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| Owner |
Preity Zinta, Ness Wadia |
Founded |
2008 |
| CEO |
Anil Srivatsa |
Head Coach |
Tom Moody |
| President |
none |
Captian |
Kumar Sangakkara |
| Ground |
Punjab Cricket Stadium |
Icon Player |
Yuvraj Singh |
| Capacity |
61,500 |
Team Value |
US $76 million |
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Team Profile
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The Kings XI Punjab will be looking to bounce back after a disappointing time in South Africa where they missed out on a place in the semi finals because of a poorer run rate then that of the eventual champions the Deccan Chargers.
After causing a major surprise in the inaugural IPL by reaching the semi finals last years failure to qualify for the knock out stages was considered a major setback and caused Yuvraj Singh to lose the captaincy.
The Kings XI go into this months tournament full of confidence with a well balanced squad under the steady leadership of coach Tom Moody.
They will be lead by Sri Lankan skipper Kumar Sangakkara who will look to turn around the Kings XI after least season disappointing 5th place finish.
The Kings XI’s main strength is their wealth of world class batsman who will be able to support Sangakkara at the top of the order. As well as Yuvraj the Kings XI squad includes Ravi Bopara, Simon Katich, and Mahela Jayawardene.
With Sangakkara and Yuvraj opening the batting the Kings XI will be a dangerous side to face but they will need to improve their bowling attack if they are to stay in the running for a place in the semi finals.
During the previous two IPL tournaments the Kings XI bowlers have failed to live up to expatiations and were one of the main reasons why the team did so poorly in South Africa.
With a fully fit Bret Lee in their squad and expected to play 90% of the group games the Kings XI will have a dangerous opening bowler but his support cast including Sreesanth, Irfan Pathan and Piyush Chawla will all have to improve after miss firing during the last two years.
If Tom Moody can get the best out of his squad the Kings XI will once again challenge for a place in the knock out stages of the Indian Premier League but they will struggle against the better teams.
| Current Squad |
|
Name |
Age |
Posistion |
Batting |
Bowling |
|
Adrian Barath
|
19
|
Batsman |
Right-hand bat
|
Right-arm offbreak
|
|
|
Amanpreet Singh
|
20
|
Bowler |
Right-hand bat
|
Right-arm medium-fast
|
|
|
Bipul Sharma
|
26
|
Batsman |
Left-hand bat
|
Slow left-arm orthodox
|
|
|
Brett Lee
|
33
|
Bowler |
Right-hand bat
|
Right-arm fast
|
|
|
Irfan Pathan
|
25
|
All Rounder |
Left-hand bat
|
Left-arm medium-fast
|
|
|
James Hopes
|
31
|
All Rounder |
Right-hand bat
|
Right-arm medium
|
|
|
Karan Goel
|
23
|
Batsman |
Left-hand bat
|
Right-arm offbreak
|
|
|
Kumar Sangakkara
|
32
|
Wicketkeeper |
Left-hand bat
|
Right-arm offbreak
|
|
|
Love Ablish
|
27
|
Bowler |
Right-hand bat
|
Right-arm medium-fast
|
|
|
Mahela Jayawardene
|
32
|
Batsman |
Right-hand bat
|
Right-arm medium
|
|
|
Manvinder Bisla
|
25
|
Wicketkeeper |
Right-hand bat
|
Right-arm offbreak
|
|
|
Mohammad Kaik
|
29
|
Batsman |
Right-hand bat
|
Right-arm offbreak
|
|
|
Piyush Chawla
|
21
|
Bowler |
Left-hand bat
|
Legbreak
|
|
|
Ramesh Powar
|
31
|
Bowler |
Right-hand bat
|
Right-arm offbreak
|
|
|
Ravi Bopara
|
24
|
Batsman |
Right-hand bat
|
Right-arm medium
|
|
|
Reetinder Sodhi
|
29
|
All Rounder |
Right-hand bat
|
Right-arm medium
|
|
|
Shalabh Srivastava
|
28
|
Bowler |
Right-hand bat
|
Left-arm fast-medium
|
|
|
Shaun Marsh
|
26
|
Batsman |
Left-hand bat
|
Slow left-arm orthodox
|
|
|
Sreesanth
|
27
|
Bowler |
Right-hand bat
|
Right-arm fast-medium
|
|
|
Vikramjeet Malik
|
26
|
Bowler |
Right-hand bat
|
Right-arm medium
|
|
|
Yash Gandhi
|
20
|
Batsman |
Left-hand bat
|
Right-arm medium
|
|
|
Yusuf Abdulla
|
27
|
Bowler |
Left-hand bat
|
Left-arm fast-medium
|
|
|
Yuvraj Singh
|
28
|
All Rounder |
Left-hand bat
|
Slow left-arm orthodox
|
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