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insidetrack IndiaDecember 19, 2023

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Punjab Kings Team 2024 Players L: Punjab Kings are the perennial duds of the Indian Premier League (IPL) hory. Barring a 2014 final loss and a semifinal defeat in the inaugural season, the Mohali-based franchise has never arrived at the IPL.
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Shikhar Dhawan is their 14th captain in the seventeenth year of this tournament. The inconsency is not only in captaincy; they also keep changing their coaching staff in almost every auction, and they also try to rebuild the team from scratch. They indeed manage to do it but sadly, only on paper.
Cut to the present, in the past few seasons, they have played an aggressive brand of cricket. In other words, they have taken Bazball seriously. Playing the ultra-aggressive brand of cricket has been a double-edged sword for them.
The new approach did not bring a change of fortune as they finished sixth on the points table in 2021 and 2022, followed an eighth-placed finish last year.
Here are the players Punjab Kings have snapped up in the IPL auction:
Harshal Patel – Rs 11.75 cr
Chris Woakes – Rs 4.20 cr
Trades
Punjab Kings haven’t traded any players before the 2024 IPL thus far.
Retained Players
Indian players:
Shikhar Dhawan (c), Atharva Taide, Harpreet Singh, Shivam Singh, Arshdeep Singh, Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar, Vidwath Kaverappa, Rishi Dhawan, Jitesh Sharma, Prabhsimran Singh
Overseas players:
Jonny Bairstow, Kagiso Rabada, Nathan Ellis, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, Sikandar Raza
Released Players
Indian Players:
Baltej Singh, Mohit Rathee, Raj Angad Bawa, Shahrukh Khan, Gurnoor Brar
Overseas players:
Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Matthew Short

insidetrack IndiaDecember 19, 2023

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