2025 Punjab Kings season

Punjab Kings
2025 season
CoachRicky Ponting
Ground(s)
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2025 Indian Premier League Teams

The 2025 season season will be the 18th season for the Punjab Kings franchise. They will be one of the ten teams competing in the 2025 Indian Premier League.[1][2]

Background

Ahead of the IPL 2025 season, Ricky Ponting replaces Trevor Bayliss as head coach, and James Hopes takes over from Charl Langeveldt as fast bowling coach. Sanjay Bangar, who was the Director of Cricket Development, is no longer part of the coaching staff.[3][4]

Punjab Kings entered the IPL 2025 Mega Auction with a purse of INR 112 crore, setting the highest-ever purse in IPL history for any team.[5] During the auction, the record for the most expensive player in IPL history was broken twice. Shreyas Iyer was sold to Punjab Kings for INR 26.75 crore, surpassing the previous record held by Mitchell Starc at INR 24.75 crore. This record was then surpassed by Rishabh Pant, who was sold to the Lucknow Super Giants at ₹27 crore (US$3.2 million)[6][7]

Current squad

  • 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 Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Year signed Salary Notes
Batters
Shreyas Iyer  India (1994-12-06) 6 December 1994 (age 30) Right-handed Right-arm leg break ₹26.75 crore (US$3.1 million) Captain
Pyla Avinash  India (2000-07-07) 7 July 2000 (age 24) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast ₹30 lakh (US$35,000)
Nehal Wadhera  India (2000-09-04) 4 September 2000 (age 24) Left-handed Right-arm leg break ₹4.2 crore (US$490,000)
Priyansh Arya  India (2001-01-18) 18 January 2001 (age 23) Left-handed Right-arm off break ₹3.8 crore (US$440,000)
Harnoor Singh  India (2003-01-30) 30 January 2003 (age 21) Left-handed Right-arm leg break ₹30 lakh (US$35,000)
Musheer Khan  India (2005-02-27) 27 February 2005 (age 19) Right-handed Left-arm orthodox ₹30 lakh (US$35,000)
Wicket-keepers
Vishnu Vinod  India (1993-12-02) 2 December 1993 (age 31) Right-handed ₹95 lakh (US$110,000)
Josh Inglis  Australia (1995-03-04) 4 March 1995 (age 29) Right-handed Right-arm off break ₹2.6 crore (US$300,000) Overseas
Prabhsimran Singh  India (2000-08-10) 10 August 2000 (age 24) Right-handed ₹4 crore (US$470,000)
All-rounders
Glenn Maxwell  Australia (1988-10-14) 14 October 1988 (age 36) Right-handed Right-arm off break ₹4.2 crore (US$490,000) Overseas
Marcus Stoinis  Australia (1989-08-16) 16 August 1989 (age 35) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast ₹11 crore (US$1.3 million) Overseas
Shashank Singh  India (1991-11-21) 21 November 1991 (age 33) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast ₹4 crore (US$470,000)
Aaron Hardie  Australia (1999-01-07) 7 January 1999 (age 25) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast ₹1.25 crore (US$150,000) Overseas
Azmatullah Omarzai  Afghanistan (2000-03-24) 24 March 2000 (age 24) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast ₹2.4 crore (US$280,000) Overseas
Marco Jansen  South Africa (2000-05-01) 1 May 2000 (age 24) Right-handed Left-arm medium-fast ₹7 crore (US$820,000) Overseas
Suryansh Shedge  India (2003-01-29) 29 January 2003 (age 21) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast ₹30 lakh (US$35,000)
Pace bowlers
Lockie Ferguson  New Zealand (1991-06-13) 13 June 1991 (age 33) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast ₹2 crore (US$230,000) Overseas
Kuldeep Sen  India (1996-10-22) 22 October 1996 (age 28) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast ₹80 lakh (US$94,000)
Vijaykumar Vyshak  India (1997-01-31) 31 January 1997 (age 27) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast ₹1.8 crore (US$210,000)
Yash Thakur  India (1998-12-28) 28 December 1998 (age 26) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast ₹1.6 crore (US$190,000)
Xavier Bartlett  Australia (1998-12-17) 17 December 1998 (age 26) Right-handed Right-arm fast ₹80 lakh (US$94,000) Overseas
Arshdeep Singh  India (1999-02-05) 5 February 1999 (age 25) Left-handed Left-arm medium-fast ₹18 crore (US$2.1 million)
Spin bowlers
Yuzvendra Chahal  India (1990-07-23) 23 July 1990 (age 34) Right-handed Right-arm leg break ₹18 crore (US$2.1 million)
Praveen Dubey  India (1993-07-01) 1 July 1993 (age 31) Right-handed Right-arm leg break ₹30 lakh (US$35,000)
Harpreet Brar  India (1995-09-16) 16 September 1995 (age 29) Left-handed Left-arm orthodox ₹1.5 crore (US$180,000)
Source: PBKS Squad

Administration and support staff

Position Name
Head coach Ricky Ponting
Batting and wicket keeping coach Brad Haddin
Spin bowling coach Sunil Joshi
Fast bowling coach James Hopes
Fielding coach Trevor Gonsalves
Physiotherapist Andrew Leipus
Strength and conditioning coach Adrian Le Roux
Source: PBKS Staff

References

  1. ^ "IPL Auction:Why franchises opt against Shaw, Thakur even as Suryavanshi creates history". Cricbuzz. 26 November 2024. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
  2. ^ "IPL 2025 - List of all players retained by franchises ahead of the mega auction". ESPNcricinfo. 31 October 2024. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
  3. ^ "Punjab Kings Part Ways With Sanjay Bangar, Trevor Bayliss". NDTV Sports. Archived from the original on 27 September 2024. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
  4. ^ "Ponting appointed Punjab Kings head coach". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
  5. ^ "Punjab Kings to enter IPL auction with biggest ever purse of INR 112 crore, says report". CNBC TV18. 31 October 2024. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
  6. ^ "Shreyas Iyer sold to Punjab Kings for Rs 26.75 crore at IPL mega auction". The Times of India. 25 November 2024. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
  7. ^ "IPL 2025 Auction: Shreyas Iyer hits the jackpot, smashes Mitchell Starc's record with Rs 26.75 cr deal". The Economic Times. 24 November 2024. Retrieved 1 January 2025.