2025 Punjab Kings season

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Punjab Kings
2025 season
Coach Ricky Ponting
Captain Shreyas Iyer
Ground(s)
League stage 1st
Qualifier 1 Lost the match to Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Qualifier 2 Won the match against Mumbai Indians
Final Lost the match to Royal Challengers Bengaluru

The 2025 season season is the 18th season for the Punjab Kings franchise. They are one of the ten teams competing in the 2025 Indian Premier League. They finished at 9th position last season. Ahead of the season, Shreyas Iyer was announced as the new captain. [1] [2]

Contents

Punjab Kings qualified for the playoffs for the third time after they secured 8 victories in 12 matches.

Background

Ahead of the 2025 Indian Premier League (IPL) 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 110.5 crore (INR 1,105 million), 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
96 Shreyas Iyer Flag of India.svg  India 6 December 1994 (age 30)Right-handedRight-arm leg break 26.75 crore (US$3.2 million) Captain
Pyla Avinash Flag of India.svg  India 7 July 2000 (age 24)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast 30 lakh (US$35,000)
19 Nehal Wadhera Flag of India.svg  India 4 September 2000 (age 24)Left-handedRight-arm leg break 4.2 crore (US$500,000)
18 Priyansh Arya Flag of India.svg  India 18 January 2001 (age 24)Left-handedRight-arm off break 3.8 crore (US$450,000)
Harnoor Singh Flag of India.svg  India 30 January 2003 (age 22)Left-handedRight-arm leg break 30 lakh (US$35,000)
97 Musheer Khan Flag of India.svg  India 27 February 2005 (age 20)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)
95 Josh Inglis Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 4 March 1995 (age 30)Right-handedRight-arm off break 2.6 crore (US$310,000)Overseas
84 Prabhsimran Singh Flag of India.svg  India 10 August 2000 (age 24)Right-handed4 crore (US$470,000)
All-rounders
32 Glenn Maxwell Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 14 October 1988 (age 36)Right-handedRight-arm off break 4.2 crore (US$500,000)Overseas,Ruled out due to injury
16 Mitchell Owen Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 11 September 2001 (age 23)Right-handedRight-arm medium3 crore (US$350,000)Overseas, Replacement of Glenn Maxwell
17 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
27 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 26)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast 1.25 crore (US$150,000)Overseas
9 Azmatullah Omarzai Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan 24 March 2000 (age 25)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast 2.4 crore (US$280,000)Overseas
70 Marco Jansen Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1 May 2000 (age 25)Right-handedLeft-arm medium-fast 7 crore (US$830,000)Overseas
5 Suryansh Shedge Flag of India.svg  India 29 January 2003 (age 22)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast 30 lakh (US$35,000)
Pace bowlers
69 Lockie Ferguson Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 13 June 1991 (age 34)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast 2 crore (US$240,000)Overseas, Ruled Out due to injury
12 Kyle Jamieson Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 30 December 1994 (age 30)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast 2 crore (US$240,000)Overseas, Replacement for Lockie Ferguson
Kuldeep Sen Flag of India.svg  India 22 October 1996 (age 28)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast 80 lakh (US$95,000)
31 Vijaykumar Vyshak Flag of India.svg  India 31 January 1997 (age 28)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)
15 Xavier Bartlett Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 17 December 1998 (age 26)Right-handedRight-arm fast 80 lakh (US$95,000)Overseas
2 Arshdeep Singh Flag of India.svg  India 5 February 1999 (age 26)Left-handedLeft-arm medium-fast 18 crore (US$2.1 million)
Spin bowlers
3 Yuzvendra Chahal Flag of India.svg  India 23 July 1990 (age 34)Right-handedRight-arm leg break 18 crore (US$2.1 million)
46 Praveen Dubey Flag of India.svg  India 1 July 1993 (age 31)Right-handedRight-arm leg break 30 lakh (US$35,000)
13 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 coachTrevor Gonsalves
Physiotherapist Andrew Leipus
Strength and conditioning coachAdrian Le Roux
Source: PBKS Staff

League stage

Points table

PosGrpTeamPldWLNRPts NRR Qualification
1A Punjab Kings (R)14941190.372Advanced to Qualifier 1
2A Royal Challengers Bengaluru (C)14941190.301
3B Gujarat Titans (4th)14950180.254Advanced to Eliminator
4B Mumbai Indians (3rd)14860161.142
5B Delhi Capitals 14761150.011Eliminated
6B Sunrisers Hyderabad 1467113−0.241
7B Lucknow Super Giants 1468012−0.376
8A Kolkata Knight Riders 1457212−0.305
9A Rajasthan Royals 1441008−0.549
10A Chennai Super Kings 1441008−0.647
Source: ESPNcricinfo [8]
(C) Champions; (R) Runners-up

League progression

League progression
TeamGroup matchesPlayoffs
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Punjab Kings 2 4 4 6 6 8 10 10 11 13 15 17 17 19 L W L
WinLossNo result

Fixtures and Results

Match 5
25 March 2025 (2025-03-25)
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Punjab Kings
243/5 (20 overs)
v
Gujarat Titans (H)
232/5 (20 overs)
Shreyas Iyer 97* (42)
Sai Kishore 3/30 (4 overs)
Sai Sudharsan 74 (41)
Arshdeep Singh 2/36 (4 overs)
Punjab Kings won by 11 runs
Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
Umpires: Abhijeet Bengeri (Ind) and Vinod Seshan (Ind)
Player of the match: Shreyas Iyer (Punjab Kings)

Match 13
1 April 2025 (2025-04-01)
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Lucknow Super Giants (H)
171/7 (20 overs)
v
Punjab Kings
177/2 (16.2 overs)
Nicholas Pooran 44 (30)
Arshdeep Singh 3/43 (4 overs)
Prabhsimran Singh 69 (34)
Digvesh Rathi 2/30 (4 overs)
Punjab Kings won by 8 wickets
Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
Umpires: Abhijeet Bengeri (Ind) and Vinod Seshan (Ind)
Player of the match: Prabhsimran Singh (Punjab Kings)
  • Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to field.

Match 18
5 April 2025 (2025-04-05)
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Rajasthan Royals
205/4 (20 overs)
v
Punjab Kings (H)
155/9 (20 overs)
Yashasvi Jaiswal 67 (45)
Lockie Ferguson 2/37 (4 overs)
Nehal Wadhera 62 (41)
Jofra Archer 3/25 (4 overs)
Rajasthan Royals won by 50 runs
Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur
Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe (Ind) and Kannur Swaroopanand (Ind)
Player of the match: Jofra Archer (Rajasthan Royals)
  • Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to field.

Match 22
8 April 2025 (2025-04-08)
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Punjab Kings (H)
219/6 (20 overs)
v
Chennai Super Kings
201/5 (20 overs)
Priyansh Arya 103 (42)
Khaleel Ahmed 2/45 (4 overs)
Devon Conway 69 (49)
Lockie Ferguson 2/40 (4 overs)
Punjab Kings won by 18 runs
Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur
Umpires: Abhijit Bhattacharya (Ind) and Ulhas Gandhe (Ind)
Player of the match: Priyansh Arya (Punjab Kings)
  • Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to bat.

Match 27
12 April 2025 (2025-04-12)
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Punjab Kings
245/6 (20 overs)
v
Sunrisers Hyderabad (H)
247/2 (18.3 overs)
Shreyas Iyer 82 (36)
Harshal Patel 4/42 (4 overs)
Abhishek Sharma 141 (55)
Arshdeep Singh 1/37 (4 overs)
Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 8 wickets
Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad
Umpires: Keyur Kelkar (Ind) and Akshay Totre (Ind)
Player of the match: Abhishek Sharma (Sunrisers Hyderabad)
  • Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Eshan Malinga (Sunrisers Hyderabad) made his IPL debut. [11]

Match 31
15 April 2025 (2025-04-15)
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Punjab Kings (H)
111 (15.3 overs)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders
95 (15.1 overs)
Prabhsimran Singh 30 (15)
Harshit Rana 3/25 (3 overs)
Angkrish Raghuvanshi 37 (28)
Yuzvendra Chahal 4/28 (4 overs)
Punjab Kings won by 16 runs
Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur
Umpires: Mohit Krishnadas (Ind) and Saidharshan Kumar (Ind)
Player of the match: Yuzvendra Chahal (Punjab Kings)

Match 34
18 April 2025 (2025-04-18)
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (H)
95/9 (14 overs)
v
Punjab Kings
98/5 (12.1 overs)
Tim David 50* (26)
Marco Jansen 2/10 (3 overs)
Nehal Wadhera 33* (19)
Josh Hazlewood 3/14 (3 overs)
Punjab Kings won by 5 wickets
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind)
Player of the match: Tim David (Royal Challengers Bengaluru)
  • Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to field.
  • The match was reduced to 14 overs per side due to rain.
  • Manoj Bhandage (Royal Challengers Bengaluru) made his IPL debut. [14]

Match 37
20 April 2025 (2025-04-20)
15:30 (N)
Scorecard
Punjab Kings (H)
157/6 (20 overs)
v
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
159/3 (18.5 overs)
Prabhsimran Singh 33 (17)
Krunal Pandya 2/25 (4 overs)
Virat Kohli 73* (54)
Arshdeep Singh 1/26 (3 overs)
Royal Challengers Bengaluru won by 7 wickets
Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur
Umpires: Kaushik Gandhi (Ind) and Saidharshan Kumar (Ind)
Player of the match: Virat Kohli (Royal Challengers Bengaluru)
  • Royal Challengers Bengaluru won the toss and elected to field.

Match 44
26 April 2025 (2025-04-26)
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Punjab Kings
201/4 (20 overs)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders (H)
7/0 (1 over)
Prabhsimran Singh 83 (49)
Vaibhav Arora 2/34 (4 overs)
No result
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Umpires: Adrian Holdstock (SA) and Anish Sahasrabudhe (Ind)
  • Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
  • No further play was possible due to rain.

Match 49
30 April 2025 (2025-04-30)
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Chennai Super Kings (H)
190 (19.2 overs)
v
Punjab Kings
194/6 (19.4 overs)
Sam Curran 88 (47)
Yuzvendra Chahal 4/32 (3 overs)
Shreyas Iyer 72 (41)
Khaleel Ahmed 2/28 (3.4 overs)
Punjab Kings won by 4 wickets
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Umpires: Anish Sahasrabudhe (Ind) and Akshay Totre (Ind)
Player of the match: Shreyas Iyer (Punjab Kings)
  • Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to field.
  • Yuzvendra Chahal (Punjab Kings) took his second hat-trick in IPL. [15]
  • Chennai Super Kings were eliminated as a result of this match. [16]

Match 54
4 May 2025 (2025-05-04)
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Punjab Kings (H)
236/5 (20 overs)
v
Lucknow Super Giants
199/7 (20 overs)
Prabhsimran Singh 91 (48)
Akash Singh 2/30 (4 overs)
Ayush Badoni 74 (40)
Arshdeep Singh 3/16 (4 overs)
Punjab Kings won by 37 runs
HPCA Cricket Stadium, Dharamshala
Umpires: Parashar Joshi (Ind) and Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind)
Player of the match: Prabhsimran Singh (Punjab Kings)
  • Lucknow Super Giants won the toss and elected to field.

Match 59
18 May 2025 (2025-05-18)
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Punjab Kings
219/5 (20 overs)
v
Rajasthan Royals (H)
209/7 (20 overs)
Nehal Wadhera 70 (37)
Tushar Deshpande 2/37 (4 overs)
Dhruv Jurel 53 (31)
Harpreet Brar 3/22 (4 overs)
Punjab Kings won by 10 runs
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Umpires: Abhijeet Bengeri (Ind) and Chris Gaffaney (NZ)
Player of the match: Harpreet Brar (Punjab Kings)
  • Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
  • This match was originally scheduled for 16 May at the same venue, before being rescheduled. [17]
  • Mitchell Owen (Punjab Kings) made his IPL debut. [18]

Match 66
24 May 2025 (2025-05-24)
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Punjab Kings (H)
206/8 (20 overs)
v
Delhi Capitals
208/4 (19.3 overs)
Shreyas Iyer 53 (34)
Mustafizur Rahman 3/33 (4 overs)
Sameer Rizvi 58* (25)
Harpreet Brar 2/41 (4 overs)
Delhi Capitals won by 6 wickets
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Umpires: Parashar Joshi (Ind) and Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind)
Player of the match: Sameer Rizvi (Delhi Capitals)

Match 69
26 May 2025 (2025-05-26)
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Mumbai Indians
184/7 (20 overs)
v
Punjab Kings (H)
187/3 (18.3 overs)
Suryakumar Yadav 57 (39)
Arshdeep Singh 2/28 (4 overs)
Josh Inglis 73 (42)
Mitchell Santner 2/41 (4 overs)
Punjab Kings won by 7 wickets
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Parashar Joshi (Ind)
Player of the match: Josh Inglis (Punjab Kings)
  • Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to field.
  • This match was originally scheduled for 11 May at the HPCA Cricket Stadium, [19] before being rescheduled. [17]

Playoffs

Qualifier 1 Qualifier 2 Final
29 May 2025 – Mullanpur 3 June 2025 – Ahmedabad
1 Punjab Kings 101 (14.1 overs)Q1W Royal Challengers Bengaluru 190/9 (20 overs)
2 Royal Challengers Bengaluru 106/2 (10 overs)1 June 2025 – Ahmedabad Q2W Punjab Kings 184/7 (20 overs)
Q1L Punjab Kings 207/5 (19 overs)
Eliminator EW Mumbai Indians 203/6 (20 overs)
30 May 2025 – Mullanpur
3 Gujarat Titans 208/6 (20 overs)
4 Mumbai Indians 228/5 (20 overs)
Qualifier 1
29 May 2025 (2025-05-29)
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Punjab Kings
101 (14.1 overs)
v
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
106/2 (10 overs)
Marcus Stoinis 26 (17)
Suyash Sharma 3/17 (3 overs)
Phil Salt 56* (27)
Kyle Jamieson 1/27 (3 overs)
Royal Challengers Bengaluru won by 8 wickets
Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur
Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Virender Sharma (Ind)
Player of the match: Suyash Sharma (Royal Challengers Bengaluru)
  • Royal Challengers Bengaluru won the toss and elected to field.
  • This match was originally scheduled for 20 May at the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium, before being rescheduled. [17] [21]
  • Musheer Khan (Punjab Kings) made his T20 debut. [22]

Qualifier 2
1 June 2025 (2025-06-01)
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Mumbai Indians
203/6 (20 overs)
v
Punjab Kings
207/5 (19 overs)
Suryakumar Yadav 44 (26)
Azmatullah Omarzai 2/43 (4 overs)
Shreyas Iyer 87* (41)
Ashwani Kumar 2/55 (4 overs)
Punjab Kings won by 5 wickets
Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Nitin Menon (Ind)
Player of the match: Shreyas Iyer (Punjab Kings)
  • Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to field.
  • This match was originally scheduled for 23 May at the Eden Gardens, before being rescheduled. [17] [21]

Final
3 June 2025 (2025-06-03)
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
190/9 (20 overs)
v
Punjab Kings
184/7 (20 overs)
Virat Kohli 43 (35)
Arshdeep Singh 3/40 (4 overs)
Shashank Singh 61* (30)
Krunal Pandya 2/17 (4 overs)
Royal Challengers Bengaluru won by 6 runs
Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind) and Nitin Menon (Ind)
Player of the match: Krunal Pandya (Royal Challengers Bengaluru)
  • Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to field.
  • This match was originally scheduled for 25 May at the Eden Gardens, before being rescheduled. [17] [21]

Statistics

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