IPL 2021 Auction | Complete Punjab Kings (PBKS) Squad and Final list of Players
Punjab Kings (formerly known as Kings XI Punjab) finished sixth in the last IPL season. They played some exciting cricket towards the second half of the season but their run of six consecutive losses at the start of the edition made sure that it was too late before they found form. Some big budget players disappointed as well and that’s why they released them ahead of IPL 2021 Auction.
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They have made some good reinforcements now for the upcoming edition of the IPL. Here we’ll take a look at them.
Punjab Kings (PBKS) IPL 2021 Squad: Retained Players
KL Rahul, Arshdeep Singh, Chris Gayle, Darshan Nalkande, Harpreet Brar, Mandeep Singh, Mayank Agarwal, Mohd. Shami, M Ashwin, Nicholas Pooran, Sarfaraz Khan, Deepak Hooda, Ishan Porel, Ravi Bishnoi, Chris Jordan, Prabhsimran Singh
Punjab Kings (PBKS) IPL 2021 Squad: Released Players ahead of IPL 2021 Auction
Glenn Maxwell, Sheldon Cottrell, Mujeeb Zadran, Hardus Viljoen, James Neesham, Krishnappa Gowtham, Karun Nair, Jagadeesha Suchith, Tejinder Singh Dhillon
Salary cap remaining: Rs 53.2 crores
Overall slots remaining: 9
Overseas slots remaining: 5
Where Punjab Kings (PBKS) stood among all squads before IPL 2021 Auction
| VIVO IPL 2021/ Squad Size/Salary Cap/Available Slots | ||||||
| Franchise | No of Players | No of Overseas Players | Total money spent (Rs.) | Salary cap available (Rs.) | Available Slots | Overseas Slots |
| CSK | 19 | 7 | 65.1 | 19.9 | 6 | 1 |
| DC | 17 | 5 | 71.6 | 13.4 | 8 | 3 |
| KXIP | 16 | 3 | 31.8 | 53.2 | 9 | 5 |
| KKR | 17 | 6 | 74.25 | 10.75 | 8 | 2 |
| MI | 18 | 4 | 69.65 | 15.35 | 7 | 4 |
| RR | 16 | 5 | 47.15 | 37.85 | 9 | 3 |
| RCB | 14 | 5 | 49.6 | 35.4 | 11 | 3 |
| SRH | 22 | 7 | 74.25 | 10.75 | 3 | 1 |
Punjab Kings (PBKS) squad before IPL 2021 auction
KL Rahul, Arshdeep Singh, Chris Gayle, Darshan Nalkande, Harpreet Brar, Mandeep Singh, Mayank Agarwal, Mohd. Shami, M Ashwin, Nicholas Pooran, Sarfaraz Khan, Deepak Hooda, Ishan Porel, Ravi Bishnoi, Chris Jordan, Prabhsimran Singh
Punjab Kings (PBKS) IPL 2021 Auction Purchases
Dawid Malan (INR 1.5 crores), Jhye Richardson (INR 14 Crores), Shahrukh Khan (INR 5.25 Crores), Fabian Allen (INR 75 Lakhs), Jalaj Saxena (INR 30 Lakhs), Moises Henriques (INR 4.2 Crores), Riley Meredith (INR 8 cr), Saurav Kumar (INR 20 Lakhs)
Punjab Kings (PBKS) Squad for IPL 2021
KL Rahul, Arshdeep Singh, Chris Gayle, Darshan Nalkande, Harpreet Brar, Mandeep Singh, Mayank Agarwal, Mohd. Shami, M Ashwin, Nicholas Pooran, Sarfaraz Khan, Deepak Hooda, Ishan Porel, Ravi Bishnoi, Chris Jordan, Prabhsimran Singh, Dawid Malan, Jhye Richardson, Shahrukh Khan, Fabian Allen, Jalaj Saxena, Moises Henriques, Saurav Kumar