PBKS Playing 11 IPL 2025: The IPL 2025 mega auction took place on 24 and 25 November in Saudi Arabia, Jeddah. Punjab Kings entered the auction with a purse of Rs 110.5 crore. The team built a strong squad by buying players like Shreyas Iyer, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Marcus Stoinis, Nehal Vadhera and Glenn Maxwell.
Punjab Kings have not won a single title in the IPL so far. The franchise has won 18 and lost 24 out of 42 matches played in the last three seasons. Punjab has prepared a new team for the upcoming season, it remains to be seen how the team performs under the captaincy of Shreyas Iyer. Strongest Playing XI of Punjab Kings for IPL 2025, let us tell you
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Prabhsimran Singh and Josh Inglis can be seen opening for Punjab Kings in the IPL 2025 season. Prabhsimran Singh had a great last season, scoring 334 runs in 14 matches for Punjab at an average of 23.86, a strike rate of 156.81. Australian wicketkeeper-batsman Josh Inglis is set to make his IPL debut in the upcoming season. He has scored 706 runs for Australia in 29 T20 matches at an average of 30.7, a strike rate of 156.89.
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With the presence of Shreyas Iyer, Nehal Vadhera, and Glenn Maxwell, the middle order of Punjab Kings looks great. Punjab bought IPL winning captain Shreyas Iyer for Rs 26.75 crore in the auction. Shreyas is the second most expensive player in IPL history. He will also be seen captaining Punjab in the upcoming season. Talking about Shreyas' performance in the last season, he scored 351 runs in 14 matches for Kolkata Knight Riders at an average of 39, a strike rate of 146.86.
Young player Nehal Vadhera scored 109 runs in 6 matches for Mumbai Indians last season at an average of 18.17. Glenn Maxwell's last season was nothing special, he scored 52 runs in 10 matches and took 6 wickets at an economy of 8.06.
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Marcus Stoinis, Shashank Singh, and Marco Jensen will be seen playing the role of finisher for Punjab. Australian all-rounder Marcus Stoinis had a great last season, he scored 388 runs in 4 matches for Lucknow Super Giants at an average of 32.33 and took 4 wickets at an economy of 9.
Talking about Shashank Singh's performance, he scored 354 runs in 14 matches for Punjab at an average of 44.25, a strike rate of 164.65. Apart from taking wickets in the powerplay, Marco Jensen also has the ability to hit big sixes in the last overs. He did not play many matches last season.
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Punjab Kings' bowling unit is very good with the presence of Marco Jensen, Yash Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal and Arshdeep Singh. Yuzvendra Chahal will handle the spin department and Jensen, Yash Thakur, Arshdeep Singh are responsible for the fast bowling department.
Chahal took 18 wickets in 15 matches last season at an economy of 9.41 and Arshdeep Singh took 19 wickets at an economy of 10.03. At the same time, Yash Thakur took 11 wickets in 10 matches at an economy of 11.32.
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