2025 Punjab Kings season

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Punjab Kings
2025 season
Coach Ricky Ponting
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The 2025 season season will be the 18th season for the Punjab Kings franchise. They will be one of the ten teams competing in the 2025 Indian Premier League. [1] [2]

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Background

Ahead of the IPL 2025 season, Ricky Ponting replaces Trevor Bayliss as head coach, and James Hopes takes over from Charl Langeveldt as fast bowling coach. Sanjay Bangar, who was the Director of Cricket Development, is no longer part of the coaching staff. [3] [4]

Punjab Kings entered the IPL 2025 Mega Auction with a purse of INR 112 crore, setting the highest-ever purse in IPL history for any team. [5] During the auction, the record for the most expensive player in IPL history was broken twice. Shreyas Iyer was sold to Punjab Kings for INR 26.75 crore, surpassing the previous record held by Mitchell Starc at INR 24.75 crore. This record was then surpassed by Rishabh Pant, who was sold to the Lucknow Super Giants at 27 crore (US$3.2 million) [6] [7]

Current squad

No.NameNationalityBirth dateBatting styleBowling styleYear signedSalaryNotes
Batters
Shreyas Iyer Flag of India.svg  India 6 December 1994 (age 30)Right-handedRight-arm leg break 26.75 crore (US$3.1 million) Captain
Pyla Avinash Flag of India.svg  India 7 July 2000 (age 24)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast 30 lakh (US$35,000)
Nehal Wadhera Flag of India.svg  India 4 September 2000 (age 24)Left-handedRight-arm leg break 4.2 crore (US$490,000)
Priyansh Arya Flag of India.svg  India 18 January 2001 (age 23)Left-handedRight-arm off break 3.8 crore (US$440,000)
Harnoor Singh Flag of India.svg  India 30 January 2003 (age 21)Left-handedRight-arm leg break 30 lakh (US$35,000)
Musheer Khan Flag of India.svg  India 27 February 2005 (age 19)Right-handedLeft-arm orthodox 30 lakh (US$35,000)
Wicket-keepers
Vishnu Vinod Flag of India.svg  India 2 December 1993 (age 31)Right-handed95 lakh (US$110,000)
Josh Inglis Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 4 March 1995 (age 29)Right-handedRight-arm off break 2.6 crore (US$300,000)Overseas
Prabhsimran Singh Flag of India.svg  India 10 August 2000 (age 24)Right-handed4 crore (US$470,000)
All-rounders
Glenn Maxwell Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 14 October 1988 (age 36)Right-handedRight-arm off break 4.2 crore (US$490,000)Overseas
Marcus Stoinis Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 16 August 1989 (age 35)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast 11 crore (US$1.3 million)Overseas
Shashank Singh Flag of India.svg  India 21 November 1991 (age 33)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast 4 crore (US$470,000)
Aaron Hardie Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 7 January 1999 (age 25)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast 1.25 crore (US$150,000)Overseas
Azmatullah Omarzai Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan 24 March 2000 (age 24)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast 2.4 crore (US$280,000)Overseas
Marco Jansen Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1 May 2000 (age 24)Right-handedLeft-arm medium-fast 7 crore (US$820,000)Overseas
Suryansh Shedge Flag of India.svg  India 29 January 2003 (age 21)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast 30 lakh (US$35,000)
Pace bowlers
Lockie Ferguson Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 13 June 1991 (age 33)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast 2 crore (US$230,000)Overseas
Kuldeep Sen Flag of India.svg  India 22 October 1996 (age 28)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast 80 lakh (US$94,000)
Vijaykumar Vyshak Flag of India.svg  India 31 January 1997 (age 27)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast 1.8 crore (US$210,000)
Yash Thakur Flag of India.svg  India 28 December 1998 (age 26)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast 1.6 crore (US$190,000)
Xavier Bartlett Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 17 December 1998 (age 26)Right-handedRight-arm fast 80 lakh (US$94,000)Overseas
Arshdeep Singh Flag of India.svg  India 5 February 1999 (age 25)Left-handedLeft-arm medium-fast 18 crore (US$2.1 million)
Spin bowlers
Yuzvendra Chahal Flag of India.svg  India 23 July 1990 (age 34)Right-handedRight-arm leg break 18 crore (US$2.1 million)
Praveen Dubey Flag of India.svg  India 1 July 1993 (age 31)Right-handedRight-arm leg break 30 lakh (US$35,000)
Harpreet Brar Flag of India.svg  India 16 September 1995 (age 29)Left-handedLeft-arm orthodox 1.5 crore (US$180,000)
Source: PBKS Squad

Administration and support staff

PositionName
Head coach Ricky Ponting
Batting and wicket keeping coach Brad Haddin
Spin bowling coach Sunil Joshi
Fast bowling coach James Hopes
Fielding coach Trevor Gonsalves
Physiotherapist Andrew Leipus
Strength and conditioning coachAdrian Le Roux
Source: PBKS Staff

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