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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 .
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.
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 first list includes all players who have played in at least one match for KXIP and is initially listed alphabetically by their last name. [α] The second list comprises all those players who have captained the team in at least one match, arranged in the order of the first match as captain. Many players have also represented other teams of ...
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.
Shreyas Iyer was sold to Punjab Kings for INR 26.75 crore, surpassing the previous record held by Mitchell Starc at INR 24.75 crore. This record was then surpassed by Rishabh Pant , who was sold to the Lucknow Super Giants at ₹ 27 crore (US$3.1 million) [ 6 ] [ 7 ]
The auctions for team ownership were held on 24 January 2008. The base price of each team was set at US$ 50 million. The auction fetched a total amount of US$ 723.59 million against the combined base price of US$ 400 million.
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.