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Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) are a franchise cricket team based in Mohali, India, which plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). They were one of the eight teams which competed in the 2017 Indian Premier League. The Kings XI Punjab drew an average home attendance of 20,001 in the 2017 IPL season.

Season standings

Match summary

Auction

The player auction for the 2017 Indian Premier League was held on 20 February in Bangalore.

Squad

• Players with international caps are listed in bold.

No.	Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Year signed	Salary	Notes
Batsmen
1	Hashim Amla	South Africa	(1983-03-31) 31 March 1983 (age 41)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2016	₹10 million (US$120,000)	Overseas
8	Murali Vijay	India	(1984-04-01) 1 April 1984 (age 40)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2015	₹30 million (US$360,000)
10	David Miller	South Africa	(1989-06-10) 10 June 1989 (age 35)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2014 (since 2011)	₹50 million (US$600,000)	Overseas
16	Eoin Morgan	England	(1986-09-10) 10 September 1986 (age 38)	Left-handed	Right-arm medium	2017	₹20 million (US$240,000)	Overseas
22	Gurkeerat Singh	India	(1990-06-29) 29 June 1990 (age 34)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2014 (since 2012)	₹13 million (US$160,000)	Occasional wicket-keeper
31	Martin Guptill	New Zealand	(1986-09-30) 30 September 1986 (age 38)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2017	₹5 million (US$60,000)	Overseas
36	Manan Vohra	India	(1993-07-18) 18 July 1993 (age 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2014 (since 2013)	₹3.5 million (US$42,000)
42	Shaun Marsh	Australia	(1983-07-09) 9 July 1983 (age 41)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2014 (since 2008)	₹22 million (US$260,000)	Overseas
	Nikhil Naik	India	(1994-11-09) 9 November 1994 (age 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2015	₹3 million (US$36,000)	Occasional wicket-keeper
	Armaan Jaffer	India	(1998-10-25) 25 October 1998 (age 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2016	₹1 million (US$12,000)
	Rinku Singh	India	(1997-10-12) 12 October 1997 (age 27)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2017	₹1 million (US$12,000)
All-rounders
14	Rahul Tewatia	India	(1993-05-20) 20 May 1993 (age 31)	Left-handed	Right-arm leg break	2017	₹2.5 million (US$30,000)
17	Marcus Stoinis	Australia	(1988-09-18) 18 September 1988 (age 36)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2016	₹5.5 million (US$66,000)	Overseas
20	Axar Patel	India	(1994-01-20) 20 January 1994 (age 30)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2014	₹7.5 million (US$90,000)
32	Glenn Maxwell	Australia	(1988-10-14) 14 October 1988 (age 36)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2014	₹60 million (US$720,000)	Overseas, Captain
88	Darren Sammy	Saint Lucia	(1983-12-20) 20 December 1983 (age 41)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2017	₹3 million (US$36,000)	Overseas
Wicket-keepers
6	Wriddhiman Saha	India	(1984-10-24) 24 October 1984 (age 40)	Right-handed		2014	₹22 million (US$260,000)	Vice Captain
Bowlers
4	Anureet Singh	India	(1988-03-02) 2 March 1988 (age 36)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2014	₹2 million (US$24,000)
5	Swapnil Singh	India	(1991-01-22) 22 January 1991 (age 33)	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2016	₹1 million (US$12,000)
18	Mohit Sharma	India	(1988-09-18) 18 September 1988 (age 36)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2016	₹65 million (US$780,000)
21	Matt Henry	New Zealand	(1991-12-14) 14 December 1991 (age 33)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2017	₹5 million (US$60,000)	Overseas
26	KC Cariappa	India	(1994-04-13) 13 April 1994 (age 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2016	₹8 million (US$96,000)
29	Ishant Sharma	India	(1988-09-02) 2 September 1988 (age 36)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2017	Replacement signing
44	T Natarajan	India	(1991-05-27) 27 May 1991 (age 33)	Left-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	2017	₹30 million (US$360,000)
66	Sandeep Sharma	India	(1993-05-18) 18 May 1993 (age 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2014 (since 2013)	₹8.5 million (US$100,000)
77	Varun Aaron	India	(1989-10-29) 29 October 1989 (age 35)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2017	₹28 million (US$340,000)
	Pardeep Sahu	India	(1985-08-21) 21 August 1985 (age 39)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break googly	2016	₹1 million (US$12,000)

Support staff changes

• In December 2016, Sanjay Bangar stepped down as the team's head coach.
• In January 2017, Virender Sehwag was named head of cricket operations and strategy.
• In February 2017, J. Arunkumar was named batting coach.

References

1. "2017 IPL Points table". ESPN Sports Media. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
2. "IPL 2017 auction to be held on February 20". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 31 January 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
4. "Bangar steps down as Kings XI coach". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
5. "Sehwag named head of Kings XI cricket operations". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
6. "J Arunkumar joins Kings XI's coaching staff". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 February 2017.

• Punjab Kings seasons
• 2017 Indian Premier League