PBKS IPL 2025 Full Player List: Punjab Kings: Punjab Kings have created a strong team by spending Rs 119.65 crore in the IPL auction. Out of the 25 players, Punjab Kings have focused more on buying all-rounders, which seems to be a right strategy. The franchise did not have a captain, so the team spent lavishly on Shreyas Iyer. Punjab Kings succeeded in including Iyer in the team by paying Rs 26.75 crores. Apart from Iyer, the team has also opened the treasury for Yuzvendra Chahal. Apart from this, Punjab Kings had retained two uncapped players Shashank Singh and wicketkeeper batsman Prabhsimran Singh in their team.
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Number of players 25/25 (8 foreigners)
Shreyas Iyer can become the captain: Punjab Kings spent Rs 26.75 crore to buy Shreyas Iyer, who is likely to be their new captain. The influence of their new coach Ricky Ponting has been visible among their eight foreign players. Punjab Kings have included 5 Australian players in their team in the auction.
Best 12 (including influential players): 1 Josh Inglis (wicketkeeper), 2 Prabhsimran Singh, 3 Marcus Stoinis, 4 Shreyas Iyer (probable captain), 5 Glenn Maxwell, 6 Nehal Wadhera, 7 Shashank Singh, 8 Marco Johnson, 9 Harpreet Brar, 10 Yash Thakur/Kuldeep Sen/ Vijaykumar Vaishya, 11 Arshdeep Singh, 12 Yuzvendra Chahal
The team is like this
batsman: Shreyas Iyer, Shashank Singh (remaining), Nehal Wadhera, Harnoor Singh Pannu, Priyansh Arya, Payla Avinash
wicket keeper: Josh Inglis, Vishnu Vinod, Prabhsimran Singh (RTM)
Allrounder: Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Harpreet Brar, Azmatullah Omarzai, Aaron Hardy, Musheer Khan, Suryansh Shedge
Spinner: Yuzvendra Chahal, Praveen Dubey
Fast bowler: Arshdeep Singh (RTM), Lockie Ferguson, Yash Thakur, Vijaykumar Vishak, Kuldeep Sen, Xavier Bartlett
X Factor- The biggest X factor of the team has been the all-rounder. The team has bought 8 all-rounders and included them in the team. That means this time Punjab Kings are going to be seen in an aggressive style. Ricky Ponting’s influence has definitely been seen in this auction.
What was missing? Looking at the Punjab Kings team, it shows that the team had participated in the auction with the right strategy. By buying Iyer they have solved the captain’s dilemma. In the middle order, the team has explosive batsmen like Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis. At the same time, Shreyas Iyer himself is a batsman who manages the innings. There should have been another batsman like Iyer in this team who could stay on the pitch. It may be missed.
Perfect possible playing of Punjab Kings– Prabhsimran Singh, Josh Inglis (wicketkeeper), Shreyas Iyer, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Shashank Singh, Marco Jansen, Harpreet Brar, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Vijaykumar Vishak.
Rating- 4 out of 5 stars
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