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The 2020 season was the 13th season for the Indian Premier League franchise Kings XI Punjab. They were one of the eight teams that competed in the 2020 Indian Premier League. The Kings XI Punjab's catchment areas are Kashmir, Jammu, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Haryana—evident from the letter sequence "K J H P H" in the banner of the team's logo. Kings XI Punjab finished the tournament in 6th position with 6 wins and 8 losses, failing to qualify for the playoffs.

Background

Player retention and transfers

The Kings XI Punjab retained 14 players and released seven players. On 7 November 2019, KXIP traded Ravichandran Ashwin to Delhi Capitals for Rs 1.5 crore and Karnataka spinner Jagadeesha Suchith, ending a series of intense negotiations over the Indian spinner's IPL future. Later in the year they traded Ankit Rajpoot to Rajasthan Royals in return for Krishnappa Gowtham.

Retained

KL Rahul, Karun Nair, Mohammed Shami, Nicholas Pooran, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Chris Gayle, Mandeep Singh, Mayank Agarwal, Hardus Viljoen, Darshan Nalkande, Sarfaraz Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Harpreet Brar and Murugan Ashwin.

Released

Varun Chakravarthy, Andrew Tye, Sam Curran, Simran Singh, David Miller, Moises Henriques and Agnivesh Ayachi.

Auction

KXIP went in the auction with a purse of 42.70 Cr INR which was higher than any other team. KXIP had 16 players in front of the IPL 2020 Auction, and their significant hole was the all-rounders players. For that, KXIP purchased Glenn Maxwell for an incredible INR 1075L, and James Neesham and Deepak Hooda for just INR 50L. Their other costly purchases incorporate Sheldon Cottrell and Chris Jordan for INR 850L and INR 300L separately.

Players bought: Glenn Maxwell, Deepak Hooda, James Neesham, Prabhsimran Singh, Chris Jordan, Tanjinder Dhillon, Ravi Bishnoi, Ishan Porel, Sheldon Cottrell.

Team Analysis

ESPNcricinfo' wrote "Kings XI Punjab ensured that their playing eleven was completed By purchasing Glenn Maxwell and Sheldon Cottrell. On paper, this team's potential playing eleven looks very strong. The weak side of this team is its bench strength and bowling attack. Though Punjab had a lot of money left and the team could buy more players, but the team did not do so. The team also had the option of buying an opener as a backup for Gayle. Or by bidding higher for Chris Morris in the auction, the team could have added him as well."

Indian Premier League

On 20 September, the Kings XI started their season campaign. KL Rahul, the kings' new captain, elected to field first. This thrilling match ended in a tie. Delhi started with a win in the tournament, defeating Punjab's team in the Super Over. Delhi scored 157-run with the loss of 8 wickets in 20 overs. Team had lost early wickets, but Marcus Stoinis"s brilliant innings helped the Delhi Capitals to build a 157-run target. In response to 158 runs, Punjab also scored 157-run in 20 overs on Mayank Agarwal's knock of 89 runs.

On 24 September, Kings XI Punjab won their first match of the season defeating Royal Challlangers Banglore by 97-run. KL Rahul lost the toss and was put to bat. Rahul and Mayank Agarwal build the Kings XI innings with a 57-run stand for the first wicket. Rahul scored 132 off 69 balls with 14 fours and 7 sixes and helped the Kings XI finish the innings at 206/3 in 20 overs. Chasing a target of 207, the Royal Challlangers had lost three wickets in a first four overs. Kings XI new ball pair of Sheldon Cottrell and Mohammed Shami continued their good work from the first match and Royal Challengers were eventually bowled out for 109. Rahul became the fastest Indian batsman to complete 2000 runs in IPL. However,they were ousted against Rajasthan Royals who successfully chased down 223 and then continued to lose five matches.The losing streak was broken when Punjab defeated Bangalore for 2nd time and then defeated Mumbai Indians in the Super Over and continued to win three more matches against Delhi,Hyderabad and Kolkata. However,they lost two matches at the end of the tournament.Their last match was against Chennai Super Kings who won comprehensively by 9 wickets,therefore knocking Punjab out of the tournament.

Preseason

In February 2020, KPH Dream Cricket Private Limited announced they had purchased the Caribbean Premier League team St Lucia Zouks. They became the second owners of IPL to run a CPL team, the first one is Red Chillies Entertainment, who own both Kolkata Knight Riders and Trinbago Knight Riders.

offseason

On 13 March 2020, the BCCI postponed the tournament until 15 April, in view of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. On 14 April 2020, Narendra Modi said that the lockdown in India would last until at least 3 May 2020, with the tournament postponed further. The following day, the BCCI suspended the tournament indefinitely due to the pandemic.

On 17 May 2020, the Indian government relaxed nation-wide restrictions on sports events, allowing events to take place behind closed doors. On 24 May, Indian sports minister Kiren Rijiju stated that the decision on whether or not to allow the tournament to be conducted in 2020 will be made by the Indian government based on "the situation of the pandemic". In June 2020, the BCCI confirmed that their preference was to host the tournament in India, possibly between September and October. On 24 July 2020, it was confirmed that the tournament would start from 19 September 2020.

Squad

• Players with international caps are listed in bold.

No.	Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Year signed	Salary	Notes
Batsmen
6	Karun Nair	India	(1991-12-06) 6 December 1991 (age 33)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2018	₹5.6 crore (US$670,000)
333	Chris Gayle	Jamaica	(1979-09-21) 21 September 1979 (age 45)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2018	₹2 crore (US$240,000)	Overseas
16	Mayank Agarwal	India	(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	India	(1991-12-18) 18 December 1991 (age 33)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2019	₹1.4 crore (US$170,000)
97	Sarfaraz Khan	India	(1997-10-27) 27 October 1997 (age 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2019	₹25 lakh (US$30,000)
57	Deepak Hooda	India	(1995-04-19) 19 April 1995 (age 29)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2020	₹50 lakh (US$60,000)
All-rounders
32	Glenn Maxwell	Australia	(1988-10-14) 14 October 1988 (age 36)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2020	₹10.75 crore (US$1.3 million)	Overseas Captain
50	James Neesham	New Zealand	(1990-09-17) 17 September 1990 (age 34)	Left-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2020	₹50 lakh (US$60,000)	Overseas
—	Tajinder Singh	India	(1992-05-25) 25 May 1992 (age 32)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2020	₹20 lakh (US$24,000)
Wicket-keepers
1	K. L. Rahul	India	(1992-04-18) 18 April 1992 (age 32)	Right-handed		2018	₹11 crore (US$1.3 million)
29	Nicholas Pooran	Trinidad and Tobago	(1995-10-02) 2 October 1995 (age 29)	Left-handed		2019	₹4.2 crore (US$500,000)	Overseas
84	Prabhsimran Singh	India	(1995-04-19) 19 April 1995 (age 29)	Right-handed		2020	₹55 lakh (US$66,000)
Spin Bowlers
88	Mujeeb Ur Rahman	Afghanistan	(2001-03-28) 28 March 2001 (age 23)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2018	₹4 crore (US$480,000)	Overseas
89	Murugan Ashwin	India	(1990-09-08) 8 September 1990 (age 34)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2019	₹20 lakh (US$24,000)
95	Harpreet Brar	India	(1995-09-16) 16 September 1995 (age 29)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2019	₹20 lakh (US$24,000)
25	Krishnappa Gowtham	India	(1988-10-20) 20 October 1988 (age 36)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2020	₹6.2 crore (US$743,000)
27	Jagadeesha Suchith	India	(1994-01-16) 16 January 1994 (age 30)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2020	₹20 lakh (US$24,000)
56	Ravi Bishnoi	India	(2000-09-05) 5 September 2000 (age 24)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2020	₹2 crore (US$240,000)
Pace Bowlers
11	Mohammed Shami	India	(1990-09-03) 3 September 1990 (age 34)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2019	₹4.8 crore (US$580,000)
7	Hardus Viljoen	South Africa	(1989-03-06) 6 March 1989 (age 35)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2019	₹75 lakh (US$90,000)	Overseas
—	Darshan Nalkande	India	(1998-10-04) 4 October 1998 (age 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2019	₹30 lakh (US$36,000)
2	Arshdeep Singh	India	(1999-02-05) 5 February 1999 (age 25)	Left-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	2019	₹20 lakh (US$24,000)
19	Sheldon Cottrell	Jamaica	(1989-08-19) 19 August 1989 (age 35)	Right-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	2020	₹8.5 crore (US$1.0 million)	Overseas
34	Chris Jordan	England	(1988-10-04) 4 October 1988 (age 36)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2020	₹3 crore (US$359,456.70)	Overseas
—	Ishan Porel	India	(1998-09-05) 5 September 1998 (age 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2020	₹20 lakh (US$24,000)

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Teams and standings

Results by match

League table

League stage

• Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
• Super Over: Kings XI Punjab 2/2 (1 over), Delhi Capitals 3/0 (0.2 overs)

• Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
• K. L. Rahul (Kings XI Punjab) scored the highest total by an Indian batsman in the IPL, and the highest total by a team captain in the IPL.

• Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
• Rajasthan Royals made the highest successful run-chase in Indian Premier League history.

• Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
• Rohit Sharma (Mumbai Indians) became the third player to reach 5,000 IPL runs.

• Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to bat.

• Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat.

• Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat.

• Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to bat.

• Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat.
• Super Over 1: Kings XI Punjab 5/2 (1 over), Mumbai Indians 5/1 (1 over) - Tied.
• Super Over 2: Mumbai Indians 11/1 (1 over), Kings XI Punjab 15/0 (0.4 overs)

• Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to bat.
• Shikhar Dhawan (Delhi Capitals) became the fifth player overall and the fourth Indian to reach 5,000 IPL runs. He also became the first player to score two consecutive 100s in the IPL and became the fifth player to score multiple hundreds in a single season.

• Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.

• Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to field.

• Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
• Chris Gayle (Kings XI Punjab) became the first player to hit 1,000 sixes in T20 cricket.

• Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
• Kings XI Punjab were eliminated as a result of this match.

Statistics

Most runs

• Source: ESPNcricinfo

Most wickets

• Source: ESPNcricinfo

Player of the match awards

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