2017 Kings XI Punjab season

Kings XI Punjab, now known as Punjab Kings, are a franchise cricket team based in Mohali, India, which plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). They were one of the eight teams which competed in the 2017 Indian Premier League. The Kings XI Punjab drew an average home attendance of 20,001 in the 2017 IPL season.

Auction

The player auction for the 2017 Indian Premier League was held on 20 February in Bangalore.

Squad

• Players with international caps are listed in bold.

No.	Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Year signed	Salary	Notes
Batsmen
1	Hashim Amla	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2016	Template:INRConvert	Overseas
8	Murali Vijay	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2015	Template:INRConvert
10	David Miller	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2014 (since 2011)	Template:INRConvert	Overseas
16	Eoin Morgan	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Right-arm medium	2017	Template:INRConvert	Overseas
22	Gurkeerat Singh	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2014 (since 2012)	Template:INRConvert	Occasional wicket-keeper
31	Martin Guptill	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2017	Template:INRConvert	Overseas
36	Manan Vohra	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2014 (since 2013)	Template:INRConvert
42	Shaun Marsh	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2014 (since 2008)	Template:INRConvert	Overseas
	Nikhil Naik	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2015	Template:INRConvert	Occasional wicket-keeper
	Armaan Jaffer	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2016	Template:INRConvert
	Rinku Singh	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2017	Template:INRConvert
All-rounders
14	Rahul Tewatia	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Right-arm leg break	2017	Template:INRConvert
17	Marcus Stoinis	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2016	Template:INRConvert	Overseas
20	Axar Patel	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2014	Template:INRConvert
32	Glenn Maxwell	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2014	Template:INRConvert	Overseas, Captain
88	Darren Sammy	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2017	Template:INRConvert	Overseas
Wicket-keepers
6	Wriddhiman Saha	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed		2014	Template:INRConvert	Vice Captain
Bowlers
4	Anureet Singh	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2014	Template:INRConvert
5	Swapnil Singh	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2016	Template:INRConvert
18	Mohit Sharma	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2016	Template:INRConvert
21	Matt Henry	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2017	Template:INRConvert	Overseas
26	KC Cariappa	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2016	Template:INRConvert
29	Ishant Sharma	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2017	Replacement signing
44	T Natarajan	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	2017	Template:INRConvert
66	Sandeep Sharma	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2014 (since 2013)	Template:INRConvert
77	Varun Aaron	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2017	Template:INRConvert
	Pardeep Sahu	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break googly	2016	Template:INRConvert

Support staff changes

• In December 2016, Sanjay Bangar stepped down as the team's head coach.
• In January 2017, Virender Sehwag was named head of cricket operations and strategy.
• In February 2017, J. Arunkumar was named batting coach.