Punjab Kings, as usual, are on a stint to overhaul and make some significant changes to their setup. The franchise have already changed their captain after releasing Mayank Agarwal and appointing Shikhar Dhawan as the new leader.
IPL 2023 Auction: LIVE UPDATES | Players sold/unsold
The Kings also acquired the services of a new head coach in Trevor Bayliss after Anil Kumble’s contract was not renewed.
IPL 2023 Complete squads: GT | SRH | RR | MI | PBKS | CSK | RCB | KKR | LSG | DC
Punjab Kings went to the auction with a purse of ₹ 32.2 crore and had quite a bit of shopping to do. The franchise had vacancies for 6 Indian and 3 overseas players.
Punjab Kings at IPL 2023 auction:
Sam Curran – ₹ 18.5 crore
Sikandar Raza – ₹ 50 lakh
Harpreet Singh Bhatia – ₹ 40 lakh
Mohit Rathee – ₹ 20 lakh
Shivam Singh – ₹ 20 lakh
Purse left: ₹ 12.20 crore
Punjab Kings squad
Wicketkeepers: Jonny Bairstow, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Jitesh Sharma
Batters: Shikhar Dhawan (capt), Shahrukh Khan, Prabhsimran Singh, Harpreet Singh Bhatia
All-rounders: Raj Bawa, Liam Livingstone, Atharva Taide, Sam Curran, Sikandar Raza, Mohit Rathee, Shivam Singh
Bowlers: Rishi Dhawan, Arshdeep Singh, Baltej Singh, Nathan Ellis, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Harpreet Brar
Punjab Kings Released players: Mayank Agarwal, Odean Smith, Vaibhav Arora, Benny Howell, Ishan Porel, Ansh Patel, Prerak Mankad, Sandeep Sharma, Writtick Chatterjee
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