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Punjab Kings (PBKS), formerly Kings XI Punjab (KXIP), is a professional franchise cricket team based in Mullanpur, Mohali, Punjab, that plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The franchise is jointly owned by Mohit Burman , Ness Wadia , Preity Zinta and Karan Paul .
In 2008, along with actress Preity Zinta and businessman Mohit Burman, Wadia acquired ownership rights for the Mohali-based Twenty20 cricket team of the Indian Premier League (IPL). [7] The group paid $76 million to acquire the franchise, and named the team Kings XI (Eleven) Punjab, later on changed to Punjab Kings. [8]
The Punjab Kings' catchment areas are Kashmir, Jammu, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Haryana, also evident from the letter sequence "K J H P H" in the banner of the team's logo. [1] [2] Apart from finishing runners-up in the 2014 season when they also topped the league table, the team has made only one other playoff appearance in fifteen seasons.
Kings XI Punjab cricketers General Batting [21] Bowling [24] Fielding [24] Name [28] Nationality [ζ] First Last Mat Inn NO Runs HS 100 [η] 50 Avg Balls Wkt BBI Ave Ca St; Varun Aaron India: 2017 2017 6 2 1 4 4 0 0 4.00: 120 7 2/3 23.28: 0 0 Kyle Abbott South Africa: 2016 2016 5 3 2 13 12* 0 0 13.00: 96 2 1/38 88.50: 0 0 Yusuf Abdulla South ...
The 2024 season was the 17th season for the Indian Premier League franchise Punjab Kings.They were one of the ten teams competed in the 2024 Indian Premier League.They finished at the 8th place in previous season's League stage.
After minimal success in early seasons, the Kings won their first title in 2024, defeating the Guyana Amazon Warriors. They adopted their current moniker in 2021 after being acquired by the ownership of the IPL’s Punjab Kings. For the 2017 season, the franchise chose to rebrand under a new name and logo as the Saint Lucia Stars.
Mohit Burman is an Indian businessman. He is the chairman of Dabur, an Ayurvedic and FMCG company. [3] A fifth-generation scion of the Burman family, he also led the family's acquisition of a majority stake in dry cell battery maker Eveready Industries India [4] and the family's entry into the life insurance sector through Aviva India.
The franchise chose to retain two players ahead of the 2022 mega-auction. [3]Retained Mayank Agarwal, Arshdeep Singh Released KL Rahul, Chris Gayle, Darshan Nalkande, Harpreet Brar, Mandeep Singh, Mohammad Shami, Murugan Ashwin, Nicholas Pooran, Sarfaraz Khan, Deepak Hooda, Ishan Porel, Ravi Bishnoi, Chris Jordan, Prabhsimran Singh, Dawid Malan, Riley Meredith, Jhye Richardson, Shahrukh Khan ...