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.
Check Punjab Kings Schedule for 2022 edition here
Punjab Kings Squad 2023
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 Players List 2023
| Player name | Role | Batting style | Bowling style |
| Shivam Singh | All-Rounder | Right Handed | Right Arm Off Break |
| Mohit Rathee | All-Rounder | Right Handed | Leg Break |
| Vidwath Kaverappa | Bowler | Right Handed | Right Arm fast Medium |
| Harpreet Bhatia | batter | Left Handed | Right Arm Medium |
| Sikandar Raza | All-Rounder | Right Handed | Right Arm Off Break |
| Sam Curran | All-Rounder | Left Handed | Left Arm Medium fast |
| Shikhar Dhawan | batter | Left Handed | Right Arm Off Break |
| Shahrukh Khan | batter | Right Handed | Right Arm Off Break |
| Jonny Bairstow | Wicket-Keeper | Right Handed | |
| Prabhsimran Singh | Wicket-Keeper | Right Handed | |
| Bhanuka Rajapaksa | batter | Left Handed | Right Arm Medium |
| Jitesh ShArma | Wicket-Keeper | Right Handed | |
| Raj Bawa | All-Rounder | Left Handed | Right Arm Medium fast |
| Rishi Dhawan | All-Rounder | Right Handed | Right Arm Medium fast |
| Liam Livingstone | batter | Right Handed | Leg Break |
| Atharva Taide | All-Rounder | Left Handed | Slow Left Arm orthodox |
| Arshdeep Singh | Bowler | Left Handed | Left Arm Medium fast |
| Baltej Singh | Bowler | Right Handed | Right Arm Medium |
| Nathan Ellis | Bowler | Right Handed | Right Arm fast Medium |
| Kagiso Rabada | Bowler | Left Handed | Right Arm fast |
| Rahul Chahar | Bowler | Right Handed | Leg Break googly |
| Harpreet Brar | Bowler | Left Handed | Slow Left Arm orthodox |
Check Punjab Kings IPL record against other teams here
Punjab Kings Auction IPL 2023
Punjab Kings all players
- Shikhar Dhawan, S
- hahrukh Khan,
- Rahul Chahar,
- Arshdeep Singh,
- Harpreet Brar,
- Raj Angad Bawa,
- Prabhsimran Singh,
- Rishi Dhawan,
- Jitesh Sharma,
- Baltej Singh Dhanda,
- Atharva Taide,
- Liam Livingstone*,
- Kagiso Rabada*,
- Jonny Bairstow*,
- Nathan Ellis*,
- Bhanuka Rajapakse*
Punjab Kings Released Players
Released Players of Punjab Kings
- Mayank Agarwal,
- Odean Smith*,
- Vaibhav Arora,
- Benny Howell*,
- Ishan Porel,
- Ansh Patel,
- Prerak Mankad,
- Sandeep Sharma,
- Writtick Chatterjee
Punjab Kings Retained Players IPL 2023
PKBS only retained players for IPL 2023 squad is listed below:
Punjab Kings Retained Players List:
- Shikhar Dhawan,
- hahrukh Khan,
- Rahul Chahar,
- Arshdeep Singh,
- Harpreet Brar,
- Raj Angad Bawa,
- Prabhsimran Singh,
- Rishi Dhawan,
- Jitesh Sharma,
- Baltej Singh Dhanda,
- Atharva Taide,
- Liam Livingstone*,
- Kagiso Rabada*,
- Jonny Bairstow*,
- Nathan Ellis*,
- Bhanuka Rajapakse*
Punjab Kings New Players
Punjab Kings New Players List
Punjab Kings Overseas Players
PKBS Overseas Players List
- Liam Livingstone*,
- Kagiso Rabada*,
- Jonny Bairstow*,
- Nathan Ellis*,
- Bhanuka Rajapakse*
Punjab Kings Team 2023
PKBS Captain
Explosive opening batter Shikhar Dhawan named as captain of Punjab Kings for IPL 2023. He replaced Mayank Agarwal who captained the side in 14 matches last year and ended season on 6th spot.
PKBS Batsmen
Punjab Kings Batsmen List
Will be updated later.
PKBS Bowlers
Punjab Kings Bowlers list
Will be updated later.
PKBS All Rounders
Punjab Kings All Rounders List
Will be updated later.
PKBS Wicket Keepers
- Jonny Bairstow
- Jitesh Sharma
PKBS Captains
Over the years there have been 12 different captains of Punjab Kings. Some of the all time greats like, Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara, Yuvraj Singh and Adam Gilchrist have led Punjab Kings, although none of them have reached the podium in the past to win the IPL trophy.
| Player | Span | Mat | Won | Lost | Tied | NR | % |
| Yuvraj Singh | 2008-2009 | 29 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 58.62 |
| KC Sangakkara | 2010-2010 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 26.92 |
| DPMD Jayawardene | 2010-2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| AC Gilchrist | 2011-2013 | 34 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| DJ Hussey | 2012-2013 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| GJ Bailey | 2014-2015 | 35 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 51.42 |
| V Sehwag | 2015-2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50 |
| DA Miller | 2016-2016 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16.66 |
| M Vijay | 2016-2016 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 37.5 |
| GJ Maxwell | 2017-2017 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| R Ashwin | 2018-2019 | 28 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 42.85 |
| KL Rahul | 2020-2021 | 27 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 44.44 |
| MA Agarwal | 2021-2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
