Kings XI Punjab, now known as Punjab Kings, are a franchise cricket team based in Mohali, India, which plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). They were one of the eight teams which competed in the 2017 Indian Premier League. The Kings XI Punjab drew an average home attendance of 20,001 in the 2017 IPL season.
Season standings
Match summary
Auction The player auction for the 2017 Indian Premier League was held on 20 February in Bangalore.
Squad Players with international caps are listed in bold.
No.NameNationalityBirth dateBatting styleBowling styleYear signedSalaryNotes Batsmen1 Hashim Amla Right-handed Right-arm medium 2016 Overseas8 Murali Vijay Right-handed Right-arm off break 2015 10 David Miller Left-handed Right-arm off break 2014 (since 2011) Overseas16 Eoin Morgan Left-handed Right-arm medium 2017 Overseas22 Gurkeerat Singh Right-handed Right-arm off break 2014 (since 2012) Occasional wicket-keeper31 Martin Guptill Right-handed Right-arm off break 2017 Overseas36 Manan Vohra Right-handed Right-arm medium 2014 (since 2013) 42 Shaun Marsh Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2014 (since 2008) Overseas Nikhil Naik Right-handed Right-arm off break 2015 Occasional wicket-keeper Armaan Jaffer Right-handed Right-arm off break 2016 Rinku Singh Left-handed Right-arm off break 2017 All-rounders14 Rahul Tewatia Left-handed Right-arm leg break 2017 17 Marcus Stoinis Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2016 Overseas20 Axar Patel Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2014 32 Glenn Maxwell Right-handed Right-arm off break 2014 Overseas, Captain88 Darren Sammy Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2017 Overseas Wicket-keepers6 Wriddhiman Saha Right-handed 2014 Vice Captain Bowlers4 Anureet Singh Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2014 5 Swapnil Singh Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2016 18 Mohit Sharma Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2016 21 Matt Henry Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2017 Overseas26 KC Cariappa Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2016 29 Ishant Sharma Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2017 Replacement signing 44 T Natarajan Left-handed Left-arm fast-medium 2017 66 Sandeep Sharma Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2014 (since 2013) 77 Varun Aaron Right-handed Right-arm fast 2017 Pardeep Sahu Right-handed Right-arm leg break googly 2016
Support staff changes In December 2016, Sanjay Bangar stepped down as the team's head coach. In January 2017, Virender Sehwag was named head of cricket operations and strategy. In February 2017, J. Arunkumar was named batting coach.
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