Punjab Kings

IPL · 2008–2026

Previously Kings XI Punjab

Owned by: Mohit Burman (48%), Ness Wadia (23%), Preity Zinta (23%), Karan Paul (6%)
Current captain: Shreyas Iyer

Total spend

₹513.7 Cr

Across every auction in the dataset

Signings

177

Players bought at auction

Avg rating

3.2

CricOptics rating of signings, out of 5

Avg performance

37.6

Mean score of signings

Standout signings

Best value

Mayank Agarwal

1513 team points per crore · 2018

60 matches for the team. Value is team points (runs + 20 × wickets) per crore paid, for auction signings of at least ₹1 Cr (₹30 L in the WPL) with 30+ team matches.

Biggest buy

Shreyas Iyer

₹26.75 Cr · 2025

Largest price paid at an auction (retentions are not auction prices).

Current staff

As of 2026-10-06. Checked against the league's own team page.

Verified list

Head coach

Ricky Ponting

General Manager - Cricket Operations

Ashish Tuli

Full staff (16 more)

Coaches

Assistant Bowling Coach: Trevor Gonsalves
Batting and wicket keeping coach: Brad Haddin
Fast bowling coach: James Hopes
Spin bowling coach: Sairaj Bahutule

Support staff

Analyst: Saurabh Walkar
Assistant Masseur: Arun Kumar
Assistant Physiotherapist: Abhijit Kar
Asst. Strength And Conditioning Coach: Jitender Billa
Physiotherapist: Andrew Leipus
Side Arm Thrower: Durjay Bera
Side Arm Thrower: Prince Kumar
Side Arm Thrower: Vishwajeet Singh
Sports Yoga Teacher: Manoj Kumar
Strength and conditioning coach: Anand Date
Team Manager & Scout: Vikram Hastir
Team Masseur: Naresh Kumar

No official team Hall of Fame found for this team. Only RCB and CSK publish one.

Top players

The team's all-time leaders, built from ball-by-ball data.

IPL 2026 table

Full table

#	Team	P	W	L	Pts
1	RCB	16	11	5	22
2	GT	17	10	7	20
3	RR	16	9	7	18
4	SRH	15	9	6	18
5	PBKS	14	7	6	15
6	DC	14	7	7	14
7	CSK	14	6	8	12
8	KKR	14	5	7	12
9	LSG	14	4	9	9
10	MI	14	4	10	8

The line marks the playoff places (top 4).