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Punjab Kings
Personnel
CaptainYuvraj Singh
CoachTom Moody
OwnerPreity Zinta, Ness Wadia, Karan Paul & Mohit Burman
Team information
Founded2008
Home groundPunjab Cricket Association Stadium
Capacity61,500

Punjab Kings is a sports franchise based in Mohali in the eight team Indian Premier League.

Franchise History

The owners of Punjab Kings include Preity Zinta, Ness Wadia (Bombay Dyeing), Karan Paul (Apeejay Surendera Group) and Mohit Burman (Dabur). The group paid a total of $76 million to acquire the franchise. The team will be led by Yuvraj Singh and coached by Tom Moody, the former Aussie all rounder.

Players

India middle order batsman Yuvraj Singh is the designated icon player for the IPL Mohali franchise and he will also captain the team. In addition to Yuvraj, the team also contains the promising Indian allrounder Irfan Pathan, Aussie speedster Brett Lee and the Sri Lankan duo of Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara in its ranks.

Current Squad

Batsmen

No. Name Age Nationality Batting Style Bowling/Fielding Bidding/Sign-in Price
1 Yuvraj Singh (Captain) 26 India India Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox spin US$ 1,063,750 Icon Player
2 Mahela Jayawardene 30 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Right-handed Right-arm medium US$ 475,000
3 Ramnaresh Sarwan 27 Cricket West Indies West Indies Right-handed Right-arm leg-break US$ 225,000
4 Simon Katich 32 Australia Australia Left-handed Slow left-arm unorthodox spin US$ 200,000
5 Luke Pomersbach 23 Australia Australia Left-handed Right-arm off-break US$ 150,000
6 Karan Goel 21 India India Left-handed Right-arm off-break Under 22 Player
7 Uday Kaul 20 India India Right-handed Wicket keeper Under 22 Player
8 Tanmay Srivastava 18 India India Left-handed Right-arm medium India Under-19 Team
9 Shubhum Bhaway 13 India India Right-handed Right-arm medium Under 14 Player

Wicket Keepers / All Rounders

No. Name Age Nationality Batting Style Bowling/Fielding Bidding/Sign-in Price
9 Kumar Sangakkara 30 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Left-handed Wicket keeper US$ 700,000
10 Irfan Pathan 23 India India Left-handed Left-arm fast-medium US$ 925,000
11 Ramesh Powar 29 India India Right-handed Right-arm off-break US$ 170,000
12 James Hopes 32 Australia Australia Right-handed Right-arm medium US$ 300,000

Bowlers

No. Name Age Nationality Batting Style Bowling/Fielding Bidding/Sign-in Price
13 Brett Lee 31 Australia Australia Right-handed Right-arm fast US$ 900,000
14 Shanthakumaran Sreesanth 25 India India Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium US$ 625,000
15 Piyush Chawla 19 India India Left-handed Right-arm leg-break US$ 400,000
16 Vikram Raj Vir Singh 23 India India Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Punjab - Ranji Trophy Player
17 Kyle Mills 28 New Zealand New Zealand Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium US$ 150,000
18 Ajitesh Argal 19 India India Right-handed Right-arm medium India Under-19 Team

Administration and Coaching staff

Front Office:

Coaches:

  • Head Coach - Tom Moody .
  • Assistant Head Coach - TBA
  • Physiotherapist - TBA

Fixtures and Results

IPL Mohali 2008 Season

No Date Opponent Venue Result
1 19 April Chennai Super Kings Mohali
2 21 April Rajasthan Royals Jaipur
3 25 April Mumbai Indians Mohali
4 27 April Delhi DareDevils Mohali
5 1 May Deccan Chargers Hyderabad
6 3 May Kolkata Knight Riders Mohali
7 5 May Bangalore Royal Challengers Bangalore
8 10 May Chennai Super Kings Chennai
9 12 May Bangalore Royal Challengers Mohali
10 14 May Rajasthan Royals Mohali
11 17 May Delhi DareDevils Delhi
12 21 May Mumbai Indians Mumbai
13 23 May Deccan Chargers Mohali
14 25 May Kolkata Knight Riders Kolkata

External links

References

  1. http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ipl/content/squad/338083.html
  2. http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/newzealand/content/story/342020.html
  3. "Neil Maxwell appointed CEO of Mohali team". The Hindu. 2008-03-18. Retrieved 2008-03-18.
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