Punjab Kings in 2021

Punjab Kings
	2021 season
Coach	Anil Kumble
Captain	KL Rahul
Ground(s)	Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium
← 2020

The 2021 season will be the 14th season for the Indian Premier League franchise Punjab Kings. They will be one of the eight teams to compete in the 2021 Indian Premier League.^[1]

Background[edit]

Player retention and transfers[edit]

The Punjab Kings retained 16 players and released nine players.^[2]

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

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]

Players with international caps are listed in bold.
* denotes a player who is currently unavailable for selection.
* denotes a player who is unavailable for rest of the season.

No.	Name	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Signed year	Salary	Notes
Batsmen
333	Chris Gayle	(1979-09-21) 21 September 1979 (age 45)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2018	₹2 crore (US$230,000)	Overseas
99	Dawid Malan	(1987-09-03) 3 September 1987 (age 37)	Left-handed	Right-arm leg break	2021	₹1.5 crore (US$170,000)	Overseas
16	Mayank Agarwal	(1991-02-16) 16 February 1991 (age 34)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2018	₹1 crore (US$110,000)
18	Mandeep Singh	(1991-12-18) 18 December 1991 (age 33)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2019	₹1.4 crore (US$160,000)
97	Sarfaraz Khan	(1997-10-27) 27 October 1997 (age 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2019	₹25 lakh (US$29,000)
All-rounders
6	Jalaj Saxena	(1986-12-15) 15 December 1986 (age 38)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2021	₹30 lakh (US$34,000)
21	Moises Henriques	(1987-02-01) 1 February 1987 (age 38)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast medium	2021	₹4.2 crore (US$480,000)	Overseas
8	Saurabh Kumar	(1993-05-01) 1 May 1993 (age 31)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2021	₹20 lakh (US$23,000)
57	Deepak Hooda	(1995-04-19) 19 April 1995 (age 29)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2020	₹50 lakh (US$57,000)
38	Fabian Allen	(1995-05-07) 7 May 1995 (age 29)	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2021	₹75 lakh (US$86,000)	Overseas
35	Shahrukh Khan	(1995-05-27) 27 May 1995 (age 29)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2021	₹5.25 crore (US$600,000)
95	Harpreet Brar	(1995-09-16) 16 September 1995 (age 29)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2019	₹20 lakh (US$23,000)
60	Jhye Richardson	(1996-09-20) 20 September 1996 (age 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2021	₹14 crore (US$1.6 million)	Overseas
Wicket-keepers
1	K. L. Rahul	(1992-04-18) 18 April 1992 (age 32)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2018	₹11 crore (US$1.3 million)	Captain
29	Nicholas Pooran	(1995-10-02) 2 October 1995 (age 29)	Left-handed	N/A	2019	₹4.2 crore (US$480,000)	Overseas
84	Prabhsimran Singh	(2000-08-10) 10 August 2000 (age 24)	Right-handed	N/A	2020	₹55 lakh (US$63,000)
Bowlers
89	Murugan Ashwin	(1990-09-08) 8 September 1990 (age 34)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2019	₹20 lakh (US$23,000)
56	Ravi Bishnoi	(2000-09-05) 5 September 2000 (age 24)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2020	₹2 crore (US$230,000)
34	Chris Jordan	(1988-10-04) 4 October 1988 (age 36)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2020	₹3 crore (US$344,584.40)	Overseas
11	Mohammed Shami	(1990-09-03) 3 September 1990 (age 34)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2019	₹4.8 crore (US$550,000)
72	Nathan Ellis	(1994-12-22) 22 December 1994 (age 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast medium	2021	₹20 lakh (US$23,000)	Overseas
12	Riley Meredith	(1996-06-21) 21 June 1996 (age 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2021	₹8 crore (US$920,000)	Overseas
55	Ishan Porel	(1998-09-05) 5 September 1998 (age 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2020	₹20 lakh (US$23,000)
4	Darshan Nalkande	(1998-10-04) 4 October 1998 (age 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2019	₹3 crore (US$340,000)
2	Arshdeep Singh	(1999-02-05) 5 February 1999 (age 26)	Left-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	2019	₹20 lakh (US$23,000)
	Adil Rashid	(1988-03-17) 17 March 1988 (age 36)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2021	₹1.5 crore (US$170,000)	Overseas
Source:PBKS Players

Administration and support staff[edit]

Position	Name
Owner	Mohit Burman, Ness Wadia, Priety Zinta, Karan Paul
CEO	Satish Menon
Team manager	Avinash Vaidya
Brand ambassador	Priety Zinta
Director of cricket operations and head coach	Anil Kumble
Assistant coach	Andy Flower
Mentor	Chris Gayle
Batting coach	Wasim Jaffer
Bowling coach	Damien Wright
Fielding coach	Jonty Rhodes
Team physio	Andrew Leipus
Assistant physiotherapist	Abhijit Kar
Trainer	Adrian Le Roux
Assistant trainer	Prabhakar B
Massuer	Naresh Kumar
R&D Consultant	Sankar Rajgopal
Nutritionist
Team doctor	Dr Srinand Srinivas
Psychologist
Yoga instructor
Source:PBKS Staff

Kit manufacturers and sponsors[edit]

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

T20 uniform

Teams and standings[edit]

Results by match[edit]

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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]

The full schedule was published on the IPL website on 7 March 2021.^[3]

Matches[edit]

12 April 2021
19:30
Scorecard

Punjab Kings 221/6 (20 overs)	v	Rajasthan Royals 217/7 (20 overs)
KL Rahul 91 (50) Chetan Sakariya 3/31 (4 overs)		Sanju Samson 119 (63) Arshdeep Singh 3/35 (4 overs)

Punjab Kings won by 4 runs
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Sundaram Ravi (Ind)
Player of the match: Sanju Samson (Rajasthan Royals)

Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.

16 April 2021
19:30
Scorecard

Punjab Kings 106/8 (20 overs)	v	Chennai Super Kings 107/4 (15.4 overs)
Shahrukh Khan 47 (36) Deepak Chahar 4/13 (4 overs)		Moeen Ali 46 (31) Mohammed Shami 2/21 (4 overs)

Chennai Super Kings won by 6 wickets
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Anil Dandekar (Ind)
Player of the match: Deepak Chahar (Chennai Super Kings)

Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.

18 April 2021
19:30
Scorecard

Punjab Kings 195/4 (20 overs)	v	Delhi Capitals 198/4 (18.2 overs)
Mayank Agarwal 69 (36) Lukman Meriwala 1/32 (3 overs)		Shikhar Dhawan 92 (49) Jhye Richardson 2/41 (4 overs)

Delhi Capitals won by 6 wickets
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Paul Reiffel (Aus)
Player of the match: Shikhar Dhawan (Delhi Capitals)

Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.

21 April 2021
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard

Punjab Kings 120 (19.4 overs)	v	Sunrisers Hyderabad
Shahrukh Khan 22 (17) Khaleel Ahmed 3/21 (4 overs)

Innings break
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Umpires: Nitin Menon (Ind) and Krishnamachari Srinivasan (Ind)

Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to bat.

23 April 2021
19:30
Scorecard

Punjab Kings	v	Mumbai Indians

M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Umpires: Nitin Menon (Ind) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind)

26 April 2021
19:30
Scorecard

Punjab Kings	v	Kolkata Knight Riders

Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
Umpires: Paul Reiffel (Aus) and Yeshwant Barde (Ind)

30 April 2021
19:30
Scorecard

Punjab Kings	v	Royal Challengers Bangalore

Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
Umpires: Sundaram Ravi (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind)

2 May 2021
19:30
Scorecard

Punjab Kings	v	Delhi Capitals

Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Paul Reiffel (Aus)

6 May 2021
19:30
Scorecard

Royal Challengers Bangalore	v	Punjab Kings

Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
Umpires: Bruce Oxenford (Aus) and Virender Sharma (Ind)

9 May 2021
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard

Chennai Super Kings	v	Punjab Kings

M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (Ind) and Bruce Oxenford (Aus)

13 May 2021
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard

Mumbai Indians	v	Punjab Kings

M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

15 May 2021
19:30
Scorecard

Kolkata Knight Riders	v	Punjab Kings

M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

19 May 2021
19:30
Scorecard

Sunrisers Hyderabad	v	Punjab Kings

M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

22 May 2021
19:30
Scorecard

Punjab Kings	v	Rajasthan Royals

M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

Statistics[edit]

Most runs[edit]

No.	Name	Match	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave.	BF	SR	50s	4s	6s
1	KL Rahul	7	7	2	331	91*	66.20	243	136.21	4	27	16
2	Mayank Agarwal	7	7	1	260	99*	43.33	184	141.30	2	24	11
3	Chris Gayle	8	8	1	178	46	25.42	133	133.83	0	20	8
4	Deepak Hooda	8	7	1	116	64	19.33	81	143.20	1	7	8
5	Shahrukh Khan	8	7	2	107	47	21.40	84	127.38	0	7	6

Last updated: 2 May 2021
Source: ESPN Cricinfo^[4]

Most wickets[edit]

No.	Name	Match	Inns	Overs	Runs	Maiden	Wickets	BBI	Ave.	Econ.	SR
1	Mohammad Shami	8	8	28.4	0	234	8	2/21	29.25	8.16	21.5
2	Arshdeep Singh	6	6	18.2	0	150	7	3/35	21.42	8.18	15.7
3	Harpreet Brar	2	2	7.0	1	38	4	3/19	9.50	5.42	10.5
4	Ravi Bishnoi	4	4	16.0	0	99	4	2/17	24.75	6.18	24.0
5	Riley Meredith	5	5	17.0	0	169	4	1/29	42.25	9.94	25.5

Last updated: 2 May 2021
Source: ESPN Cricinfo^[5]

Awards and achievements[edit]

Man of the Match

No.	Date	Player	Opponent	Result	Contribution	Ref.
1	23 April 2021	KL Rahul	Mumbai Indians	Won by 9 wickets	60* (52)	^[6]
2	30 April 2021	Harpreet Brar	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Won by 34 runs	25* (17) and 3/19 (4 overs)	^[7]
3	2 May 2021	Mayank Agarwal	Punjab Kings	Lost by 7 wickets	99* (58)	^[8]

References[edit]

↑ "IPL 2021 Auction: VIVO Remains The Title Sponsor As BCCI Releases The Player Auction List". Yahoo! Cricket. Retrieved 12 February 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
↑ "IPL 2021 PLAYER RETENTIONS LIST". IPLt20. 20 January 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
↑ "IPL schedule". Retrieved 7 March 2021.
↑ "PBKS Most runs in IPL 2021". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
↑ "PBKS Most wickets in IPL 2021". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
↑ "Rahul, Gayle drag Punjab Kings to victory after bowlers strangle Mumbai Indians". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
↑ "Harpreet Brar the hero after KL Rahul's 91* as Punjab Kings move up". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
↑ "Rabada, Dhawan take Delhi Capitals to the top". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 May 2021.

[1] "IPL 2021 Auction: VIVO Remains The Title Sponsor As BCCI Releases The Player Auction List". Yahoo! Cricket. Retrieved 12 February 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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

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

[4] "PBKS Most runs in IPL 2021". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 May 2021.

[5] "PBKS Most wickets in IPL 2021". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 May 2021.

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

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

[8] "Rabada, Dhawan take Delhi Capitals to the top". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 May 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