Kings XI Punjab Player List IPL 2019 Squads

Kings XI Punjab Squad strength: 23 Players bought in the auction: 13 Purse at the end of the auction: INR. 3.7 Cror...

Kings XI Punjab

Squad strength: 23

Players bought in the auction: 13

Purse at the end of the auction: INR. 3.7 Crore

Kings XI Punjab were heavily dependant on the top order in IPL 2018, especially KL Rahul, and their shortcomings with the middle order eventually cost them a spot in the playoffs. In order to address the imbalance, they chose to refurbish their squad by only retained 10 players before the auction - letting go several Indian names, including Yuvraj Singh, Manoj Tiwary, Axar Patel and Mohit Sharma.

Batsman

1. Simran Singh (wk)*
2. Sarfaraz Khan*
3. N Pooran (wk)*
4. Lokesh Rahul (wk)
5. Chris Gayle
6. Mayank Agarwal

All Rounders

2. Harpreet Brar*
3. Agnivesh Ayachi*
4. D Nalkande*
5. Sam Curran*
6. V Chakaravarthy*
7. Moises Henriques*

Spinners

1. M Ashwin*
2. Mujeeb
3. R Ashwin

Pacers 

1. Arshdeep Singh*
2. Hardus Vilojen*
3. Mohammed Shami*
4. Andrew Tye
5. Ankit Rajpoot

Having secured Mandeep Singh via a transfer, KXIP concentrated on acquiring finishing options - Moises Henriques and Sam Curran being a couple of them. In Nicholas Pooran, an explosive batsman, they also got a 'keeping option and by getting Varun Chakaravarthy, they also went for an extra mystery element to complement Mujeeb. Hardus Vilojen and Mohammed Shami bring their experience to the pace department.