The Punjab Kings finished in first place in the league stage, and advanced to the Qualifier 1 in playoffs. The team lost Qualifier 1 to Royal Challengers Bengaluru but, won Qualifier 2 against Mumbai Indians. However, they lost the final again to Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
Franchises were allowed to retain a maximum of six players from their squad, including a maximum of five recent international players.[14] Franchises were required to submit their retention lists before 31 October 2024.[15] Punjab retained two players, but did not retain their prior captain[16][17] who announced his retirement.[18]
The season's auction took place in November 2024 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.[20] The auction purse for each franchise was set at ₹120 crore (US$14million), with franchises deducting an amount from the purse for every retained player.[21][22] Punjab had a purse remaining of ₹110.5 crore (US$13million).[23] Franchises that did not retain six players, were allowed Right-to-Match (RTM) cards at the auction for each player not retained.[24] Punjab had four cards available.[25] Punjab bought twenty-three players in the auction, including twelve capped players and eight overseas players.[26] The franchise used its RTM cards to buy back Arshdeep Singh for ₹18 crore (US$2.1million).[27]
Squad
Players with international caps as of start of 2025 IPL are listed in bold.
Ages are as of 22March2025(2025-03-22).
Withdrawn players are indicated by a dagger symbol (†) and placed at the bottom of the table.
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