The Punjab Kings (PBKS) is an IPL franchise cricket team headquartered in Mohali, Punjab (IPL). The Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) franchise was founded in 2008 and is jointly by Mohit Burman, Ness Wadia, Preity Zinta, and Karan Paul. The team’s games are held at the PCA Stadium in Mohali.
Punjab Kings team have lost out on their star batsman and skipper KL Rahul but managed to hold on to Mayank Agarwal, who in their opinion is their second-best batsman.
Punjab retained only two players – Mayank Agarwal and Arshdeep Singh – and had the largest purse to play with (Rs 72 crore) in the auction. They decided to retain Arshdeep Singh who is a left-arm seamer and is considered to be a key part of their bowling lineup.
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Mayank Agarwal (c) Prerak Mankad Shahrukh Khan Shikhar Dhawan Prabhsimran Singh (wk) Jitesh Sharma (wk) Arshdeep Singh Writtick Chatterjee Sandeep Sharma Raj Bawa Vaibhav Arora Ishan Porel Harpreet Brar Rahul Chahar Baltej Singh Ansh Patel Rishi Dhawan Atharva Taide |
Bhanuka Rajapaksa Jonny Bairstow (wk) Odean Smith Nathan Ellis Kagiso Rabada Benny Howell Liam Livingstone |
Total Players: 25Overseas Players: 7 |
The rules of retention for the IPL 2022 mega auction is slightly different from the previous mega auction held ahead of the 2018 edition of IPL, as teams have a purse of INR 90 crores this time, with the option to retain a maximum of three Indian players before the deadline ends on Tuesday.
Following the retention of players by the eight original teams, the two new IPL franchises - Lucknow Super Giants and Gujarat Titans, will have the option to pick three players from the rest of the players, which will include two Indian players and a foreign player. Out of the eight original teams, if a team chooses to retain four players in total, it will head to the auctions with a purse of INR 48 crores. The IPL 2022 player auction is likely to take place in the first week of January, while no official date is confirmed so far.
Which players retained by PBKS in IPL 2022? Punjab retained only two players – Mayank Agarwal and Arshdeep Singh – and had the largest purse to play with (Rs 72 crore) in the auction. Mayank Agarwal is the first retention made by the Punjab Kings side. The right-hander will be paid a sum of INR 12 Crores as his pay. Agarwal was in scintillating form in the 2022 edition of the IPL and plundered 441 runs at an average in excess of 40 and a strike rate of 140.45.
Player | Role | Retained Amount |
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Mayank Agarwal | Batter | INR 12 Crores |
Arshdeep Singh | Bowler | INR 4 Crores |
No. | Day | Date | Time | Home Team | Away Team | Venu | Result |
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3 | SUN | 27-Mar-2022 | 07:30 PM | Punjab Kings | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Punjab Kings won by 5 wkts | |
8 | FRI | 01-Apr-2022 | 07:30 PM | Kolkata Knight Riders | Punjab Kings | Queens Park | Kolkata Knight Riders won by 6 wkts |
11 | SUN | 03-Apr-2022 | 07:30 PM | Chennai Super Kings | Punjab Kings | PBKS won by 54 runs | |
16 | FRI | 08-Apr-2022 | 07:30 PM | Punjab Kings | Gujarat Titans | Gujarat Titans won by 6 wkts | |
23 | WED | 13-Apr-2022 | 07:30 PM | Mumbai Indians | Punjab Kings | Punjab Kings won by 12 runs | |
28 | SUN | 17-Apr-2022 | 03:30 PM | Punjab Kings | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 7 wickets | |
32 | WED | 20-Apr-2022 | 07:30 PM | Delhi Capitals | Punjab Kings | Delhi Capitals won by 9 wickets | |
38 | MON | 25-Apr-2022 | 07:30 PM | Punjab Kings | Chennai Super Kings | Queens Park | Punjab Kings won by 11 runs |
42 | FRI | 29-Apr-2022 | 07:30 PM | Punjab Kings | Lucknow Super Giants | Lucknow Giants won by 20 runs | |
48 | TUE | 03-May-2022 | 07:30 PM | Gujarat Titans | Punjab Kings | Punjab Kings won by 8 wickets | |
52 | SAT | 07-May-2022 | 03:30 PM | Punjab Kings | Rajasthan Royals | Queens Park | Raj weasthan won by 6 wickets |
60 | FRI | 13-May-2022 | 07:30 PM | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Punjab Kings | Punjab Kings won by 54 runs | |
64 | MON | 16-May-2022 | 07:30 PM | Punjab Kings | Delhi Capitals | Delhi Capitals won by 17 runs | |
70 | SUN | 22-May-2022 | 07:30 PM | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Punjab Kings | Queens Park | Punjab Kings won by 5 wickets |