Kings XI Punjab

The Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) are a franchise cricket team based in Mohali (Chandigarh CR), Punjab, that plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Established in 2008, the franchise is jointly owned by Mohit Burman, Ness Wadia, Preity Zinta and Karan Paul. The team plays its home matches at the PCA Stadium, Mohali. Since the 2010 IPL, they have been playing some of their home games at either Dharamsala or Indore.

Kings XI Punjab
Personnel
CaptainK. L. Rahul
CoachAnil Kumble
Owner
Team information
CityMohali (Chandigarh CR), Punjab, India
Colors
Founded2008 (2008)
Home groundPCA Stadium, Mohali
(Capacity: 26,000)
Secondary home ground(s)Holkar Stadium, Indore (Capacity : 30,000)
Official websitewww.kxip.in

T20 kit

Kings XI Punjab in 2020

The Kings XI Punjab's catchment areas are Kashmir, Jammu, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Haryana—evident from the letter sequence "K J H P H" in the banner of the team's logo.[2][3] Apart from the 2014 season when they topped the league table and finished runners-up, the team has made only one other playoff appearance in 12 seasons.

Franchise history

In 2007, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) created the cricket tournament the Indian Premier League based on the Twenty20 format of the game. Franchises for eight cities were made available in an auction held in Mumbai on 20 February 2008. The team representing Punjab was bought by the Dabur group's Mohit Burman (46%), the Wadia group's Ness Wadia (23%), Preity Zinta (23%), and Saptarshi Dey of the Dey & Dey Group (minor stake). The group paid a total of $76 million to acquire the franchise.

Expulsion from the IPL and return

Following the controversy surrounding the BCCI and Lalit Modi in 2010, the Indian Premier League announced on 10 October 2010 that it had terminated the franchise contracts of Kings XI Punjab and the Rajasthan Royals. The teams announced that they would take legal action to remain in the Indian Premier League.[4] Initially, the team tried to negotiate a solution with the league, but when one could not be reached, they decided to file a case in Mumbai High Court accusing the IPL of getting rid of the two teams so that when the bidding process started for the 2012 IPL season, the contract would be given to a more lucrative bidder.[5]

Kings XI Punjab was reinstated with the involvement of the High Court.[6]

Team history

2008

The 2008 tournament got off to a slow start for the Kings XI Punjab, with the team losing their first two games. However, 94 runs by Kumar Sangakkara helped them to win the third game. Despite the absence of Brett Lee and Simon Katich (who were committed to tour the West Indies with Australia), the team found its groove. Powered by their balanced bowling line-up[7] and effective top order,[8] the team won nine of its next 10 matches, clinching a berth in the semi-final, where their run in the tournament came to an end with a comprehensive nine-wicket loss to the Chennai Super Kings.

Shaun Marsh was arguably KXIP's star player in the inaugural IPL.[9][10] The opener from Western Australia was overlooked in the IPL player auctions and was signed by the franchise on 9 April.[11] He finished the tournament as the Orange Cap holder—the award for the player with the most runs across the competition—with an average of 68.44 and a strike rate of 139.68 in 11 innings. Marsh managed to hit one century and five half-centuries across the course of the tournament.[12]

2009

Finishing as semi-finalists in 2008, Kings XI Punjab started with ambitions to win the trophy. These were supported by their new sponsors Emirates Airlines. With two available slots to fill, the Kings XI Punjab made bids on Jerome Taylor and Yusuf Abdulla at the second IPL auction.

The team took a hit as most of their Australian cricketers were unavailable. The team lacked available pace bowlers after Jerome Taylor backed out at the last minute with an injury.

The team lost badly to the Delhi Daredevils and the Kolkata Knight Riders, however, they returned to form by beating the Royal Challengers, the Rajasthan Royals and the Mumbai Indians. Then the team witnessed a roller-coaster ride in their next eight matches with four wins and four losses. The team's semi-final hopes were crushed after losing to the Chennai Super Kings in their last match.

2010

Kings XI Punjab lost six matches to the Kolkata Knight Riders, the Delhi Daredevils, the Royal Challengers Bangalore, the Deccan Chargers, the Rajasthan Royals and the Mumbai Indians but managed to win a match against Chennai Super Kings when the scores were level and the match went to a Super Over. Kings XI Punjab were boosted by the return of Brett Lee against Kolkata, but he was not at his best. Shaun Marsh returned in the match against the Mumbai Indians. In spite of his good performance, which included a half century, the team lost the match. They ended IPL3 in the last position.

2011

The 2011 IPL season looked promising when they brought a full strength team with Michael Bevan as coach and Adam Gilchrist was appointed as captain.

Kings XI Punjab missed out on the play offs by two points (or one victory). This meant they finished fifth in the points table.

2012

Kings XI Punjab finished in sixth place overall, winning eight matches out of sixteen.

2013

Kings XI Punjab failed to qualify for the play-offs, but batsman David Miller played one of the innings of the tournament in the 51st match against the Royal Challengers Bangalore, as he smashed 101 off 38 deliveries and included eight fours and seven sixes. Coming in at 51–3 in the eighth over and chasing a target of 190, Miller rectified the game and led Punjab to a six-wicket win with two overs remaining. Adam Gilchrist retired at the end of the season.

2014

Australia's T20I captain George Bailey was leading the squad for the seventh season. Other buys featured the likes of Virender Sehwag, Glenn Maxwell and Mitchell Johnson. Kings XI Punjab began the tournament by winning their first five games which were held outside India in UAE due to elections. The stand out player was Glenn Maxwell with his unorthodox and powerful hitting, scoring 95, 89 and 95 in his first three innings with a strike rate of over 200 who got equal contribution from South African David Miller, both of them making the side look invincible. There were many innings from the veteran Indian batsman Virender Sehwag and young star Manan Vohra which made the middle order batting easy and allowed the team to qualify for the playoffs. Due to a 122 run knock from Virender Sehwag against the Chennai Super Kings in the semifinal, KXIP made their way to the final. There they faced the Kolkata Knight Riders where they batted first and set a good target of 199 owing to Wriddhiman Saha's 115.[13] However, due to Manish Pandey's 94 off 50 balls and his teammates' consistently high run rate, including Piyush Chawla's 13 off five balls, KKR were able to win the final by three wickets in the final over of the match.

2014 CLT20

Kings XI were placed in Group B along with the Hobart Hurricanes (Australia); the Barbados Tridents (West Indies); the Cape Cobras (South Africa) and the Northern Knights (New Zealand).

Kings XI's first match was in their home stadium the PCA Stadium, Mohali where they beat Hobart Hurricanes by five wickets, overhauling Hobart's 144–6 in 17.4 overs. Thisara Perera was named the Man Of The Match with 2–17 and 35. Glenn Maxwell top scored in the game with 43. They also won the second match beating the Barbados Tridents by four wickets. They won their third match of the competition against the Northern Knights and qualified for the semi finals. They continued to win their final group match against the Cape Cobras but were knocked out of the tournament at the semi-final stage with a disappointing defeat against their IPL rivals the Chennai Super Kings,[14] who went on to win the tournament.

2015

George Bailey continued to lead the side during the 2015 season. The team won just three of the 14 games and finishing eighth in the league. David Miller finished the season as top scorer with 357 runs and Anureet Singh finished the season as the top wicket taker with 15 wickets.

2016

David Miller and Murali Vijay captained the team in the first and second half of the 2016 season. The team finished eighth once again with only four wins. Murali Vijay was the top scorer with 453 runs and Sandeep Sharma was the top wicket taker with 15 wickets.

2017

Virender Sehwag joined as head coach as the team looked to recover from two back-to-back last-place finishes in the league. Glenn Maxwell was appointed as the captain. Eoin Morgan, Darren Sammy and Hashim Amla joined the likes of David Miller in the team. The team missed out on a place in the play-offs by a last game defeat to the Rising Pune Supergiant and ended the season in fifth, winning seven out of their 14 games. Hashim Amla finished the season as top scorer with 420 runs including two centuries, and Sandeep Sharma was the top wicket taker with 17 wickets.

2018

The Kings XI Punjab squad for the 2018 IPL season included internationals such as: Ravichandran Ashwin, Yuvraj Singh, KL Rahul, Aaron Finch and Chris Gayle. Ashwin was appointed as captain and Brad Hodge as coach. The Tournament started well with KL Rahul scoring a fine fifty off 14 balls to guide KXIP home against Daredevils. Riding on KL Rahul and Chris Gayle's red hot form at the top and Andrew Tye and Mujeeb with ball, the team went on to win 5 out of their first six games eventually becoming favourites to the title. Their weakness in Indian core was however exposed as they could manage just one win in next eight and ultimately not being qualified for playoffs despite a dream start from the beginning.

2019

Franchises confirmed the names of retained players for the 12th season of Indian Premier League. KXIP retained the following players for the 2019 season: KL Rahul, Chris Gayle, Andrew Tye, Mayank Agarwal, Ankit Rajpoot, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Karun Nair, David Miller and Ravichandran Ashwin. On the auction day (18 December 2018), KXIP snapped up new 13 players: Varun Chakaravarthy, Sam Curran, Mohammed Shami, Prabhsimran Singh, Nicholas Pooran, Moises Henriques, Hardus Viljoen, Darshan Nalkande, Sarfaraz Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Agnivesh Ayachi, Harpreet Brar, and Murugan Ashwin.[15]

Kings XI Punjab ended up in sixth position in the league table. KL Rahul was the highest run scorer for the team with 593 runs in 14 matches.

Seasons
Year League table standing Final standing
2008 2nd out of 8 Semifinalists (3rd)
2009 5th out of 8 5th
2010 8th out of 8 8th
2011 5th out of 10 5th
2012 6th out of 9 6th
2013 6th out of 9 6th
2014 1st out of 8 Runners-up
2015 8th out of 8 8th
2016 8th out of 8 8th
2017 5th out of 8 5th
2018 7th out of 8 7th
2019 6th out of 8 6th

Kings XI played in the now defunct Champions League Twenty20 once, in 2014 and finished as semi-finalists.

Current squad
  • Players with international caps are listed in bold.
  •  *  denotes a player who is currently unavailable for selection.
  •  *  denotes a player who is unavailable for rest of the season.
No. Name Nat Birth date Batting style Bowling style Signed year Salary
Notes
Batsmen
69Karun Nair (1991-12-06) 6 December 1991Right-handedRight-arm off break2018₹5.6 crore (US$790,000)
333Chris Gayle (1979-09-21) 21 September 1979Left-handedRight-arm off break2018₹2 crore (US$280,000)Overseas
14Mayank Agarwal (1991-02-16) 16 February 1991Right-handedRight-arm off break2018₹1 crore (US$140,000)
18Mandeep Singh (1991-12-18) 18 December 1991Right-handedRight-arm medium2019₹1.4 crore (US$200,000)
97Sarfaraz Khan (1997-10-27) 27 October 1997Right-handedRight-arm leg break2019₹25 lakh (US$35,000)
N/ADeepak Hooda (1995-04-19) 19 April 1995Right-handedRight-arm off break2020₹50 lakh (US$70,000)
All-rounders
N/AGlenn Maxwell (1988-10-14) 14 October 1988Right-handedRight-arm off break2020₹10.75 crore (US$1.5 million)Overseas
N/AJames Neesham (1990-09-17) 17 September 1990Left-handedRight-arm fast-medium2020₹50 lakh (US$70,000)Overseas
N/ATajinder Singh (1992-05-25) 25 May 1992Right-handedRight-arm off break2020₹20 lakh (US$28,000)
Wicket-keepers
1K. L. Rahul (1992-04-18) 18 April 1992Right-handed2018₹11 crore (US$1.5 million)Captain
29Nicholas Pooran (1995-10-02) 2 October 1995Left-handed2019₹4.2 crore (US$590,000)Overseas
84Prabhsimran Singh (1995-04-19) 19 April 1995Right-handed2020₹55 lakh (US$77,000)
Spin Bowlers
88Mujeeb Ur Rahman (2001-03-28) 28 March 2001Right-handedRight-arm off break2018₹4 crore (US$560,000)Overseas
89Murugan Ashwin (1990-09-08) 8 September 1990Right-handedRight-arm leg break2019₹20 lakh (US$28,000)
95Harpreet Brar (1995-09-16) 16 September 1995Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodox2019₹20 lakh (US$28,000)
N/AKrishnappa Gowtham (1988-10-20) 20 October 1988Right-handedRight-arm off break2020₹6.2 crore (US$869,000)
N/AJagadeesha Suchith (1994-01-16) 16 January 1994Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodox2020₹20 lakh (US$28,000)
N/ARavi Bishnoi (2000-09-05) 5 September 2000Right-handedRight-arm leg break2020₹2 crore (US$280,000)
Pace Bowlers
11Mohammed Shami (1990-09-03) 3 September 1990Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium2019₹4.8 crore (US$670,000)
7Hardus Viljoen (1989-03-06) 6 March 1989Right-handedRight-arm fast2019₹75 lakh (US$110,000)Overseas
N/ADarshan Nalkande (1998-10-04) 4 October 1998Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast2019₹30 lakh (US$42,000)
2Arshdeep Singh (1999-02-05) 5 February 1999Left-handedLeft-arm medium-fast2019₹20 lakh (US$28,000)
N/ASheldon Cottrell (1989-08-19) 19 August 1989Right-handedLeft-arm fast-medium2020₹8.5 crore (US$1.2 million)Overseas
N/AChris Jordan (1988-10-04) 4 October 1988Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium2020₹3 crore (US$420,600.00)Overseas
N/AIshan Porel (1998-09-05) 5 September 1998Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium2020₹20 lakh (US$28,000)

    Administration and coaching staff

    Head coaches

    Captains
    Kings XI Punjab captains
    No. Name Nationality First Last Mat Won Lost Tie Win%
    1 Yuvraj Singh 200820092917120 58.62
    2 Kumar Sangakkara 2010201013391 26.92
    3 Mahela Jayawardene 201020101010 0.00
    4 Adam Gilchrist 201120133417170 50.00
    5 David Hussey 2012201312660 50.00
    6 George Bailey 201420153518170 51.42
    7 Virender Sehwag 201520151001 50.00
    8 David Miller 20162016615016.66
    9

    Murali Vijay

    		 20162016835037.50
    10

    Glenn Maxwell

    		 201720171477050.00
    11

    Ravichandran Ashwin

    		 20182019281216042.85
    12

    KL Rahul

    		 2020
    Total 18084952 46.66

    Sponsors and partners

    In 2015, the official title sponsor of the Kings XI were Tata Motors Prima while they had on board as many as 25 sponsors, the highest for any team in the IPL. Their principal sponsors are HTC, Royal Stag, ACC Limited and DCB Bank while Britannia, BIG FM 92.7, Mountain Dew, Kingfisher Premium, Bookmyshow, Punjab Kesari, The Tribune, Blippar, Smile Foundation, Trip Factory and AIDS Healthcare Foundation function as their partners.[20]

    Year Kit Manufacturers Shirt Sponsor (Front) Shirt Sponsor (Back) Chest Branding
    2008 Reebok Spice Kotak Provogue
    2009 Fly Emirates 7 Up Nimbooz Gulf Oil
    2010 Mountain Dew
    2011 Pearls Linc Pens
    2012 U.S. Polo Assn. Videocon d2h Lux Cozi U.S. Polo Assn.
    2013 TYKA Sports NVD Solar NVD Solar
    2014 Tata Motors Prima Arise Mobiles Trip Factory
    2015 Manforce HTC
    2016 Idea Valvoline
    2017 Hero Cycles Johnson
    2018 T10 Sports Kent RO Systems Jio Lotus Herbals
    2019 Aaj Tak Bageshree Lake City Jio
    2020 EbixCash Ambuja Cements

    Statistics
    See also: List of Kings XI Punjab records

    Performance summary
    Year Total Wins Losses No result % win
    200815105066.66%
    20091477050.00%
    201014410028.57%
    20111477050.00%
    20121688050.00%
    20131688050.00%
    201414113070.58%
    201514311021.43%
    201614410028. 57%
    20171477050.00℅
    20181468042.85℅
    20191468042.85℅
    Total1768294047.51%

    Last updated: 25 July 2020

    Opposition in Indian Premier League
    Teams Matches Won Lost Tied No result % win
    Chennai Super Kings219120040.47%
    Deccan Chargers10730070.00℅
    Delhi Daredevils2414100058.33℅
    Gujarat Lions 4 2 2 0 0 50%
    Kochi Tuskers Kerala11000100%
    Kolkata Knight Riders258170032.00%
    Mumbai Indians2411130045.30%
    Pune Warriors India6330050.00%
    Rajasthan Royals198100044.83%
    Rising Pune Supergiant 4 2 2 0 0 50%
    Royal Challengers Bangalore2412120050.00%
    Sunrisers Hyderabad144100028.57℅
    Total 176 82 94 0 0 46.02%
    Teams now defunct

    Last updated: 5 July 2020

    Full Table on Cricinfo

    Opposition in cl20 League
    Teams Matches Won Lost Tied No result % win
    Hobart Hurricanes11000100.00%
    Barbados Tridents11000100.00%
    Cape Cobras11000100.00%
    Northern Knights11000100.00%
    Chennai Super Kings1010000.00%
    Total5410080.00%

    Last updated: 14 December 2018

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