2016 Kings XI Punjab season

Kings XI Punjab
	2016 season
Coach	Sanjay Bangar
Captain	David Miller, ; Murali Vijay
Ground(s)	PCA Stadium, Mohali
IPL	8th
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Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) 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 2016 Indian Premier League.

Squad

Players with international caps before the start of 2016 IPL are listed in bold.^[2]

No.	Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Year signed	Salary	Notes
Batsmen
1	Hashim Amla	South Africa	(1983-03-31)31 March 1983 (aged 33)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2014	₹1 crore (US$150,000)	Overseas
8	Murali Vijay	India	(1984-04-01)1 April 1984 (aged 32)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2015	₹3 crore (US$450,000)	Captain
9	Shaun Marsh^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Australia	(1983-07-09)9 July 1983 (aged 32)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2014	₹2.2 crore (US$330,000)	Overseas
10	David Miller	South Africa	(1989-06-10)10 June 1989 (aged 26)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2014	₹5 crore (US$740,000)	Overseas
16	Nikhil Naik	India	(1994-11-09)9 November 1994 (aged 21)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2015	₹30 lakh (US$45,000)	Occasional wicket-keeper
29	Gurkeerat Singh	India	(1990-06-29)29 June 1990 (aged 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2014	₹1.3 crore (US$190,000)	Occasional wicket-keeper
36	Manan Vohra	India	(1993-07-18)18 July 1993 (aged 22)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2014	₹35 lakh (US$52,000)
	Armaan Jaffer	India	(1998-10-25)25 October 1998 (aged 17)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2016	₹10 lakh (US$15,000)
All-rounders
17	Marcus Stoinis	Australia	(1988-09-18)18 September 1988 (aged 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2016	₹55 lakh (US$82,000)	Overseas
19	Rishi Dhawan	India	(1990-02-19)19 February 1990 (aged 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2014	₹3 crore (US$450,000)
20	Axar Patel	India	(1994-01-20)20 January 1994 (aged 22)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2014	₹75 lakh (US$112,000)
28	Farhaan Behardien	South Africa	(1983-10-09)9 October 1983 (aged 32)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2016	₹30 lakh (US$45,000)	Overseas
32	Glenn Maxwell	Australia	(1988-10-14)14 October 1988 (aged 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2014	₹6 crore (US$890,000)	Overseas
Wicket-keepers
6	Wriddhiman Saha	India	(1984-10-24)24 October 1984 (aged 31)	Right-handed		2014	₹2.2 crore (US$330,000)
Bowlers
5	Anureet Singh	India	(1988-03-02)2 March 1988 (aged 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2014	₹20 lakh (US$30,000)
14	Swapnil Singh	India	(1991-01-22)22 January 1991 (aged 25)	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2016	₹10 lakh (US$15,000)
18	Mohit Sharma	India	(1988-09-18)18 September 1988 (aged 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2016	₹6.5 crore (US$970,000)
21	Pardeep Sahu	India	(1985-08-21)21 August 1985 (aged 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break googly	2016	₹10 lakh (US$15,000)
25	Mitchell Johnson	Australia	(1981-11-02)2 November 1981 (aged 34)	Left-handed	Left-arm fast	2014	₹6.5 crore (US$970,000)	Overseas
28	Shardul Thakur	India	(1991-10-16)16 October 1991 (aged 24)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2014	₹20 lakh (US$30,000)
66	Sandeep Sharma	India	(1993-05-18)18 May 1993 (aged 22)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2014	₹85 lakh (US$126,000)
87	Kyle Abbott	South Africa	(1987-06-18)18 June 1987 (aged 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2016	₹2.1 crore (US$310,000)	Overseas
94	KC Cariappa	India	(1994-04-13)13 April 1994 (aged 21)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2016	₹80 lakh (US$119,000)

↑ ruled out of the season with an injury

Season standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	NRR
1	Gujarat Lions (3)	14	9	5	18	−0.374
2	Royal Challengers Bangalore (RU)	14	8	6	16	0.932
3	Sunrisers Hyderabad (C)	14	8	6	16	0.245
4	Kolkata Knight Riders (4)	14	8	6	16	0.106
5	Mumbai Indians	14	7	7	14	−0.146
6	Delhi Daredevils	14	7	7	14	−0.155
7	Rising Pune Supergiants	14	5	9	10	0.015
8	Kings XI Punjab	14	4	10	8	−0.646

Source: ^[3]

The four top ranked teams qualified for the playoffs
advanced to Qualifier 1
advanced to the Eliminator

Match log

No.	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorecard
1	April 11, 2016	Gujarat Lions	Mohali	Lost by 5 wickets	Scorecard
2	April 15, 2016	Delhi Daredevils	Delhi	Lost by 8 wickets	Scorecard
3	April 17, 2016	Rising Pune Supergiants	Mohali	Won by 6 wickets	Scorecard
4	April 19, 2016	Kolkata Knight Riders	Mohali	Lost by 6 wickets	Scorecard
5	April 23, 2016	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Hyderabad	Lost by 5 wickets	Scorecard
6	April 25, 2016	Mumbai Indians	Mohali	Lost by 25 runs	Scorecard
7	May 1, 2016	Gujarat Lions	Rajkot	Won by 23 runs	Scorecard
8	May 4, 2016	Kolkata Knight Riders	Kolkata	Lost by 7 runs	Scorecard
9	May 7, 2016	Delhi Daredevils	Mohali	Won by 9 runs	Scorecard
10	May 9, 2016	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Mohali	Lost by 1 run	Scorecard
11	May 13, 2016	Mumbai Indians	Visakhapatnam	Won by 7 wickets	Scorecard
12	May 15, 2016	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Mohali	Lost by 7 wickets	Scorecard
13	May 18, 2016	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Bengaluru	Lost by 82 runs	Scorecard
14	May 21, 2016	Rising Pune Supergiants	Visakhapatnam	Lost by 4 wickets	Scorecard
Overall record: 4–10. Failed to advance.

References

↑ "M Vijay replaces David Miller as Kings XI Punjab captain for rest of IPL 2016". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 April 2026.
↑ "Kings XI Indian Premier League 2016 Squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 April 2026.
↑ "2016 IPL Points table". ESPN Sports Media. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 May 2016.

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[3] ruled out of the season with an injury

[1] "M Vijay replaces David Miller as Kings XI Punjab captain for rest of IPL 2016". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 April 2026.

[2] "Kings XI Indian Premier League 2016 Squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 April 2026.

[ipl16points-4] "2016 IPL Points table". ESPN Sports Media. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 May 2016.

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