Kings XI Punjab is a cricket team in the Indian Premier League, based in Mohali. The former hard-hitting batsman of Australian cricket team, Adam Gilchrist, is the captain of Kings XI Punjab, while Michael Bevan, the former Australian batsman is the coach.
The owner of Kings XI Punjab is a group which includes Bollywood actress Preity Zinta, Ness Wadia (Bombay Dyeing), Karan Paul (Apeejay Surendera Group) and Mohit Burman (Dabur).The group acquired the franchise rights for $76 millions. Their brand ambassador was Daler Maehndi.Kings XI Punjab’s performance in 2010 IPL Season was disastrous
[edit]2008 IPL Season
[edit]Performance
In 2008 , their start was not good with the team losing their first two games. How ever , the team did not lose its spirits and the team won 9 of its next 10 matches, clinching a birth in the semi-final. In the semi-final, their run in the tournament came to an end with a comprehensive 9 wicket loss to the Chennai Super Kings.
Shaun Marsh finished the tournament the highest run scorer with an average of 68.44 and a strike rate of 139.68 in 11 innings. His innings included 1 century and 5 half-centuries.
2009 season
In 2008 , Kings XI Punjab finished as semi-finalist . With two available slots to fill The Punjab Kings made bids on Jerome Taylor and Yusuf Abdulla at the second IPL auctions.The team took a hit as most of their Australian cricketers were not available. The team's pace department did not have much fire in them after Jerome Taylor backed out at the last minute with a fresh injury.
They had a very bad start losing to the Delhi Daredevils and the Kolkata Knight Riders, however got back to form by beating the Royal Challengers, Rajasthan Royals and the Mumbai Indians. Then the team witnessed a roller-coaster ride in their next eight matches with 4 wins and 4 losses. The team's semi-final hopes were crushed after losing to the Chennai Super Kings in their last match.
[edit]2010 season
In the 2010 season , Kings XI Punjab have to lose to Kolkata Knight Riders, Delhi Daredevils, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Deccan Chargers, Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians but somehow 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 Mumbai Indians. Despite of his good performance, which included a half century, the team lost the match.Unfortunately , they ended up the season in last place.
Current team :
Owner | Prity Zinta & Others | |
Captain | David Hussey | |
Name of Player | Auction Price | Original Country |
David Hussey (Captain) | Rs. 5.52 Crore ($ 1,400,000) | Australia |
Piyush Chawla | Rs. 4.09 Crore ($ 900,000) | India |
Dinesh Karthik | Rs. 4.09 Crore ($ 900,000) | India |
Adam Gilchrist | Rs. 4.09 Crore ($ 900,000) | Australia |
Praveen Kumar | Rs. 3.65 Crore ($ 800,000) | India |
Abhishek Nayar | Rs. 3.65 Crore ($ 800,000) | India |
Stuart Broad | Rs. 1.82 Crore ($ 400,000) | England |
Shaun Marsh | Rs. 1.82 Crore ($ 400,000) | Australia |
Ryan Harris | Rs. 1.47 Crore ( $325,000) | Australia |
Dimitri Mascarenhas | N/A | England |
Nathan Rimmington | Rs. 9 Lakh ($ 20,000) | Australia |
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