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PBKS

Punjab Kings

IPL Stats

MATCHES

263

WON

119

LOST

139

TIED

NO RESULT

Indian Premier League

Head Coach

Ricky Ponting

Captain

Shreyas Iyer

Why does Panesar think Shreyas Iyer’s leadership qualities have counted against him: ‘Someone younger…would be easier to manage for coach Gautam Gambhir’

AB de Villiers on Shreyas Iyer’s exclusion from 2025 Asia Cup squad: ‘Is he dragging energy from the squad…’

‘Score a century for me today’: Priyansh Arya smashes third hundred in Delhi Premier League after childhood coach calls for special knock

WATCH: Shreyas Iyer gets ‘clean bowled’ by his mother while playing cricket in living room

Shashank Singh seeks redemption next season for THAT Hazlewood full-toss miss – as regret of not putting it away eats at the PBKS batsman

Shashank Singh – ‘Shreyas Iyer should have slapped me (for run-out)…I was running as if on the beach, not even in a garden’

‘I hope you lose..’: Ricky Ponting’s cheeky message to Marco Jansen before PBKS pacer left IPL 2025 for WTC final preps

How Sarpanch Shreyas joined the India captaincy race this IPL

Shreyas Iyer and Ricky Ponting’s magic act took Punjab Kings to the brink of history; and good things in store ahead

‘Job is still half done, we have to be here and win trophy next year’: PBKS skipper Shreyas Iyer

Punjab Kings Stats

T-20

Most Runs

Best Bowling Figures

Best Indv. Batting

Best Indv. Bowling

KL Rahul
Matches 55
Runs 2548

Shaun Marsh
Matches 71
Runs 2477

David Miller
Matches 84
Runs 1974

Arshdeep Singh
Matches 81
Runs 97

Piyush Chawla
Matches 87
Runs 84

Sandeep Sharma
Matches 61
Runs 73

KL Rahul
Runs 132
vs RCB

Virender Sehwag
Runs 122
vs CSK

Paul Valthaty
Runs 120
vs CSK

Ankit Rajpoot
Stats 5/14
vs SRH

Dimitri Mascarenhas
Stats 5/25
vs PWI

Arshdeep Singh
Stats 5/32
vs RR

VSCSK

total matches 34

Matches won 17

Matches lost 16

VSDC

total matches 6

Matches won 3

Matches lost 3

VSGT

total matches 35

Matches won 13

Matches lost 21

VSKKR

total matches 6

Matches won 3

Matches lost 3

VSLSG

total matches 34

Matches won 16

Matches lost 17

VSMI

total matches 30

Matches won 12

Matches lost 17

VSRR

total matches 37

Matches won 18

Matches lost 19

VSRCB

total matches 24

Matches won 7

Matches lost 17

VSSRH

Punjab Kings Admin & Support Staff

Assistant Coach

Brad Haddin

Sports Yoga Tea...

Manoj Kumar

Fast Bowling co...

James Hopes

Asst. Strength ...

Jitender Billa

Spin Bowling Co...

Sunil Joshi

General Manager...

Ashish Tuli

overview

One of the eight founding teams of the IPL, Punjab Kings (then Kings XI Punjab), have failed to make the Playoffs for ten straight seasons since the 2014 edition, where they made their solitary appearance in the final. A pulsating chase by Kolkata Knight Riders at the Eden Gardens stole Punjab's thunder in the final as they settled for the runners-up title. The only other time the Punjab franchise made the knockouts was in the inaugural edition.

Inconsistencies in team personnel have marred PBKS over the years. While Ricky Ponting as their new head coach, the team will hope to find a way to break the rut of failing to make the top four. The team has retained only two uncapped Indian players -- Shashank Singh and Prabhsimran Singh -- ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auction. Punjab Kings will enter the auction with the largest purse of Rs 110.50 crore.

Well this has been the trend for Punjab Kings in the IPL history. They always build a solid looking team, which looks incredible on paper, but over the years, they have been their own worst enemy. The team management will have to ensure that the volcano of talent at their disposal doesn’t explode and will have to take it match-by-match as the tournament progresses.

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