2021 Punjab Kings season: Difference between revisions

Punjab Kings
2021 season
Coach	Anil Kumble
Captain	KL Rahul
Ground(s)	Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium
Tournament performance	League stage (6th)
Most runs	KL Rahul (626)
Most wickets	Mohammad Shami (19)
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The 2021 season was the 14th season for the Indian Premier League franchise Punjab Kings. They were one of the eight teams competed in the 2021 Indian Premier League.^[1] After winning only 6 matches out of 14 matches, they finished sixth in the tournament.^[2]

Background

Player retention and transfers

The Punjab Kings retained 16 players and released nine players.^[3]

Retained Players: KL Rahul, Arshdeep Singh, Chris Gayle, Darshan Nalkande, Harpreet Brar, Mandeep Singh, Mayank Agarwal, Mohammad Shami, Murugan Ashwin, Nicholas Pooran, Sarfaraz Khan, Deepak Hooda, Ishan Porel, Ravi Bishnoi, Chris Jordan, Prabhsimran Singh

Released Players: Glenn Maxwell, Sheldon Cottrell, Mujeeb Zadran, Hardus Viljoen, James Neesham, Krishnappa Gowtham, Karun Nair, Jagadeesha Suchith, Tajinder Singh Dhillon

Added Players: Dawid Malan, Riley Meredith, Jhye Richardson, Shahrukh Khan, Jalaj Saxena, Moises Henriques, Utkarsh Singh, Fabian Allen, Saurabh Kumar

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	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Signed year	Salary	Notes
Batsmen
333	Chris Gayle	(1979-09-21) 21 September 1979 (age 45)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2018	₹2 crore (US$240,000)	Overseas; Pulled out due to Bubble Fatigue
99	Dawid Malan	(1987-09-03) 3 September 1987 (age 37)	Left-handed	Right-arm leg break	2021	₹1.5 crore (US$180,000)	Overseas; Pulled out due to Bubble Fatigue
44	Aiden Markram	(1994-10-04) 4 October 1994 (age 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2021	₹1.5 crore (US$180,000)	Overseas; Replacement for Dawid Malan
16	Mayank Agarwal	(1991-02-16) 16 February 1991 (age 33)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2018	₹1 crore (US$120,000)	Vice Captain
18	Mandeep Singh	(1991-12-18) 18 December 1991 (age 32)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2019	₹1.4 crore (US$170,000)
97	Sarfaraz Khan	(1997-10-27) 27 October 1997 (age 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2019	₹25 lakh (US$30,000)
All-rounders
6	Jalaj Saxena	(1986-12-15) 15 December 1986 (age 37)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2021	₹30 lakh (US$36,000)
21	Moises Henriques	(1987-02-01) 1 February 1987 (age 37)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast medium	2021	₹4.2 crore (US$500,000)	Overseas
8	Saurabh Kumar	(1993-05-01) 1 May 1993 (age 31)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2021	₹20 lakh (US$24,000)
57	Deepak Hooda	(1995-04-19) 19 April 1995 (age 29)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2020	₹50 lakh (US$60,000)
38	Fabian Allen	(1995-05-07) 7 May 1995 (age 29)	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2021	₹75 lakh (US$90,000)	Overseas
35	Shahrukh Khan	(1995-05-27) 27 May 1995 (age 29)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2021	₹5.25 crore (US$630,000)
95	Harpreet Brar	(1995-09-16) 16 September 1995 (age 29)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2019	₹20 lakh (US$24,000)
60	Jhye Richardson	(1996-09-20) 20 September 1996 (age 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2021	₹14 crore (US$1.7 million)	Overseas; Pulled out due to Bubble Fatigue
Wicket-keepers
1	K. L. Rahul	(1992-04-18) 18 April 1992 (age 32)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2018	₹11 crore (US$1.3 million)	Captain
29	Nicholas Pooran	(1995-10-02) 2 October 1995 (age 29)	Left-handed	—	2019	₹4.2 crore (US$500,000)	Overseas
84	Prabhsimran Singh	(2000-08-10) 10 August 2000 (age 24)	Right-handed	—	2020	₹55 lakh (US$66,000)
Bowlers
89	Murugan Ashwin	(1990-09-08) 8 September 1990 (age 34)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2019	₹20 lakh (US$24,000)
56	Ravi Bishnoi	(2000-09-05) 5 September 2000 (age 24)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2020	₹2 crore (US$240,000)
34	Chris Jordan	(1988-10-04) 4 October 1988 (age 36)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2020	₹3 crore (US$359,456.70)	Overseas
11	Mohammed Shami	(1990-09-03) 3 September 1990 (age 34)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2019	₹4.8 crore (US$580,000)
72	Nathan Ellis	(1994-12-22) 22 December 1994 (age 29)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast medium	2021	₹20 lakh (US$24,000)	Overseas; Replacement for Riley Meredith
12	Riley Meredith	(1996-06-21) 21 June 1996 (age 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2021	₹8 crore (US$960,000)	Overseas; Pulled out due to Bubble Fatigue
55	Ishan Porel	(1998-09-05) 5 September 1998 (age 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2020	₹20 lakh (US$24,000)
4	Darshan Nalkande	(1998-10-04) 4 October 1998 (age 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2019	₹3 crore (US$360,000)
2	Arshdeep Singh	(1999-02-05) 5 February 1999 (age 25)	Left-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	2019	₹20 lakh (US$24,000)
88	Adil Rashid	(1988-03-17) 17 March 1988 (age 36)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2021	₹1.5 crore (US$180,000)	Overseas; Replacement for Jhye Richardson
Source:PBKS Players

Administration and support staff

Position	Name
Owner	Mohit Burman, Ness Wadia, Priety Zinta, Karan Paul
CEO	Satish Menon
Team manager	Avinash Vaidya
Brand ambassador	Priety Zinta
Director of cricket operations and head coach	Anil Kumble
Assistant coach	Andy Flower Bharat Arun
Mentor	Chris Gayle
Batting coach	Wasim Jaffer
Bowling coach	Damien Wright
Fielding coach	Jonty Rhodes
Team physio	Andrew Leipus
Assistant physiotherapist	Abhijit Kar
Trainer	Adrian Le Roux
Assistant trainer	Prabhakar B
Massuer	Naresh Kumar
R&D Consultant	Sankar Rajgopal
Nutritionist
Team doctor	Dr Srinand Srinivas
Psychologist
Yoga instructor
Source:PBKS Staff

Kit manufacturers and sponsors

Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor (Front)	Shirt sponsor (back)	Chest Branding
T10 Sports	EbixCash	Bkt tyres	Lotus Herbals
Source : punjabkingsipl.in

T20 uniform

Teams and standings

Results by match

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Result	W	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	L	W
Position	3	7	7	8	5	6	5	6	7	5	6	5	5	5

Source: Fixtures
W = Win; L = Loss; NR = No Result

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	NRR
1	Delhi Capitals (3rd)	14	10	4	20	0.481	Advanced to Qualifier 1
2	Chennai Super Kings (C)	14	9	5	18	0.455	Advanced to Qualifier 1
3	Royal Challengers Bangalore (4th)	14	9	5	18	−0.140	Advanced to the Eliminator
4	Kolkata Knight Riders (R)	14	7	7	14	0.587	Advanced to the Eliminator
5	Mumbai Indians	14	7	7	14	0.116
6	Punjab Kings	14	6	8	12	−0.001
7	Rajasthan Royals	14	5	9	10	−0.993
8	Sunrisers Hyderabad	14	3	11	6	−0.545

Source: ESPNcricinfo
(C) Champion; (R) Runners-up

The four top-ranked teams qualified for the playoffs.

League Stage

The full schedule was published on the IPL website on 7 March 2021.^[4]

Matches

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Statistics

Most runs

No.	Name	Match	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave.	BF	SR	50s	4s	6s
1	KL Rahul	13	13	2	626	98*	62.60	276	178.34	6	48	30
2	Mayank Agarwal	8	8	1	327	99*	46.71	227	144.05	3	31	13
3	Chris Gayle	8	8	1	178	46	25.42	133	133.83	0	20	8
4	Deepak Hooda	9	8	1	116	64	16.57	83	139.75	1	7	8
5	Shahrukh Khan	8	7	2	107	47	21.40	84	127.38	0	7	6
6	Nicholas Pooran	8	7	0	60	32	8.57	55	109.09	0	3	3

Last updated: 24 September 2021
Source: ESPN Cricinfo^[5]

Most wickets

No.	Name	Match	Inns	Overs	Runs	Maiden	Wickets	BBI	Ave.	Econ.	SR	5W
1	Mohammad Shami	14	14	22.2	0	182	19	5/32	15.16	8.14	11.16	1
2	Arshdeep Singh	9	9	32.4	0	255	18	3/21	23.18	7.80	17.81	0
3	Harpreet Brar	3	3	10.0	1	55	5	3/19	24.2	5.50	12.0	0
4	Ravi Bishnoi	4	4	16.0	0	99	4	2/17	24.75	6.18	24.0	0
5	Riley Meredith	5	5	17.0	0	169	4	1/29	42.25	9.94	25.5	0
6	Jhye Richardson	3	3	11.0	0	117	3	2/41	39.00	10.63	22.0	0

Last updated: 24 September 2021
Source: ESPN Cricinfo^[6]

Awards and achievements

Man of the Match

No.	Date	Player	Opponent	Result	Contribution	Ref.
1	23 April 2021	KL Rahul	Mumbai Indians	Won by 9 wickets	60* (52)	^[7]
2	30 April 2021	Harpreet Brar	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Won by 34 runs	25* (17) and 3/19 (4 overs)	^[8]
3	2 May 2021	Mayank Agarwal	Delhi Capitals	Lost by 7 wickets	99* (58)	^[9]
4	1 October 2021	KL Rahul	Kolkata Knight Riders	Won by 5 wickets	67 (55)	^[10]
5	7 October 2021	KL Rahul	Chennai Super Kings	Won by 6 wickets	98* (42) and 2 catches	^[11]

References

^ "IPL 2021 Auction: VIVO Remains The Title Sponsor As BCCI Releases The Player Auction List". Yahoo! Cricket. Retrieved 12 February 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "Rampant KKR edge closer to playoffs with clinical win". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
^ "IPL 2021 PLAYER RETENTIONS LIST". IPLt20. 20 January 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
^ "IPL schedule". Retrieved 7 March 2021.
^ "PBKS Most runs in IPL 2021". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
^ "PBKS Most wickets in IPL 2021". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
^ "Rahul, Gayle drag Punjab Kings to victory after bowlers strangle Mumbai Indians". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
^ "Harpreet Brar the hero after KL Rahul's 91* as Punjab Kings move up". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
^ "Rabada, Dhawan take Delhi Capitals to the top". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
^ "KL Rahul, bowlers lift Punjab Kings to fifth spot". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
^ "KL Rahul smashes six-studded 98* to keep Punjab Kings' dreams alive (just about)". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 October 2021.

[1] "IPL 2021 Auction: VIVO Remains The Title Sponsor As BCCI Releases The Player Auction List". Yahoo! Cricket. Retrieved 12 February 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[2] "Rampant KKR edge closer to playoffs with clinical win". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 7 October 2021.

[3] "IPL 2021 PLAYER RETENTIONS LIST". IPLt20. 20 January 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2021.

[4] "IPL schedule". Retrieved 7 March 2021.

[5] "PBKS Most runs in IPL 2021". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 September 2021.

[6] "PBKS Most wickets in IPL 2021". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 September 2021.

[7] "Rahul, Gayle drag Punjab Kings to victory after bowlers strangle Mumbai Indians". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 April 2021.

[8] "Harpreet Brar the hero after KL Rahul's 91* as Punjab Kings move up". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 April 2021.

[9] "Rabada, Dhawan take Delhi Capitals to the top". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 May 2021.

[10] "KL Rahul, bowlers lift Punjab Kings to fifth spot". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 October 2021.

[11] "KL Rahul smashes six-studded 98* to keep Punjab Kings' dreams alive (just about)". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 October 2021.

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v t e 2021 Indian Premier League
Stages	Group Stage Playoffs Final
Teams	Chennai Super Kings Delhi Capitals Kolkata Knight Riders Mumbai Indians Punjab Kings Rajasthan Royals Royal Challengers Bangalore Sunrises Hyderabad
General information	Auction Points Table

v t e Punjab Kings
Formerly Kings XI Punjab Players Records
Home grounds	Maharaja Yadavindra Singh Stadium HPCA Cricket Stadium
Captains	Yuvraj Singh (2008–09) Kumar Sangakkara (2010) Mahela Jayawardene† (2010) Adam Gilchrist (2011–13) David Hussey† (2012–13) George Bailey (2014–15) Virender Sehwag† (2015) David Miller (2016) Murali Vijay (2016) Glenn Maxwell (2017; 2020) Ravichandran Ashwin (2018–19) KL Rahul (2021) Mayank Agarwal (2022) Sam Curran† (2023–24) Shikhar Dhawan (2023–present) Jitesh Sharma† (2024)
Coaches	Tom Moody (2008–10) Michael Bevan (2011) Adam Gilchrist (2012) Darren Lehmann (2013) Sanjay Bangar (2014–16) Virender Sehwag (2017) Brad Hodge (2018) Mike Hesson (2019) Anil Kumble (2020–22) Trevor Bayliss (2023–present)
Seasons	2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
See also	Saint Lucia Kings
† denotes a stand-in captain