Punjab Kings, Formerly known as Kings XI Punjab, will feature in IPL 2023 representing Punjab Region of the country. Punjab Kings Squad is always full of thrilling and exciting players but still they are one of those sides who are yet to have their name in IPL champion list.
They are surely hoping that changing the name of their franchise will also change their fates and they will finally break the jinx of not winning an IPL trophy.
Second highest run scorer in IPL history Shikhar Dhawan is appointed as new captain of franchise and he will replace Mayank Agarwal to have Punjab first IPL title in the bag. Crop of good young local and international players also needs to step up and perform in one of the biggest T20 leagues to made their team win.
Punjab Kings Squad 2024
Shikhar Dhawan, Jitesh Sharma, Jonny Bairstow (Eng), Prabhsimran Singh, Liam Livingstone (Eng), Matthew Short (Aus), Harpreet Bhatia, Atharva Taide, Rishi Dhawan, Sam Curran (Eng), Sikandar Raza (Zim), Shivam Singh, Harpreet Brar, Arshdeep Singh, Kagiso Rabada (Saf), Nathan Ellis (Aus), Rahul Chahar, Gurnoor Brar, Vidwath Kaverappa, Harshal Patel, Chris Woakes (Eng), Ashutosh Sharma, Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Shashank Singh, Tanay Thyagarajan, Prince Choudhary, Rilee Rossouw (Saf)
Punjab Kings IPL team players list
Punjab Kings Retained Players: Shikhar Dhawan, Jonny Bairstow, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, Sikandar Raza, Matthew Short, Arshdeep Singh, Kagiso Rabada, Nathan Ellis, Prabhsimran Singh, Jitesh Sharma, Harpreet Bhatia, Atharva Taide, Rishi Dhawan, Shivam Singh, Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar, Gurnoor Brar, Vidwath Kaverappa.
Punjab Kings Released Players: Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Mohit Rathee, Baltej Dhanda, Raj Angad Bawa, Shahrukh Khan
PBKS Overseas Players: Jonny Bairstow (Eng), Liam Livingstone (Eng), Matthew Short (Aus), Sam Curran (Eng), Sikandar Raza (Zim), Kagiso Rabada (Saf), Nathan Ellis (Aus), Chris Woakes (Eng), Rilee Rossouw (Saf)
Punjab Kings Team 2024
PBKS Captain
Explosive opening batter Shikhar Dhawan named as captain of Punjab Kings for IPL 2024. He replaced Mayank Agarwal who captained the side in 14 matches in 2022 and ended season on 6th spot.
