IPL 2022: PBKS Preview & Full Squad Analysis

Punjab Kings (PBKS) is a franchise cricket team based in Mohali, Punjab, that plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Established in 2008 as the Kings XI Punjab (KXIP), the franchise is jointly owned by Mohit Burman, Ness Wadia, Preity Zinta, and Karan Paul. The team plays its home matches at the PCA Stadium, Mohali. Since 2010, they also have been playing some of their home games at either Dharamsala or Indore. Apart from the 2014 season when they topped the league table and finished runners-up, the team has made only one other playoff appearance in 13 seasons.

Top Stories-2022

• Punjab Kings‘ newly bought Wk opening batter Johny Bairstow will miss out the first week of the IPL 2022 due to his National duty against West Indies.
• PBKS also going to miss the speedster Kagiso Rabada because of his matche against Bangladesh howver as soon as the series ends he will fly off for India right away.
• The PBKS might be looking for some replacement for their players while they are busy doing National duty where Odean Smith might be replacing Kagiso Rabad for the first week of the League match for PBKS also Raj Bawa may get the chance while Johny Baistow busy against West Indies for the 3rd Test.

PBKS Retentions (2022)

Team Captain – Mayank Agarwal (Bought in 12 CR)

• Mayank Agarwal | Retained in-12 crore | Batter
• Arshdeep Singh | Retained in-4 crore | Bowler

Probable Playing XI

Full Squad with Stats

Mayank Agarwal (RHB)

• T20 – M-164, R-3917, Ave-26.50
• IPL – M-100, R-2131, Ave-23.40
• Recent Form T20/IPL- (28R, 4R)

Shikhar Dhawan (LHB)

• T20I – M-68, R-1759, Ave-27.90
• IPL – M-192, R-5784, Ave-34.80
• Recent Form T20/IPL- (36R)

Bhanuka Rajapaksa (LHB & RMF)

• T20I – M-18, R-320, Ave-26.70, W-0
• T20 – M-105, R-1912, Ave-23.60, W-27, Sr-14.20
• Recent Form T20/IPL- (1R, R-33R, 23R, 25R, 14R)

Prerak Mankad (RHB & RMF)

• T20 – M-34, R-763, Ave-33.20, W-20, Sr-21.30
• IPL – N/A
• Recent Form T20/IPL- N/A

Jitesh Sharma (RHB & w/k)

• T20 – M-54, R-1329, Ave-28.30
• IPL – N/A
• Recent Form T20/IPL- (71R, 54R, 28R, DNB, 12R)

Prabhsimran Singh (RHB & w/k)

• T20 – M-30, R-822, Ave-34.20
• IPL – M-5, R-50, Ave-10
• Recent Form T20/IPL- (40R, 18R)

Jonny Bairstow (RHB & w/k)

• T20I – M-63, R-1190, Ave-26.40
• IPL – M-28, R-1038, Ave-41.50
• Recent Form T20/IPL- (8R, 16R, 0R, 1R, 13R)

Benny Howell ( RHB & RMF)

• T20 – M-157, R-2122, Ave-21.87, W-163, Sr-18
• IPL – N/A
• Recent Form T20/IPL- (24R/0w), (8R/0w), (8R/0w), (3R/1w), (2R/1w)

Atharva Taide (LHB & LB)

• T20 – M-20, R-507, Ave-29.80, W-10, Sr-15
• IPL – N/A
• Recent Form T20/IPL- N/A

Baltej Singh (RHB & RMF)

• T20 – M-22, R-15, Ave-3.80, W-26, Sr-18.80
• IPL – N/A
• Recent Form T20/IPL- (1w)

Shahrukh Khan (RHB & OB)

• T20 – M-50, R-547, Ave-21, W-2, Sr-40
• IPL – M-11, R-153, Ave-21.90
• Recent Form T20/IPL- N/A

Ansh Patel (RHB & LB)

• T20 -, M-4, R-6, Ave-6, W-1, Sr-42
• IPL – N/A
• Recent Form T20/IPL- (0w), (DNB), (1w), (0w)

Rishi Dhawan ( RHB & RMF)

• T20I – M- 1, R-1, W-1, Sr-24
• IPL – M-26, R-153, Ave-21.90, W-18, Sr-27.10
• Recent Form T20/IPL- N/A

Arshdeep Singh (LHB & LMF)

• T20 – M-35, R-2, Ave-2, W-42, Sr-17.20
• IPL – M-23, R-2, Ave-2, W-30, Sr-15.20
• Recent Form T20/IPL- (0w), (1w)

Raj Bawa ( LHB & RMF)

• U19- M-10, R-343, Ave-57.17, W-17, Sr-23.40
• IPL – N/A
• Recent Form T20/IPL – N/A

Vaibhav Arora (RHB & RMF)

• T20 – M-12, R-0, W-12, Sr-21.70
• IPL – N/A
• Recent Form T20/IPL- (1w), (0w), (0w), (1w), (0w)

Writtick Chatterjee (RHB & ROB)

• T20 – M-27, R-262, Ave-21.80, W-21, Sr-19.10
• IPL – N/A
• Recent Form T20/IPL- (2w),(1w), (DNB), (1w)

Nathan Ellis (RHB & RMF)

• T20I – M-2, R-1, Ave-1, W-5, Sr-9.60
• IPL – M-3, R-18, Ave-18 , W-1, Sr-66
• Recent Form T20/IPL- (0w), (2w), (1w), (0w), (3w)

Harpreet Brar LHB & LB)

• T20 M-31, R-149, Ave-21.30, W-30, Sr-20.90
• IPL – M-10, R-84, W-5, Sr-38.40
• Recent Form T20/IPL- (1w), (0w), (2), (1w), (0w)

Odean Smith (RHB & RMF)

• T20 – M-35, R-196, Ave-16.30, W-36, Sr-17.1
• T20I – M-10, R-53, Ave-10.60, W-7, Sr-21.40
• Recent Form T20/IPL- (DNB), (1w), (0w), (0w)

Sandeep Sharma (RHB & RMF)

• T20I – M-2, R-1, W-1, Sr-42
• IPL – M-99, R-52, Sr-8.70, W-112, Sr-19.60
• Recent Form T20/IPL- (1w), (1w), (0w)

Ishan Porel (RHB & RMF)

• T20 – M-23, R-2, W-30, Sr-16
• IPL – M-1, R-0, W-1, Sr-24
• Recent Form T20/IPL- (1w), (0w), (0w)

Rahul Chahar (RHB & LB)

• T20I – M-6, R-5, Ave-5, W-7, Sr-18.90
• IPL – M-42, R-31, Ave-4.40, W-43, Sr-20.90
• Recent Form T20/IPL- (0w), (0w), (1w), (1w)

Kagiso Rabada (LHB & RMF)

• T20I – M-40, R-121, Ave-21.20, W-49, Sr-17.80
• IPL – M-50, R-138, Ave-13.80, W-76, Sr-15
• Recent Form T20/IPL- (1w), (1w), (0w), (3w), (3w)

PBKS Fixtures – 2022

Match No.	Day	Date	Match	Time (IST)	Venue
3	Sunday	March 27, 2022	PBKS vs RCB	7:30 PM	DY Patil Stadium
8	Friday	April 1, 2022	KKR vs PBKS	7:30 PM	Wankhede Stadium
11	Sunday	April 3, 2022	CSK vs PBKS	7:30 PM	Brabourne – CCI
16	Friday	April 8, 2022	PBKS vs GT	7:30 PM	Brabourne – CCI
23	Wednesday	April 13, 2022	MI vs PBKS	7:30 PM	MCA Stadium, Pune
28	Sunday	April 17, 2022	PBKS vs SRH	3:30 PM	Brabourne – CCI
32	Wednesday	April 20, 2022	DC vs PBKS	7:30 PM	MCA Stadium, Pune
38	Monday	April 25, 2022	PBKS vs CSK	7:30 PM	Wankhede Stadium
42	Friday	April 29, 2022	PBKS vs LSG	7:30 PM	MCA Stadium, Pune
48	Tuesday	May 3, 2022	GT vs PBKS	7:30 PM	DY Patil Stadium
52	Saturday	May 7, 2022	PBKS vs RR	3:30 PM	Wankhede Stadium
60	Friday	May 13, 2022	RCB vs PBKS	7:30 PM	Brabourne – CCI
64	Monday	May 16, 2022	PBKS vs DC	7:30 PM	DY Patil Stadium
70	Sunday	May 22, 2022	SRH vs PBKS	7:30 PM	Wankhede Stadium