2021 Punjab Kings season

Punjab Kings
	2021 season
Coach	Anil Kumble
Captain	KL Rahul
Ground(s)	Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium
Tournament performance	League stage (6th)
Most runs	KL Rahul (626)
Most wickets	Mohammad Shami (19)
← 2020	2022 →

The 2021 season was the 14th season for the Indian Premier League franchise Punjab Kings. They were one of the eight teams competed in the 2021 Indian Premier League.^[1] After winning only 6 matches out of 14 matches, they finished sixth in the tournament.^[2]

Background[edit | edit source]

Player retention and transfers[edit | edit source]

The Punjab Kings retained 16 players and released nine players.^[3]^[4]

Retained Players: KL Rahul, Arshdeep Singh, Chris Gayle, Darshan Nalkande, Harpreet Brar, Mandeep Singh, Mayank Agarwal, Mohammad Shami, Murugan Ashwin, Nicholas Pooran, Sarfaraz Khan, Deepak Hooda, Ishan Porel, Ravi Bishnoi, Chris Jordan, Prabhsimran Singh, Rahul Chahar

Released Players: Glenn Maxwell, Sheldon Cottrell, Mujeeb Zadran, Hardus Viljoen, James Neesham, Krishnappa Gowtham, Karun Nair, Jagadeesha Suchith, Tajinder Singh Dhillon

Added Players: Dawid Malan, Riley Meredith, Jhye Richardson, Shahrukh Khan, Jalaj Saxena, Moises Henriques, Utkarsh Singh, Fabian Allen, Saurabh Kumar

Squad[edit | edit source]

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

No.	Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Year signed	Salary	Notes
Batsmen
16	Mayank Agarwal	India	(1991-02-16)16 February 1991 (aged 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2018	₹1 crore (US$140,000)	Vice Captain
18	Mandeep Singh	India	(1991-12-18)18 December 1991 (aged 29)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2019	₹1.4 crore (US$200,000)
35	Shahrukh Khan	India	(1995-05-27)27 May 1995 (aged 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2021	₹5.25 crore (US$740,000)
44	Aiden Markram	South Africa	(1994-10-04)4 October 1994 (aged 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2021	₹1.5 crore (US$210,000)	Overseas; Replacement for Dawid Malan
97	Sarfaraz Khan	India	(1997-10-27)27 October 1997 (aged 23)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2019	₹25 lakh (US$35,000)
99	Dawid Malan	England	(1987-09-03)3 September 1987 (aged 33)	Left-handed	Right-arm leg break	2021	₹1.5 crore (US$210,000)	Overseas; Pulled out due to Bubble Fatigue
333	Chris Gayle	Jamaica	(1979-09-21)21 September 1979 (aged 41)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2018	₹2 crore (US$280,000)	Overseas; Pulled out due to Bubble Fatigue
All-rounders
6	Jalaj Saxena	India	(1986-12-15)15 December 1986 (aged 34)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2021	₹30 lakh (US$42,000)
8	Saurabh Kumar	India	(1993-05-01)1 May 1993 (aged 27)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2021	₹20 lakh (US$28,000)
21	Moises Henriques	Australia	(1987-02-01)1 February 1987 (aged 34)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast medium	2021	₹4.2 crore (US$590,000)	Overseas
38	Fabian Allen	Jamaica	(1995-05-07)7 May 1995 (aged 25)	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2021	₹75 lakh (US$110,000)	Overseas
57	Deepak Hooda	India	(1995-04-19)19 April 1995 (aged 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2020	₹50 lakh (US$70,000)
95	Harpreet Brar	India	(1995-09-16)16 September 1995 (aged 25)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2019	₹20 lakh (US$28,000)
Wicket-keepers
1	K. L. Rahul	India	(1992-04-18)18 April 1992 (aged 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2018	₹11 crore (US$1.5 million)	Captain
29	Nicholas Pooran	Trinidad and Tobago	(1995-10-02)2 October 1995 (aged 25)	Left-handed	N/A	2019	₹4.2 crore (US$590,000)	Overseas
84	Prabhsimran Singh	India	(2000-08-10)10 August 2000 (aged 20)	Right-handed	N/A	2020	₹55 lakh (US$77,000)
Bowlers
2	Arshdeep Singh	India	(1999-02-05)5 February 1999 (aged 22)	Left-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	2019	₹20 lakh (US$28,000)
4	Darshan Nalkande	India	(1998-10-04)4 October 1998 (aged 22)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2019	₹3 crore (US$420,000)
11	Mohammed Shami	India	(1990-09-03)3 September 1990 (aged 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2019	₹4.8 crore (US$670,000)
12	Riley Meredith	Australia	(1996-06-21)21 June 1996 (aged 24)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2021	₹8 crore (US$1.1 million)	Overseas; Pulled out due to Bubble Fatigue
34	Chris Jordan	England	(1988-10-04)4 October 1988 (aged 32)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2020	₹3 crore (US$420,600.00)	Overseas
55	Ishan Porel	India	(1998-09-05)5 September 1998 (aged 22)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2020	₹20 lakh (US$28,000)
56	Ravi Bishnoi	India	(2000-09-05)5 September 2000 (aged 20)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2020	₹2 crore (US$280,000)
60	Jhye Richardson	Australia	(1996-09-20)20 September 1996 (aged 24)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2021	₹14 crore (US$2.0 million)	Overseas; Pulled out due to Bubble Fatigue
72	Nathan Ellis	Australia	(1994-12-22)22 December 1994 (aged 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast medium	2021	₹20 lakh (US$28,000)	Overseas; Replacement for Riley Meredith
88	Adil Rashid	England	(1988-03-17)17 March 1988 (aged 33)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2021	₹1.5 crore (US$210,000)	Overseas; Replacement for Jhye Richardson
89	Murugan Ashwin	India	(1990-09-08)8 September 1990 (aged 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2019	₹20 lakh (US$28,000)
Source:PBKS Players

Administration and support staff[edit | edit source]

Position	Name
Owners	Mohit Burman, Ness Wadia, Priety Zinta, Karan Paul
CEO	Satish Menon
Team manager	Avinash Vaidya
Director of cricket operations and head coach	Anil Kumble
Assistant coaches	Andy Flower Bharat Arun
Batting coach	Wasim Jaffer
Bowling coach	Damien Wright
Fielding coach	Jonty Rhodes
Team physio	Andrew Leipus
Trainer	Adrian Le Roux
Team doctor	Dr Srinand Srinivas
Source:PBKS Staff

Kit manufacturers and sponsors[edit | edit source]

Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor (Front)	Shirt sponsor (back)	Chest Branding
T10 Sports	EbixCash	BKT	Lotus Herbals
Source : punjabkingsipl.in

T20 uniform

Teams and standings[edit | edit source]

Results by match[edit | edit source]

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	NRR
1	Royal Challengers Bangalore	3	3	0	6	0.750
2	Delhi Capitals	4	3	1	6	0.426
3	Chennai Super Kings	3	2	1	4	1.194
4	Mumbai Indians	4	2	2	4	0.187
5	Kolkata Knight Riders	3	1	2	2	−0.633
6	Rajasthan Royals	3	1	2	2	−0.719
7	Punjab Kings	3	1	2	2	−0.967
8	Sunrisers Hyderabad	3	0	3	0	−0.483

Updated to match(es) played on 20 April 2021. Source: IPLT20.com

The four top-ranked teams qualify for the playoffs
advance to Qualifier 1
advance to the Eliminator

League stage[edit | edit source]

The full schedule was published on the IPL website on 7 March 2021.^[5]

Matches[edit | edit source]

Statistics[edit | edit source]

Most runs[edit | edit source]

No.	Name	Match	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave.	BF	SR	50s	0	4s	6s
1	KL Rahul	13	13	2	626	98*	62.60	276	178.34	6	0	48	30
2	Mayank Agarwal	12	12	1	441	99*	40.09	227	140.44	4	1	42	18
3	Chris Gayle	8	8	1	178	46	25.42	133	133.83	0	0	20	8
4	Deepak Hooda	9	8	1	116	64	16.57	83	139.75	1	0	7	8
5	Shahrukh Khan	8	7	2	107	47	21.40	84	127.38	0	0	7	6
6	Nicholas Pooran	8	7	0	60	32	8.57	55	109.09	0	0	3	3

Source: ESPNcricinfo^[6]

Most wickets[edit | edit source]

No.	Name	Match	Inns	Overs	Runs	Maidens	Wickets	BBI	Ave.	Econ.	SR	5W
1	Mohammad Shami	14	14	22.2	0	182	19	5/32	15.16	8.14	11.16	1
2	Arshdeep Singh	9	9	32.4	0	255	18	3/21	23.18	7.80	17.81	0
3	Harpreet Brar	3	3	10.0	1	55	5	3/19	24.2	5.50	12.0	0
4	Ravi Bishnoi	4	4	16.0	0	99	4	2/17	24.75	6.18	24.0	0
5	Riley Meredith	5	5	17.0	0	169	4	1/29	42.25	9.94	25.5	0
6	Jhye Richardson	3	3	11.0	0	117	3	2/41	39.00	10.63	22.0	0

Source: ESPNcricinfo^[7]

Player of the match awards[edit | edit source]

No.	Date	Player	Opponent	Result	Contribution	Ref.
1	23 April 2021	KL Rahul	Mumbai Indians	Won by 9 wickets	60* (52)	^[8]
2	30 April 2021	Harpreet Brar	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Won by 34 runs	25* (17) and 3/19 (4 overs)	^[9]
3	2 May 2021	Mayank Agarwal	Delhi Capitals	Lost by 7 wickets	99* (58)	^[10]
4	1 October 2021	KL Rahul	Kolkata Knight Riders	Won by 5 wickets	67 (55)	^[11]
5	7 October 2021	KL Rahul	Chennai Super Kings	Won by 6 wickets	98* (42) and 2 catches	^[12]

References[edit | edit source]

↑ "IPL 2021 Auction: VIVO Remains The Title Sponsor As BCCI Releases The Player Auction List". Yahoo! Cricket. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
↑ "Rampant KKR edge closer to playoffs with clinical win". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
↑ "IPL 2021 PLAYER RETENTIONS LIST". IPLt20. 20 January 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
↑ "IPL 2022: 3 teams that are dark horses to win this IPL". 17 March 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
↑ "IPL schedule". Retrieved 7 March 2021.
↑ "PBKS Most runs in IPL 2021". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
↑ "PBKS Most wickets in IPL 2021". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
↑ "Rahul, Gayle drag Punjab Kings to victory after bowlers strangle Mumbai Indians". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
↑ "Harpreet Brar the hero after KL Rahul's 91* as Punjab Kings move up". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
↑ "Rabada, Dhawan take Delhi Capitals to the top". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
↑ "KL Rahul, bowlers lift Punjab Kings to fifth spot". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
↑ "KL Rahul smashes six-studded 98* to keep Punjab Kings' dreams alive (just about)". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 October 2021.

[1] "IPL 2021 Auction: VIVO Remains The Title Sponsor As BCCI Releases The Player Auction List". Yahoo! Cricket. Retrieved 12 February 2021.

[2] "Rampant KKR edge closer to playoffs with clinical win". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 7 October 2021.

[3] "IPL 2021 PLAYER RETENTIONS LIST". IPLt20. 20 January 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2021.

[4] "IPL 2022: 3 teams that are dark horses to win this IPL". 17 March 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2022.

[5] "IPL schedule". Retrieved 7 March 2021.

[6] "PBKS Most runs in IPL 2021". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 September 2021.

[7] "PBKS Most wickets in IPL 2021". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 September 2021.

[8] "Rahul, Gayle drag Punjab Kings to victory after bowlers strangle Mumbai Indians". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 April 2021.

[9] "Harpreet Brar the hero after KL Rahul's 91* as Punjab Kings move up". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 April 2021.

[10] "Rabada, Dhawan take Delhi Capitals to the top". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 May 2021.

[11] "KL Rahul, bowlers lift Punjab Kings to fifth spot". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 October 2021.

[12] "KL Rahul smashes six-studded 98* to keep Punjab Kings' dreams alive (just about)". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 October 2021.

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v t e 2021 Indian Premier League
Stages	Group Stage Playoffs Final
Teams	Chennai Super kings Delhi Capitals Kolkata Knight Riders Mumbai Indians Punjab Kings Rajasthan Royals Royal Challengers Bangalore Sunrises Hyderabad
General information	Auction Points Table

v t e Punjab Kings
Lists	Players List of Punjab Kings records
Home ground	PCA Stadium, Mohali HPCA Stadium, Dharamsala Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore
Captains	Yuvraj Singh (2008) Kumar Sangakkara (2009) Mahela Jayawardene (2010) Adam Gilchrist (2011–2012) David Hussey (2013) George Bailey (2014–2015) David Miller (2016) Murali Vijay (2016) Glenn Maxwell (2017) Ravichandran Ashwin (2018–2019) K. L. Rahul (2020–present)
Coaches	Tom Moody (2008-2010) Michael Bevan (2011) Adam Gilchrist (2012) Darren Lehmann (2013) Sanjay Bangar (2014–2016) Virender Sehwag (2017) Brad Hodge (2018) Mike Hesson (2019) Anil Kumble (2020–present)
Seasons	2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021