tajinder Singh. 

Retained players: – KL Rahul, Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal; Nicholas Pooran,Mandeep Singh, Sarfaraz Khan, Deepak Hooda, Prabhsimran Singh, Mohammed Shami, Chris Jordan, Darshan Nalkande, Ravi Bishnoi, Murugan Ashwin, Arshdeep Singh, Harpreet Brar, Ishan Porel.

Players bought at Auction :

• Jhye Richardson (Bowler)- Rs. 14 crore 
• Riley Meredith (Bowler)- Rs. 8 crore 
• Shahrukh Khan (All-Rounder)- Rs. 5.25 crore 
• Moises Henriques (All-Rounder)- Rs. 4.2 crore 

• Dawid Malan (All-Rounder)- Rs. 1.5 crore 
• Fabian Allen (All-Rounder)- Rs. 75 lakh 
• Jalaj Saxena (All-Rounder)- Rs. 30 lakh 
• Saurabh Kumar (All-Rounder)- Rs. 20 lakh 
• Utkarsh Singh (All-Rounder)- Rs. 20 lakh 

KXIP Team Full Schedule Of IPL 2021

Match no.	Date	Team vs Team	Venue	Time (IST)
4	12th April 2021	RR vs PBKS	Mumbai	19:30
8	16th April 2021	PBKS vs CSK	Mumbai	19:30
11	18th April 2021	DC vs PBKS	Mumbai	19:30
14	21st April 2021	PBKS vs SRH	Chennai	15:30
17	23rd April 2021	PBKS vs MI	Chennai	19:30
21	26th April 2021	PBKS vs KKR	Ahmedabad	19:30
26	30th April 2021	PBKS vs RCB	Ahmedabad	19:30
29	2nd May 2021	PBKS vs DC	Ahmedabad	19:30
33	6th May 2021	RCB vs PBKS	Ahmedabad	19:30
37	9th May 2021	CSK vs PBKS	Bengaluru	15:30
42	13th May 2021	MI vs PBKS	Bengaluru	15:30
45	15th May 2021	KKR vs PBKS	Bengaluru	19:30
50	19th May 2021	SRH vs PBKS	Bengaluru	19:30
54	22nd May 2021	PBKS vs RR	Bengaluru	19:30