Kings XI Punjab

Kings XI Punjab ਕਿੰਗਜ਼ XI ਪੰਜਾਬ
Coach:	Michael Bevan
Captain:	Adam Gilchrist
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Founded:	2008
Home ground:	PCA Stadium (Capacity: 28,000) HPCA Stadium (Capacity: 23,000)
Owner:	Preity Zinta, Ness Wadia, Karan Paul, and Mohit Burman
Official website:	Kings XI Punjab

Kings XI Punjab (Punjabi: ਕਿੰਗਜ਼ XI ਪੰਜਾਬ) is a cricket franchise based in Mohali, Punjab in the Indian Premier League. For the IPL3, an additional venue has been chosen at Dharamsala.

Franchise History

The first owners of the franchise included Preity Zinta, Karan Paul (Apeejay Surendera Group) and Mohit Burman (Dabur). The group paid a total of $76 million to acquire the franchise. On 10 October 2010 the franchise agreement of Kings eleven was terminated by the IPL committee along with Rajasthan Royals due to their disputes.

2008 IPL Season

Performance

The tournament got off to a slow start for the Kings XI, with the team losing their first two games. However, despite losing Australians Brett Lee and Simon Katich (who were committed to tour the West Indies with Australia), the team found its groove. Powered by their balanced bowling lineup and effective top order, the team won 9 of its next 10 matches, clinching a birth in the semi-final. In the semi-final, their run in the tournament came to an end with a comprehensive 9 wicket loss to the Chennai Super Kings.

Many credit the team for unearthing arguably the biggest find of the tournament in Shaun Marsh. The opener from Western Australia was looked over in both IPL player auctions and was signed by the franchise on 9 April. He finished the tournament the highest run scorer with an average of 68.44 and a strike rate of 139.68 in 11 innings. His innings included 1 century and 5 half-centuries.

Racism Row

On top of their strong results, the franchise found itself in the headlines for issues off the field as well. It was alleged that cheerleaders Ellesha Newton and Sherinne Anderson—both of whom are of African lineage—were denied access to the PCA Stadium due to the colour of their skin. Wizcraft International Entertainment, the event management firm hired by the team, denied the allegation and began proceedings on a defamation lawsuit against the organization who represented the two individuals.

Dispute with Punjab Police

The Punjab Police sought compensation in exchange for providing security during IPL matches at the PCA Stadium. The issue was that neither the Punjab Cricket Association, nor the franchise owners were willing to pay the amount being demanded. The dispute reached a boiling point on 23 May during the Kings XI match against the Deccan Chargers, where it was alleged that team co-owner Ness Wadia was engaged in a verbal dispute with Mohali Senior Superintendent of Police, RS Khatra. Wadia eventually filed an official complaint against Khatra, contending that he was accused of stealing alcohol and team merchandise, as well as granting entrance to unauthorized personnel in the stadium. Following this event, the Punjab Police threatened to provide no security for the Kings XI's final home match, unless they were paid the sum they demanded.

2009 season

Finishing as semi-finalists last year, The Kings XI Punjab started with enormous ambitions to win the trophy. Their ambitions were supported by their new sponsors Emirates Airlines. With two available slots to fill The Punjab Kings made bids on Jerome Taylor and Yusuf Abdulla at the second IPL auctions.

The team took a hit as most of their Australian cricketers were not available. The team's pace department did not have much fire in them after Jerome Taylor backed out at the last minute with a fresh injury.

The Punjab Kings started badly losing to the Delhi Daredevils and the Kolkata Knight Riders, however got back to form by beating the Royal Challengers, Rajasthan Royals and the Mumbai Indians. Then the team witnessed a roller-coaster ride in their next eight matches with 4 wins and 4 losses. The team's semi-final hopes were crushed after losing to the Chennai Super Kings in their last match.

2010 season

Kings XI Punjab lost six matches to Kolkata Knight Riders, Delhi Daredevils, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Deccan Chargers, Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians but managed to win a match against Chennai Super Kings when the scores were level and the match went to a Super Over. Kings XI Punjab were boosted by the return of Brett Lee against Kolkata, but he was not at his best. Shaun Marsh returned in the match against Mumbai Indians. Despite of his good performance, which included a half century, the team lost the match.

They ended in last position.

2011 Season

IPL 2011 Group Fixtures

Each Team played 14 games. The teams played home and away matches with other teams in the league.Adam Gilchrist was traded from the Deccan Chargers and was given the captaincy of KXIP.They lost their first match and then one three matches back to back.After they lost their 5 matches in a row.Then they won 4 matches and lost their next match to deccan chargers which finished their dream to make it the playoffs and gave mumbai indians and kolkatta knight riders a chance to make to the playoffs.

Team	Home & Away Matches	Home Only	Away Only
KXIP	DC SPW MI DD RCB	RR CSK	KKR KTK

Expulsion From the IPL and return

Following the controversy surrounding the BCCI and Lalit Modi the Indian Premier League announced that it had terminated the franchise contracts of Kings XI Punjab and Rajasthan Royals. It also sent a notice to the Kochi IPL Team to sort out its finances or face termination. The teams announced that they would take whatever legal action possible to remain in the Indian Premier League Initially the team tried to negotiate a solution with the league but when that couldn't be reached they decided to file a case in Mumbai High Court accusing the IPL off getting rid of two teams so that when the bidding process starts for the 2012 IPL season the contract would be given to a more lucrative bidder

A division bench of Hon. High Court of Mumbai has upheld the injunction order passed on by Hon. Justice Vajifdar of Mumbai High court. This order stays till the arbitrator, chosen by mutual consent of BCCI and Kings XI Punjab settles the issue. The team is allowed to take part in the player's auction to be held on 8th & 9 January post fulfillment of certain financial clauses imposed by Hon. Justice Vajifdar. The participation of Kings XI Punjab looks a virtual certainty for IPL 2011. And became even more certain when they bought a full-strength team with Michael Bevan as coach and Adam Gilchrist appointed as captain

Current Squad

Kings XI Punjab Roster
Batsmen 01 Mandeep Singh 07 Paul Valthaty 14 Shaun Marsh 26 David Hussey 42 Paras Dogra -- David Miller -- Sunny Singh -- Siddharth Chitnis All Rounders 16 Abhishek Nayar 23 Rajagopal Satish 77 Bipul Sharma -- Dimitri Mascarenhas		Wicket Keepers 18 Adam Gilchrist (Captain) -- Nitin Saini Bowlers 03 Harmeet Singh 08 Praveen Kumar 11 Piyush Chawla 13 Bhargav Bhatt 35 Nathan Rimmington 45 Ryan Harris 70 Shalabh Srivastava 83 Vikramjeet Malik -- Stuart Broad -- Love Ablish -- Amit Yadav		Coaches Captain: Adam Gilchrist Head Coach: Michael Bevan Assistant Coach: Vikram Rathour Bowling Coach: Jason Gillespie Physio: Tim Brennan Strength & Conditioning Coach: Adrian Dias Manager: Col. S K Mehta Video Analyst: Ashish Tuli Masseuse: Sagar Pujara Logistics Manager: Capt. Varoon Parmar → More rosters

Administration and Coaching staff

• Owners - Preity Zinta, Ness Wadia, Gaurav Burman, Mohit Burman & Karan Paul
• Ambassador - Daler Mehndi
• Chief Operating Officer — Col. Arvinder Singh
• Marketing Head — Chandrabhan Tiwari
• Manager Sponsorships - Nikhil Bardia
• Media Liaison - Madhukar Jha (2011)
• General Manager Operations - Anant Sarkaria
• Strength & Conditioning Coach - Adrian Dias
• Special Consultant - Amar Bindra
• Video Analyst - Ashish Tuli, Andrew Ware (2008–2009)
• Coach - Tom Moody (2008–2010), Michael Bevan (2011–present)
• Asst Coaches - Jason Gillespie (Bowling Coach), Trevor Penny (Asst Coach), Alan Campbell (High Performance Coach), Patrick Farhart (Physiotherapist) (2008–2010)

Fixtures and results

Overall

Performance summary

Year	Matches	Wins	Losses	No Result	Win %
2008	15	10	5	0	66.67%
2009	14	7	7	0	50.00%
2010	14	4	10	0	28.57%
2011	14	7	7	0	50.00%
Total	56	28	28	0	48.12%

Opposition	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	NR	Win%
Deccan Chargers	7	5	2	0	0	71.43%
Delhi Daredevils	7	3	4	0	0	42.86%
Kochi Tuskers Kerala	1	1	0	0	0	100%
Kolkata Knight Riders	6	3	3	0	0	50.00%
Mumbai Indians	6	4	2	0	0	66.67%
Rajasthan Royals	7	3	4	0	0	42.86%
Royal Challengers Bangalore	7	4	3	0	0	57.14%
Pune Warriors India	2	0	2	0	0	0.00%
Chennai Super Kings	8	1	6	1	0	12.50%

Full Table on Cricinfo

2008 season

Kings XI Punjab IPL Fixtures

No.	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result
1	19 April	Chennai Super Kings	Mohali	Lost by 33 runs
2	21 April	Rajasthan Royals	Jaipur	Lost by 6 wickets
3	25 April	Mumbai Indians	Mohali	Won by 66 runs, MoM – Kumar Sangakkara – 94 (56)
4	27 April	Delhi Daredevils	Mohali	Won by 4 wickets, MoM – Simon Katich – 75 (52)
5	1 May	Deccan Chargers	Hyderabad	Won by 7 wickets, MoM – Shaun Marsh – 84* (62)
6	3 May	Kolkata Knight Riders	Mohali	Won by 9 runs, MoM – Irfan Pathan – 24* (26) and 2/18 (4 overs)
7	5 May	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Bangalore	Won by 6 wickets, MoM – S. Sreesanth – 2/19 (4 overs)
8	10 May	Chennai Super Kings	Chennai	Lost by 18 runs
9	12 May	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Mohali	Won by 9 wickets, MoM – Shaun Marsh – 74* (51)
10	17 May	Delhi Daredevils	Delhi	Won by 6 runs (decided by D/L method), MoM – Mahela Jayawardene – 36* (17)
11	21 May	Mumbai Indians	Mumbai	Won by 1 run, MoM – Shaun Marsh – 81 (56)
12	23 May	Deccan Chargers	Mohali	Won by 6 wickets, MoM – Shaun Marsh – 60 (46)
13	25 May	Kolkata Knight Riders	Kolkata	Lost by 3 wickets
14	28 May	Rajasthan Royals	Mohali	Won by 41 runs, MoM – Shaun Marsh – 115 (69)
15	31 May	Chennai Super Kings (Semi Final #2)	Mumbai	Lost by 9 wickets
Total				Overall Record 10-5, King XI Punjab were the semi-finalists in the IPL edition 2008

2009 season

Kings XI Punjab IPL Fixtures

No.	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result
1	19 April	Delhi Daredevils	Cape Town	Lost by 10 Wickets (D/L Method)
2	21 April	Kolkata Knight Riders	Durban	Lost by 11 runs (D/L Method)
3	24 April	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Durban	Won by 7 wickets, MoM - Ravinder Bopara 84 (59)
4	26 April	Rajasthan Royals	Cape Town	Won by 27 runs, MoM - Kumar Sangakkara
5	29 April	Mumbai Indians	Durban	Won by 3 runs, MoM - Kumar Sangakkara 45* (44)
6	1 May	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Durban	Lost by 8 runs, MoM - Yuvraj Singh 3/22 (4overs) & 50 (33)
7	3 May	Kolkata Knight Riders	Port Elizabeth	Won by 6 wickets, MoM - Mahela Jayawardene 52* (41)
8	5 May	Rajasthan Royals	Durban	Lost by 78 runs
9	7 May	Chennai Super Kings	Pretoria	Lost by 12 runs
10	9 May	Deccan Chargers	Kimberley	Won by 3 Wickets, MoM - Mahela Jayawardene
11	12 May	Mumbai Indians	Pretoria	Lost by 8 wickets
12	15 May	Delhi Daredevils	Bloemfontein	Won by 6 Wickets,MoM - Brett Lee 3/15 (4 overs)
13	17 May	Deccan Chargers	Johannesburg	Won by 1 run, MoM - Yuvraj Singh 20 (18) & 3/13 (4 overs)
14	20 May	Chennai Super Kings	Durban	Lost by 24 runs
Total				Overall Record 7-7, Failed to make Semi-Finals

2010 season

Kings XI Punjab IPL Fixtures

No.	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result
1	13 March	Delhi Daredevils	Mohali	Lost by 5 Wickets
2	16 March	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Bengaluru	Lost by 8 Wickets
3	19 March	Deccan Chargers	Cuttack	Lost by 6 runs
4	21 March	Chennai Super Kings	Chennai	Match tied, Won (In The Superover), MoM - Juan Theron 2/17(4 overs),2 wkts in the Super-Over
5	24 March	Rajasthan Royals	Mohali	Lost by 31 runs
6	27 March	Kolkata Knight Riders	Mohali	Lost by 39 runs
7	30 March	Mumbai Indians	Mumbai	Lost by 4 wickets
8	2 April	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Mohali	Lost by 6 wickets
9	4 April	Kolkata Knight Riders	Kolkata	Won by 8 wickets, MoM - Mahela Jayawardene 110* (59)
10	7 April	Rajasthan Royals	Jaipur	Lost by 9 wickets
11	9 April	Mumbai Indians	Mohali	Won by 6 Wickets, MoM - Kumar Sangakkara 56 (42)
12	11 April	Delhi Daredevils	Delhi	Won by 7 Wickets, MoM - Piyush Chawla 2/16(4)
13	16 April	Deccan Chargers	Dharamsala	Lost by 5 Wickets
14	18 April	Chennai Super Kings	Dharamsala	Lost by 6 Wickets
Total				Overall Record 4-10, Failed to make Semi-Finals

2011 season

Chennai Super Kings IPL Fixtures

No.	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result
1	10 April	Pune Warriors India	Mumbai	Lost by 7 wickets
2	13 April	Chennai Super Kings	Mohali	Won by 6 wickets MoM – Paul Valthaty – 120* (63)
3	16 April	Deccan Chargers	Hyderabad	Won by 8 wickets MoM – Paul Valthaty – 75 (47) and 4/29 (4 overs)
4	21 April	Rajasthan Royals	Mohali	Won by 48 runs MoM – Shaun Marsh – 71 (42)
5	23 April	Delhi Daredevils	Delhi	Lost by 29 runs
6	30 April	Kolkata Knight Riders	Kolkata	Lost by 8 wickets
7	2 May	Mumbai Indians	Mumbai	Lost by 23 runs
8	6 May	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Bangalore	Lost by 85 runs
9	8 May	Pune Warriors India	Mohali	Lost by 5 wickets
10	10 May	Mumbai Indians	Mohali	Won by 79 runs MoM – Bhargav Bhatt - 4/22 (2.5 overs)
11	13 May	Kochi Tuskers Kerala	Indore	Won by 6 wickets MoM – Dinesh Karthik – 69 (33)
12	15 May	Delhi Daredevils	Dharamsala	Won by 29 runs MoM – Piyush Chawla - 3/16 (4 overs)
13	17 May	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Dharamsala	Won by 111 runs MoM - Adam Gilchrist – 106 (55)
14	21 May	Deccan Chargers	Dharamsala	Lost by 82 runs
Total				Overall Record 7-7, Failed to make Playoffs

External links

• Official King's XI Punjab Site