Punjab Kings
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The Punjab Kings, also known as PBKS, formerly known as Kings XI Punjab, are a professional Twenty20 cricket team based in New Chandigarh, Punjab, that competes in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The franchise is jointly owned by Mohit Burman, Ness Wadia, Preity Zinta and Karan Paul. The team plays its home matches at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, although since the 2010 season, they have played some matches at Dharamshala and Indore. Apart from the 2014 season when they topped the league table and finished runners-up, the team has only made one other playoff appearance. The team emerged as Runner Ups in 2014 Indian Premier League when they lost the finals against Kolkata Knight Riders and, also in 2025 Indian Premier League when they lost the finals against Royal Challengers Bengaluru. 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 2025 IPL auction, the franchise made the second highest-ever bid for a player in the IPL, paying ₹26.75 crore (US$3.2 million) for Shreyas Iyer.
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| Player | From | To | Matches | Won | Lost | Tied | NR | Win% | Best Result |
| Yuvraj Singh | 2008 | 2009 | 29 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 58.62 | SF (2008) |
| Kumar Sangakkara | 2010 | 2010 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 23.07 | 5/8 (2010) |
| Mahela Jayawardene | 2010 | 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Stand-In |
| Adam Gilchrist | 2011 | 2013 | 34 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 5/10 (2011) |
| David Hussey | 2012 | 2013 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 50 | Stand-In |
| George Bailey | 2014 | 2015 | 30 | 14 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 46.66 | Runners-up (2014) |
| Virender Sehwag | 2015 | 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Stand-In |
| David Miller | 2016 | 2016 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16.66 | 8/8 (2016 First half) |
| Murali Vijay | 2016 | 2016 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 37.5 | 8/8 (2016 Second half) |
| Glenn Maxwell | 2017 | 2017 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 5/8 (2017) |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | 2018 | 2019 | 28 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 42.85 | 6/8 (2019) |
| KL Rahul | 2020 | 2021 | 27 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 37.07 | 6/8 (2020, 2021) |
| Mayank Agarwal | 2021 | 2022 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 6/10 (2022) |
| Shikhar Dhawan | 2022 | 2024 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 35.29 | 8/10 (2023) |
| Sam Curran | 2023 | 2024 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 45.45 | Stand-In |
| Jitesh Sharma | 2024 | 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Stand-In |
| Shreyas Iyer | 2025 | 2025 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 62.5 | Runners-up (2025) |
| Year | League standing | Final standing |
| As Kings XI Punjab | ||
| 2008 | 2nd out of 8 | Semi-finalists |
| 2009 | 5th out of 8 | League stage |
| 2010 | 8th out of 8 | |
| 2011 | 5th out of 10 | |
| 2012 | 6th out of 9 | |
| 2013 | ||
| 2014 | 1st out of 8 | Runners up |
| 2015 | 8th out of 8 | League stage |
| 2016 | ||
| 2017 | 5th out of 8 | |
| 2018 | 7th out of 8 | |
| 2019 | 6th out of 8 | |
| 2020 | ||
| As Punjab Kings | ||
| 2021 | 6th out of 8 | League stage |
| 2022 | 6th out of 10 | |
| 2023 | 8th out of 10 | |
| 2024 | 9th out of 10 | |
| 2025 | 1st out of 10 | Runners up |
| No. | Name | Nat | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Year signed | Salary | Notes |
| Batters | ||||||||
| 96 | Shreyas Iyer | | (1994-12-06) 6 December 1994 (age 31) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | crore (US$3.2 million) | Captain | |
| Pyla Avinash | | (2000-07-07) 7 July 2000 (age 25) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | ₹30 lakh (US$35,000) | |||
| 19 | Nehal Wadhera | | (2000-09-04) 4 September 2000 (age 25) | Left-handed | Right-arm leg break | crore (US$500,000) | ||
| 18 | Priyansh Arya | | (2001-01-18) 18 January 2001 (age 24) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | crore (US$450,000) | ||
| Harnoor Singh | | (2003-01-30) 30 January 2003 (age 22) | Left-handed | Right-arm leg break | ₹30 lakh (US$35,000) | |||
| 97 | Musheer Khan | | (2005-02-27) 27 February 2005 (age 20) | Right-handed | Left-arm orthodox | ₹30 lakh (US$35,000) | ||
| Wicket-keepers | ||||||||
| Vishnu Vinod | | (1993-12-02) 2 December 1993 (age 32) | Right-handed | ₹95 lakh (US$110,000) | ||||
| 84 | Prabhsimran Singh | | (2000-08-10) 10 August 2000 (age 25) | Right-handed | ₹4 crore (US$470,000) | |||
| All-rounders | ||||||||
| 17 | Marcus Stoinis | | (1989-08-16) 16 August 1989 (age 36) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | ₹11 crore (US$1.3 million) | Overseas | |
| 27 | Shashank Singh | | (1991-11-21) 21 November 1991 (age 34) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | ₹4 crore (US$470,000) | ||
| 9 | Azmatullah Omarzai | | (2000-03-24) 24 March 2000 (age 25) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | crore (US$280,000) | Overseas | |
| 70 | Marco Jansen | | (2000-05-01) 1 May 2000 (age 25) | Right-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | ₹7 crore (US$830,000) | Overseas | |
| 16 | Mitchell Owen | | (2001-09-11) 11 September 2001 (age 24) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | ₹3 crore (US$350,000) | ||
| 5 | Suryansh Shedge | | (2003-01-29) 29 January 2003 (age 22) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | ₹30 lakh (US$35,000) | ||
| Pace bowlers | ||||||||
| 69 | Lockie Ferguson | | (1991-06-13) 13 June 1991 (age 34) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | ₹2 crore (US$240,000) | ||
| 31 | Vijaykumar Vyshak | | (1997-01-31) 31 January 1997 (age 28) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | crore (US$210,000) | ||
| Yash Thakur | | (1998-12-28) 28 December 1998 (age 26) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | crore (US$190,000) | |||
| 15 | Xavier Bartlett | | (1998-12-17) 17 December 1998 (age 26) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | ₹80 lakh (US$95,000) | Overseas | |
| 2 | Arshdeep Singh | | (1999-02-05) 5 February 1999 (age 26) | Left-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | ₹18 crore (US$2.1 million) | ||
| Spin bowlers | ||||||||
| 3 | Yuzvendra Chahal | | (1990-07-23) 23 July 1990 (age 35) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | ₹18 crore (US$2.1 million) | ||
| 13 | Harpreet Brar | | (1995-09-16) 16 September 1995 (age 30) | Left-handed | Left-arm orthodox | crore (US$180,000) | ||
| Source: PBKS Squad | ||||||||
| Position | Name |
| General Manager - Cricket Operations | Ashish Tuli |
| Team Manager & Scout | Vikram Hastir |
| Head coach | Ricky Ponting |
| Batting and wicket keeping coach | Brad Haddin |
| Spin bowling coach | Sairaj Bahutule |
| Fast bowling coach | James Hopes |
| Assistant Bowling Coach | Trevor Gonsalves |
| Physiotherapist | Andrew Leipus |
| Assistant Physiotherapist | Abhijit Kar |
| Strength and conditioning coach | Anand Date |
| Asst. Strength And Conditioning Coach | Jitender Billa |
| Analyst | Saurabh Walkar |
| Side Arm Thrower | Prince Kumar |
| Side Arm Thrower | Durjay Bera |
| Side Arm Thrower | Vishwajeet Singh |
| Team Masseur | Naresh Kumar |
| Assistant Masseur | Arun Kumar |
| Sports Yoga Teacher | Manoj Kumar |
| Source: PBKS Staff | |
| Year | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor (front) | Shirt sponsor (back) | Chest branding |
| 2008 | Provogue | Spice | Kotak | Provogue |
| 2009 | Reebok | Fly Emirates | 7up Nimbooz | Gulf Oil |
| 2010 | Mountain Dew | |||
| 2011 | Pearls | Linc Pens | ||
| 2012 | Polo Assn. | Videocon d2h | Lux Cozi | Polo Assn. |
| 2013 | TYKA Sports | NVD Solar | NVD Solar | |
| 2014 | Tata Prima | Arise | Trip Factory | |
| 2015 | Manforce | HTC | ||
| 2016 | Idea | Valvoline | ||
| 2017 | Hero Cycles | Johnson Tiles | ||
| 2018 | T10 Sports | Kent RO | Jio | Lotus Herbals |
| 2019 | Aaj Tak | Bageshree Lake City | Jio | |
| 2020 | EbixCash | Avon Cycles | ||
| 2021 | BKT | Lotus Herbals | ||
| 2022 | ||||
| 2023 | ||||
| 2024 | SIX5SIX | Dream11 | Kent RO | |
| 2025 | T10 Sports |
| Year | Matches | Wins | Losses | No result | % win |
| 2008 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 66.67% |
| 2009 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 50.00% |
| 2010 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 28.57% |
| 2011 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 50.00% |
| 2012 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 50.00% |
| 2013 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 50.00% |
| 2014 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 70.59% |
| 2015 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 21.43% |
| 2016 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 28.57% |
| 2017 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 50.00% |
| 2018 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 42.86% |
| 2019 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 42.86% |
| 2020 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 42.86% |
| 2021 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 42.86% |
| 2022 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 50.00% |
| 2023 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 42.86% |
| 2024 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 35.71% |
| 2025 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 63.64% |
| Total | 262 | 122 | 140 | 1 | 46.30% |
| Team | Matches | Won | Lost | Tied | No result | % win |
| Chennai Super Kings | 32 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 50.00% |
| Delhi Capitals | 33 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 51.51% |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | 35 | 13 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 37.14% |
| Mumbai Indians | 32 | 16 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 46.88% |
| Rajasthan Royals | 29 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 41.38% |
| Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 37 | 18 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 51.42% |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad | 24 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 29.17% |
| Gujarat Titans | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 50.00% |
| Lucknow Super Giants | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 50.00% |
| Deccan Chargers | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 70.00% |
| Gujarat Lions | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.00% |
| Kochi Tuskers Kerala | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% |
| Pune Warriors India | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 50.00% |
| Rising Pune Supergiant | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.00% |
| Total | 227 | 106 | 121 | 0 | 0 | 46.69% |
| Teams now defunct |
| Teams | Matches | Won | Lost | Tied | No result | % win |
| Hobart Hurricanes | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% |
| Barbados Tridents | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% |
| Cape Cobras | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% |
| Northern Knights | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% |
| Chennai Super Kings | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 00.00% |
| Total | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 80.00% |
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