Punjab Kings Squad IPL 2025 | Fixtures and Venues

Many cricket fans are eagerly waiting for the upcoming IPL 2025 season; before the start, we will provide complete details of the Punjab Kings squad IPL 2025. The IPL is the world’s most famous League and is full of excitement. The IPL season will start on 22 March as we update IPL 2025 fixtures, venues, and timetables. Punjab Kings has completed the full squad after the IPL auction 2025, which was held in Dubai on December 19, 2024. In this article, we are going to talk about PBKS retained players, Released players, and the full squad of PBKS for 2025.

Punjab Kings Team History

Punjab Kings is the unluckiest team in the Indian Premier League, having never won a single IPL trophy in history. The Punjab Kings is a professional cricket team based in Mohali that was founded in 2008. The team’s previous name was Punjab XI Punjab (KXIP), but it recently changed its name to Punjab Kings (PBKS) in 2021. Preity Zinta, Ness Wadia, Karan Paul, and Mohit Burman are the Punjab Kings owners. The team played friendly matches and practised matches in Inderjit Singh Bindra Stadium Mohali, which is its home ground.

Punjab Kings Team Summary

Punjab Kings was established and entered the Indian Premier League in 2008 for the first time. The team performance was not bad. They reached one time in the semi-final, and most of the time, they were out of the group stage. Shikhar Dhawan is leading as team captain, and Trevor Bayliss is the head coach of Punjab Kings for 2025. The team management has retained and released some players before the IPL auction to strengthen their Punjab Kings Squad IPL 2025. More details about the team and the Indian Premier League are given in the table below.

OrganiserBoard of Control for Cricket of India (BCCI)
Championship Indian Premier League 
Tournament Year IPL 2025
Edition 17th 
Host Country India 
Franchises10 Teams
Total Matches 74
Tournament Format T20
Team Name Punjab Kings
Founded2008
Home GroundInderjit Singh Bindra Stadium, Mohali
Total Budget₹100 Crore
Budget Spent  ₹75.05 Crore 
Most Expensive Player Sam Curran (₹18.5 Crore), Liam Livingstone (₹11.5 Crore), Kagiso Rabada (₹9.25 Crore) Shikhar Dhawan (₹8.25 Crore), Rilee Rossouw (₹8 Crore)
Team Captain Shikhar Dhawan
Head CoachTrevor Bayliss
IPL Auction 202519 Dec, 2024 (Dubai) 
Post type Sports
IPL Schedule 2025Start Date 22 March, 2025 | End Date 29 May, 2025 (Expected)
Website iplt20.com
Punjab Kings Squad 2025.

Checkout: IPL 2023 Top 10 Most Expensive Players | IPL 2023 Players Ranking

PBKS Players Bought at IPL 2025 Auction

Punjab Kings spent 70% of its total budget on retained players and entered an auction with a purse of ₹29.10 crore. The management spent ₹24.95 crore in the IPL auction 2025 and bought 8 players. The complete list of players bought in the auction by PBKS is given below.

  • Harshal Patel
  • Rilee Rossouw
  • Chris Woakes
  • Ashutosh Sharma
  • Vishwanath Pratap Singh
  • Shashank Singh
  • Tanay Thyagarajann
  • Prince Choudhary

Related: IPL Auction 2025

PL 2025 Auction Rules

  • Each team will have a budget of INR 100 crore.
  • The management can use this budget to complete their playing xi with at least 3 bowlers, 3 batsmen, 1 all-rounder, and 1 wicketkeeper.
  • The team can consume a maximum of 75% of its auction budget to form its team.
  • A team can choose a maximum of 25 players in its full squad, including 8 overseas players.
  • Before the auction, management must complete the retained trading, and after the trading in the auction, each team should announce their complete squad.

Punjab Kings Squad IPL 2025 Composition

Here are the details of the Punjab Kings players and their composition for IPL 2025.

Batters of PBKS: 

Shikhar Dhawan, Rilee Rossouw, Harpreet Bhatia, Shashank Singh

Bowlers of PBKS:

 Arshdeep Singh, Harpreet Brar, Kagiso Rabada, Nathan Ellis, Rahul Chahar, Prince Choudhary, Vidhwath Kaverappa

All-rounders of PBKS: 

Sam Curran, Atharva Taide, Liam Livingstone, Sikandar Raza, Rishi Dhawan, Shivam Singh, Ashutosh Sharma, Chris Woakes, Vishwanath Singh, Harshal Patel, Tanay Thyagarajan

Wicketkeepers of PBKS: 

Jonny Bairstow, Jitesh Sharma, Prabhsimran Singh

Punjab Kings Budget 2025

MI Squad Strength – 25 (Indian-17, Overseas-8)

MI Total Purse Value – ₹100 crore

MI Purse Remaining –  ₹4.15 Crore

MI Total Player Slots Available – 0

PBKS Released Players List

  1. Shahrukh Khan
  2. Mohit Rathee
  3. Raj Bawa
  4. Baltej Singh
  5. Bhanuka Rajapaksa

PBKS Retained Players List

Sam Curran, Shikhar Dhawan, Kagiso Rabad, Liam Livingstone, Jonny Bairstow, Arshdeep Singh, Rahul Chahar, Harpreet Brar, Arshdeep Singh, Nathan Ellis, Prabhsimran Singh, Sikandar Raza, Harpreet Singh, Rishi Dhawan, Vidwath Kaverappa, Atharva Taide, Jitesh Sharma, Shivam Singh
Punjab Kings Squad IPL 2025.

Punjab Kings Squad IPL 2025 with Price

Sr.Player NameCountryRoleRetained PriceAuction Price
1.Sam CurranEnglandAll-rounder₹18.5 crore  
2.Liam LivingstoneEnglandAll-rounder₹11.5 crore  
3.Kagiso RabadaSouth AfricaBowler₹9.25 crore  
4.Shikhar DhawanIndiaBatsman₹8.25 crore  
5.Harpreet BrarIndiaBowler₹3.8 crore  
6.Jonny BairstowEnglandBatter/W-keeper₹6.75 crore  
7.Rahul ChaharIndiaBowler₹5.25 crore  
8.Arshdeep SinghIndiaAll-rounder₹3.8 crore  
9.Nathan EllisAustraliaBowler₹75 Lakh
10.Prabhsimran SinghIndiaBatter/W-keeper₹60 Lakh
11.Rishi DhawanIndiaAll-rounder₹55 Lakh
12.Sikandar RazaZimbabweAll-rounder₹50 Lakh
13.Harpreet SinghIndiaBatter₹40 Lakh
14.Atharva TaideIndiaAll-rounder₹20 Lakh
15.Vidwath KaverappaIndiaBowler₹20 Lakh
16.Shivam SinghIndiaAll-rounder₹20 Lakh
17.Jitesh SharmaIndiaBatter/W-keeper₹20 Lakh
18.Harshal PatelIndiaBowler₹11.75 crore  
19.Chris WoakesIndiaAll-rounder₹4.2 crore  
20.Ashutosh SharmaIndiaAll-rounder₹20 Lakh
21.Vishwanath Pratap SinghIndiaAll-rounder₹20 Lakh
22.Shashank SinghIndiaAll-rounder₹20 Lakh
23.Tanay ThyagarajanIndiaAll-rounder₹20 Lakh
24.Prince ChoudharyIndiaBatter₹20 Lakh
25.Rilee Rossouw South AfricaBatter₹8 crore  
Punjab Kings Squad IPL 2025.

PBKS IPL 2025 Fixtures, Venues, Timetables

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has released the IPL 2025 schedule in two parts. The first three match schedules for Punjab Kings are given below in the table with fixtures, venues, and timetables. As soon as the Indian government announces the Lok Sabah Election date, the BCCI will plan and unveil the second part of the IPL schedule. Keep in touch with us. We will update the complete schedule, fixtures, and venues for Punjab Kings Squad IPL 2025.

MatchDateFixturesTime (IST)Venue
1.23 March 2025Punjab Kings vs Dehli Capitals03:30 PMInderjit Singh Bindra Stadium, Mohali
2.30 March 2025Punjab Kings vs Lucknow Super Giants7:30 PMEkana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
3.02 April 2025Punjab Kings vs Gujrat Titans7:30 PMNarendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
Punjab Kings Squad IPL 2025.

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PBKS Best Playing 11 Team 2025

  1. Shikhar Dhawan (C)
  2. Prabhsimran Singh
  3. Jonny Bairstow
  4. Liam Livingstone
  5. Sam Curran
  6. Jitesh Sharma (wk)
  7. Rilee Rossouw
  8. Harshal Patel
  9. Rahul Chahar
  10. Kagiso Rabada
  11. Arshdeep Singh

Punjab Kings Administration and Support Staff

PositionName
CaptainShikhar Dhawan
OwnerPreity Zinta, Ness Wadia, Karan Paul, Mohit Burman
Head CoachTrevor Bayliss
Assist. CoachBrad Haddin
Batting CoachWasim Jaffer
Chief Executive OfficerSatish Menon
Fast Bowling CoachCharl Langeveldt
Spin Bowling CoachSunil Joshi
Fielding CoachTrevor Gonsalves
Head of CricketSanjay Bangar
Strength and Conditioning CoachAdrian le Roux 
PhysiotherapistAndrew Leipus
Throwdown SpecialistDurjay Bera, Vishwajeet Singh
Sports Massage therapistVijay Kushwaha
Yoga TeacherManoj Kumar
MasseurNaresh Kumar
Assistant MasseurArun Kumar
Logistics ManagerPushpasar Kumar
Manager and ScoutVikram Hastir
Sidearm ThrowerPrince Kumar
Sidearm ThrowerNelson Pinto
Performance AnalystAshish Tuli
Batting ConsultantSanjay Bangar
Official websitewww.punjabkingsipl.in
Punjab Kings Squad IPL 2025.

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Sponsor and Partner of Punjab Kings

The following companies and brands are roped in with Punjab Kings as sponsors and partners for IPL 2025.

Title Partners

  • Dream 11

Principal Sponsor

  • BKT
  • Jio
  • KENT Mineral RO
  • All Seasons
  • Astral Pipes
  • Hindware Italian Collections

Official Partner

  • Avon Cycles
  • Dazller
  • Verka

Official Partner

  • Lava (Official Handset Partner)
  • Timex (Official Time Partner)
  • Campa (Official Pouring Partner)
  • PayTM (Exclusive Ticketing Partner)
  • Play (Official Global Merchandise Partner)
  • Polaroid (Official Fan Merchandise Partner)

Fan Merchandise Partner

  • Fancode Shop
  • SIX5SIX
  • Dude me
  • Arena

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How many players are in the Punjab Kings squad?

Punjab Kings Squad IPL 2025 consists of 25 players, 17 locals and 8 overseas players.

Who is the current captain of Punjab?

Shikhar Dhawan is the team captain for the Punjab Kings.

Who is the vice-captain of Punjab Kings 2025?

Jitesh Sharma has been appointed as a vice-captain of PBKS IPL 2024.

Who is the best batsman in the Punjab Kings?

Chris Woakes, Shikhar Dhawan, and Rilee Rossouw are the key batters of the Punjab Kings.

Who is the best bowler in the Punjab Kings?

Harsh Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Harpreet Brar, and Rahul Chahar are the best bowlers in the Punjab Kings Squad IPL 2025.

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