2008 Kings XI Punjab season

Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) is a franchise cricket team based in Mohali, India, which plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). They were one of the eight teams that competed in the 2008 Indian Premier League. They were captained by Yuvraj Singh. Kings XI Punjab finished third in the IPL and did not qualify for the Champions League T20.

Squad

On 18 February 2008, Yuvraj Singh, the team's icon player, was appointed as captain.

No.	Name	Age	Nationality	Batting style	Bowling style	Signing price
Batsmen
5	Karan Goel	21	Template:Flagicon India	Left-handed	Right-arm off-break
14	Shaun Marsh	24	Template:Flagicon Australia	Left-handed	Left-arm orthodox spin
27	Mahela Jayawardene	30	Template:Flagicon Sri Lanka	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	US$ 475,000
37	Simon Katich	32	Template:Flagicon Australia	Left-handed	Left-arm unorthodox spin	US$ 200,000
38	Luke Pomersbach	23	Template:Flagicon Australia	Left-handed	Right-arm off-break	US$ 50,000
	Ramnaresh Sarwan	27	Template:Flagicon Guyana	Right-handed	Right-arm leg-break	US$ 225,000
	Tanmay Srivastava	18	Template:Flagicon India	Left-handed	Right-arm medium
	Sunny Sohal	20	Template:Flagicon India	Right-handed	Right-arm leg-break
	Sahil Kukreja	22	Template:Flagicon India	Left-handed	Right-arm off-break
All-rounders
12	Yuvraj Singh	26	Template:Flagicon India	Left-handed	Left-arm orthodox spin	US$ 1,063,750
21	Wilkin Mota	26	Template:Flagicon India	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
39	James Hopes	29	Template:Flagicon Australia	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	US$ 300,000
63	Irfan Pathan	23	Template:Flagicon India	Left-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	US$ 925,000
	Rishi Dhawan	18	Template:Flagicon India	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
Wicket-keepers
11	Kumar Sangakkara	30	Template:Flagicon Sri Lanka	Left-handed		US$ 700,000
	Uday Kaul	20	Template:Flagicon India	Right-handed
	Nitin Saini	19	Template:Flagicon India	Right-handed
	Pankaj Dharmani	33	Template:Flagicon India	Right-handed
Bowlers
36	S. Sreesanth	25	Template:Flagicon India	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	US$ 625,000
44	Piyush Chawla	19	Template:Flagicon India	Left-handed	Right-arm leg-break	US$ 400,000
58	Brett Lee	31	Template:Flagicon Australia	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	US$ 900,000
	Ramesh Powar	29	Template:Flagicon India	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break	US$ 170,000
	Kyle Mills	29	Template:Flagicon New Zealand	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	US$ 150,000
	VRV Singh	23	Template:Flagicon India	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
	Ajitesh Argal	19	Template:Flagicon India	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
	Gagandeep Singh	26	Template:Flagicon India	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast

Season standings

Kings XI Punjab finished second in the league stage of IPL 2008.

(C) = Eventual champion; (R) = Runner-up.

Match log

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 – 2/16 (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
Overall record: 10–5. Advanced to the playoffs.