PUNJAB KINGS (PBKS) SQUAD ANALYSIS:
1) IPL PERFORMANCE OVER THE YEARS
(i) Results
2008 - 3rd
2009 - 5th
2010 - 8th
2011 - 5th
2012 - 6th
2013 - 6th
2014 - Runner-Up
2015 - 8th
2016 - 8th
2017 - 5th
2018 - 7th
2019 - 6th
2020 - 6th
2021 - 6th
2022 - 6th
2023 - 7th
2024 - 9th
(ii) Overall Win Percentage
246 - 111w/133l (45.12%)
(iii) Head To Head Win Percentage
CSK - 31 - 14w/17l (45.2%)
DC - 33 - 17w/16l (51.5%)
GT - 5 - 2w/3l (40%)
KKR - 33 - 12w/21l (36.4%)
LSG - 4 - 1w/3l (25%)
MI - 32 - 15w/17l (46.9%)
RR - 28 - 12w/16l (42.9%)
RCB - 33 - 17w/16l (51.5%)
SRH - 23 - 7w/16l (30.4%)
(iv) Home Ground for IPL 2025
Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali - 65 - 35w/30l (53.8%)
Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala - 13 - 5w/8l (38.5%)
2) PLAYERS IN-CHARGE FOR 2025
(i) Captain - Shreyas Iyer
(ii) Vice Captain - Glenn Maxwell/Marcus Stoinis (Not Officially Announced)
(iii) Head Coach - Ricky Ponting
(iv) Batting Coach - Brad Haddin
(v) Bowling Coach - James Hopes
3) OVERSEAS PLAYERS
(i) Josh Inglis
(ii) Marcus Stoinis
(iii) Glenn Maxwell
(iv) Marco Jansen
(v) Azmatullah Omarzai
(vi) Lockie Ferguson
(vii) Xavier Bartlett
(viii) Aaron Hardie
4) SQUAD INFO WITH RECENT PERFORMANCES
Probable XI (including Impact Player)
1) Prabhsimran Singh (Wk) - RHB
Last 10 - 4, 12, 6, 1, 14, 11, 137, 125, 150*, 26, 0, 35*
2) Priyansh Arya - LHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 4, 4, 29, 44, 54*, 37, 0, 4r 1w, 48, 6
3) Shreyas Iyer (C) - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 48, 45, 79, 56, 15, 78, 44, 59, 11, 17, 13*
4) Marcus Stoinis - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 0, 55r 1w, 0r 0w, 15r 1w, 32r 1w, 18r 0w, 4r 2w, 48r 0w, 62r 0w, 22
5) Glenn Maxwell - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 7r 0w, 1w, 32r 1w, 1r 0w, 28r 0w, 76r 0w, 90, 58*, 20*, 0
6) Azmatullah Omarzai - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 67r 1w, 41r 5w, 18r 1w, 3r 1w, 2r 2w, 0w, 13r 0w, 2r 1w, 1r 0w, 2r 1w
7) Shashank Singh - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 35r 2w, 1r 0w, 32r 2w, 36, 10r 3w, 33r 0w, 3, 20r 1w
8) Marco Jansen - RHB, LFM
Last 10 - 3r 0w, 3w, 0r 1w, 9r 2w, 5r 2w, 1w, 23r 1w, 5r 3w, 7r 0w, 22r 0w
9) Arshdeep Singh - LHB, LFM
Last 10 - 2w, 1w, 6r 1w, 2w, 49r 3w, 4w, 4w, 1w, 5w, 2w
10) Yuzvendra Chahal - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 2w, 2w, 4w, 0w, 27r 0w, 48r 0w, 4w, 5w
11) Harpreet Brar - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 1w, 1w, 23r 0w, 0w, 3w, 9r 0w, 1w, 0w, 17r 0w, 2w
12) Yash Thakur - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 25r 1w, 8*, 2w, 2w, 2w, 0w, 17r 3w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 4w, 0w, 1w, 1w
BENCH
13) Kuldeep Sen - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 2w, 0w, 3w, 2w, 1w, 3w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 0w
14) Lockie Ferguson - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 0w, 2w, 9r 0w, 1w, 0w, 7r 2w, 2w, 3w, 1w, 7r 2w
15) Xavier Bartlett - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 0w, 27r 2w, 0w, 20r 3w, 4w, 2w, 2w, 7r 0w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 4w
16) Aaron Hardie - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 0r 1w, 32r 2w, 0w, 2r 3w, 28r 0w, 22, 0, 34, 10, 2, 24
17) Josh Inglis - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 11, 120*, 22, 0, 102, 4, 49, 41, 25, 27
18) Vijaykumar Vyshak - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 0w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 3w
19) Nehal Wadhera - LHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 6, 57, 35*, 23, 37, 34, 18, 31
20) Vishnu Vinod - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 1, 7, 6, 2, 9, 4, 20*, 40r 0w, 24, 0, 6, 29, 6
21) Harnoor Pannu - LHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 6, 24, 21, 23r 0w, 27, 1, 10, 6, 15, 10
22) Pyla Avinash - RHB, RMF
Last 10 - 19, 2*, 0, 5, 55, 2, 17, 105*, 42, 23
23) Musheer Khan - RHB, LAO
Last 10 - 5r 0w, 0r 0w, 1r 1w, 181r 0w, 0, 6, 136r 2w, 2w, 55r 0w, 203r 1w, 33, 22r 1w, 4r 2w, 9r 0w, 131r 2w
24) Suryansh Shedge - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 61, 20r 4w, 10r 2w, 5r 2w, 44r 0w, 1w, 6, 0w, 36r 1w, 6r 2w
25) Praveen Dubey - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 5r 0w, 24r 2w, 0w, 11r 0w, 8r 0w, 65r 2w, 7, 4r 0w, 26, 34*
Safe C/VC Choices
Azmatullah Omarzai, Shreyas Iyer
5) STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES
(i) Lack of an experienced Indian unit - In an Indian Premier League, a team having 17 Indian players, but just having 3 capped/experienced players in their side will definitely be a major issue for this side. On top of that, Shreyas Iyer is their only capped Indian batsman and they heavily rely on their overseas unit to deliver with the bat, or their inexperienced Indian retentions in Prabhsimran and Shashank.
(ii) A quality set of All Rounders - Although mostly overseas, their all rounders are all high quality and match winners on any given day. Even their Indian all rounders like Shedge, Musheer and Praveen are all highly talented players and can be players to watch out for in the upcoming seasons, and under the overseas talent in Stoinis-Maxwell-Omarzai-Jansen-Hardie, these all rounders should be groomed really well too.
(iii) Enough options in the Bowling Unit - In their ideal Playing XII above, they have 8 bowling options, despite having a good depth in their batting, and also have 8 other bowling options in their bench. In a squad of 25, having 16 bowling options gives the team enough possible combinations and bowling rotations according to the opposition and venue tactics.
(iv) Poor Historic Record - They have reached the finals of the IPL only once, back in 2014, and haven't even qualified for the knockout stage ever since in the last 11 years. They have not been a successful IPL franchise, and Shreyas Iyer shall be this franchise's 17th Captain, which is the most for any franchise across the globe.
(v) The Aussie power - We all are aware of how dominant Australian cricket has been across all formats throughout the years. With their coaching staff all being Aussies, and 5 of their 8 overseas players also being Aussies, one should be able to see their fighting spirit throughout the season, as well as their determination to win.
(vi) The Ponting-Shreyas duo - This duo was last seen in Delhi Capitals in the 2019 and 2020 seasons, wherein Shreyas led the team to the playoffs on both occasions, and even entered the franchise's one and only IPL final in the 2020 season. Shreyas is also the current defending champion with the KKR, and has been a successful IPL captain, having reached the playoffs thrice in his 4 seasons of being captain.
6) STATS FROM OVER THE YEARS (as part of any team before this)
(i) Top Run Scorers
-> Shreyas Iyer - Runs (3127), Avg (32.24) - 115M/115I
-> Glenn Maxwell - Runs (2771), Avg (24.74) - 134M/129I
-> Marcus Stoinis - Runs (1866), Avg (28.27) - 96M/88I
-> Prabhsimran Singh - Runs (756), Avg (22.24) - 34M/34I
(ii) Top Wicket Takers
-> Yuzvendra Chahal - Wickets (205), SR (17.18) - 160M/159I
-> Arshdeep Singh - Wickets (76), SR (17.95) - 65M/65I
-> Lockie Ferguson - Wickets (46), SR (20.76) - 45M/45I
-> Marcus Stoinis - Wickets (43), SR (18.67) - 96M/62I
-> Glenn Maxwell - Wickets (37), SR (25.51) - 134M/79I
7) PREDICTIONS FOR THIS SEASON
(i) Top Run Scorer
Shreyas Iyer
(ii) Top Wicket Taker
Arshdeep Singh
(iii) Most Valuable Player
Azmatullah Omarzai
(iv) Points Table Position
5-8
8) C/VC Choices
Safe - Azmatullah Omarzai, Shreyas Iyer
GL - Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Arshdeep Singh
Differential Pick - Marco Jansen
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