KINGS XI PUNJAB

INTRODUCTION-Kings XI Punjab is a cricket franchise based in Mohali, Punjab in the Indian Premier. INFO-
League. For the IPL3, an additional venue has been chosen at Dharamsala.
Coach: Michael Bevan
Captain: Adam Gilchrist
Colours:
Founded: 2008
Home ground: PCA Stadium (Capacity: 30000)
HPCA Stadium (Capacity: 21000)
Owner: Preity Zinta, Ness Wadia, Karan Paul & Mohit Burman
Official website: Kings XI Punjab.

HISTORY-The first owners of the franchise included Preity Zinta, Karan Paul (Apeejay Surendera Group) and Mohit Burman (Dabur). The group paid a total of $76 million to acquire the franchise. On 10th October 2010 the franchise agreement of Kings eleven was terminated by the IPL committee along with Rajasthan Royals due to their disputes.
2008 IPL Season
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Performance

The tournament got off to a slow start for the Kings XI, with the team losing their first two games. However, despite losing Australians Brett Lee and Simon Katich (who were committed to tour the West Indies with Australia), the team found its groove. Powered by their balanced bowling lineup[1] and effective top order[2], the team won 9 of its next 10 matches, clinching a birth in the semi-final. In the semi-final, their run in the tournament came to an end with a comprehensive 9 wicket loss to the Chennai Super Kings.

Many credit the team for unearthing arguably the biggest find of the tournament in Shaun Marsh.[3][4] The opener from Western Australia was looked over in both IPL player auctions and was signed by the franchise on 9 April.[5] He finished the tournament the highest run scorer with an average of 68.44 and a strike rate of 139.68 in 11 innings. His innings included 1 century and 5 half-centuries.[6]
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Racism Row

On top of their strong results, the franchise found itself in the headlines for issues off the field as well. It was alleged that cheerleaders Ellesha Newton and Sherinne Anderson—both of whom are of African lineage—were denied access to the PCA Stadium due to the colour of their skin. Wizcraft International Entertainment, the event management firm hired by the team, denied the allegation and began proceedings on a defamation lawsuit against the organization who represented the two individuals.[7]
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Dispute with Punjab Police

The Punjab Police sought compensation in exchange for providing security during IPL matches at the PCA Stadium. The issue was that neither the Punjab Cricket Association, nor the franchise owners were willing to pay the amount being demanded.[8] The dispute reached a boiling point on 23 May during the Kings XI match against the Deccan Chargers, where it was alleged that team co-owner Ness Wadia was engaged in a verbal dispute with Mohali Senior Superintendent of Police, RS Khatra.[9] Wadia eventually filed an official complaint against Khatra, contending that he was accused of stealing alcohol and team merchandise, as well as granting entrance to unauthorized personnel in the stadium.[9] Following this event, the Punjab Police threatened to provide no security for the Kings XI's final home match, unless they were paid the sum they demanded.
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2009 season

Finishing as semi-finalists last year, The Kings XI Punjab started with enormous ambitions to win the trophy. Their ambitions were supported by their new sponsors Emirates Airlines. With two available slots to fill The Punjab Kings made bids on Jerome Taylor and Yusuf Abdulla at the second IPL auctions.

The team took a hit as most of their Australian cricketers were not available. The team's pace department did not have much fire in them after Jerome Taylor backed out at the last minute with a fresh injury.

The Punjab Kings started badly losing to the Delhi Daredevils and the Kolkata Knight Riders, however got back to form by beating the Royal Challengers, Rajasthan Royals and the Mumbai Indians. Then the team witnessed a roller-coaster ride in their next eight matches with 4 wins and 4 losses. The team's semi-final hopes were crushed after losing to the Chennai Super Kings in their last match.
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2010 season

Kings XI Punjab lost six matches to Kolkata Knight Riders, Delhi Daredevils, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Deccan Chargers, Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians but managed to win a match against Chennai Super Kings when the scores were level and the match went to a Super Over. Kings XI Punjab were boosted by the return of Brett Lee against Kolkata, but he was not at his best. Shaun Marsh returned in the match against Mumbai Indians. Despite of his good performance, which included a half century, the team lost the match.

They ended in last position.
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2011 Season
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IPL 2011 Group Fixtures

Each Team IS play 14 games. ThIS team be playing home and away matches with five teams, away matches with two teams and home matches with two team.
Team      Home & Away Matches      Home Only     Away Only
 KXIP     DC SPW MI DD RCB       RR CSK        KKR KTK

Expulsion From the IPL and return

Following the controversy surrounding the BCCI and Lalit Modi the Indian Premier League announced that it had terminated the franchise contracts of Kings XI Punjab and Rajasthan Royals. It also sent a notice to the Kochi IPL Team to sort out its finances or face termination. The teams announced that they would take whatever legal action possible to remain in the Indian Premier League [10] Initially the team tried to negotiate a solution with the league but when that couldn't be reached they decided to file a case in Mumbai High Court accusing the IPL off getting rid of two teams so that when the bidding process starts for the 2012 IPL season the contract would be given to a more lucrative bidder [11]

A division bench of Hon. High Court of Mumbai has upheld the injunction order passed on by Hon. Justice Vajifdar of Mumbai High court. This order stays till the arbitrator, chosen by mutual consent of BCCI and Kings XI Punjab settles the issue. The team is allowed to take part in the player's auction to be held on 8th & 9th of january post fulfillment of certain financial clauses imposed by Hon. Justice Vajifdar. The participation of Kings XI Punjab looks a virtual certainty for IPL 2011. [12] And became even more certain when they bought a full-strentgh team with Michael Bevan as coach and Adam Gilchrist appointed as captain .

 Squads  Kings XI Punjab Rosterview

Batsmen
14 Shaun Marsh
48 David Hussey
-- David Miller
-- Paras Dogra
-- Sunny Singh
-- Siddharth Chitnis
-- Mandeep Singh

All Rounders
07 Paul Valthaty
15 Abhishek Nayar
24 Piyush Chawla
45 Ryan McLaren
-- Bipul Sharma
Wicket Keepers
18 Adam Gilchrist (Captain)
19 Dinesh Karthik
-- Nitin Saini

Bowlers
08 Praveen Kumar
Stuart Broad
35 Nathan Rimmington
45 Ryan Harris
-- Love Ablish
-- Shalabh Srivastava
-- Vikramjeet Malik
-- Bhargav Bhatt
-- Amit Yadav

Administration and Coaching staff
Owners - Preity Zinta, Ness Wadia, Gaurav Burman, Mohit Burman & Karan Paul
Ambassador - Daler Mehndi
Chief Operating Officer — Col. Arvinder Singh
Marketing Head — Chandrabhan Tiwari[14][15][16]
Manager Sponsorships - Nikhil Bardia
Manager Website - Vikram Afzalpurkar
General Manager Operations - Nitin Mehra
Strength & Conditioning Coach - Adrian Dias
Special Consultant - Amar Bindra
Video Analyst - Ashish Tuli, Andrew Ware (2008-2009)
Coach - Tom Moody (2008-2010), Michael Bevan (2011-present)
Asst Coaches - Jason Gillespie (Bowling Coach), Trevor Penny (Asst Coach), Alan Campbell (High Performance Coach), Patrick Farhart (Physiotherapist) (2008-2010)

Fixtures and results

Overall
Performance summary
Year Matches Wins Losses No Result Win %
2008 15           10    5          0              66.67%
2009 14            7     7          0              50.00%
2010 14             4    10        0               28.57%
2011 12             6    6          0               40.00%
Total 55              27 28        0                47.17%
Opposition Mat Won Lost Tied NR Win%
Deccan Chargers 7 5 2 0 0 71.43%
Delhi Daredevils 7 3 4 0 0 42.86%
Kochi Tuskers Kerala 0 - - - - -
Kolkata Knight Riders 6 3 3 0 0 50.00%
Mumbai Indians 6 4 2 0 0 66.67%
Rajasthan Royals 7 3 4 0 0 42.86%
Royal Challengers Bangalore 6 3 3 0 0 50.00%
Pune Warriors India 2 0 2 0 0 0.00%
Chennai Super Kings 8 1 6 1 0 12.50%

Full Table on Cricinfo

2008 season
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 – 2/19 (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
Total Overall Record 10-5, King XI Punjab were the semi-finalists in the IPL edition 2008


2009 season
No. Date Opponent Venue Result
1 19 April Delhi Daredevils Cape Town Lost by 10 Wickets (D/L Method)
2 21 April Kolkata Knight Riders Durban Lost by 11 runs (D/L Method)
3 24 April Royal Challengers Bangalore Durban Won by 7 wickets, MoM - Ravinder Bopara 84 (59)
4 26 April Rajasthan Royals Cape Town Won by 27 runs, MoM - Kumar Sangakkara
5 29 April Mumbai Indians Durban Won by 3 runs, MoM - Kumar Sangakkara 45* (44)
6 1 May Royal Challengers Bangalore Durban Lost by 8 runs, MoM - Yuvraj Singh 3/22 (4overs) & 50 (33)
7 3 May Kolkata Knight Riders Port Elizabeth Won by 6 wickets, MoM - Mahela Jayawardene 52* (41)
8 5 May Rajasthan Royals Durban Lost by 78 runs
9 7 May Chennai Super Kings Pretoria Lost by 12 runs
10 9 May Deccan Chargers Kimberley Won by 3 Wickets, MoM - Mahela Jayawardene
11 12 May Mumbai Indians Pretoria Lost by 8 wickets
12 15 May Delhi Daredevils Bloemfontein Won by 6 Wickets,MoM - Brett Lee 3/15 (4 overs)
13 17 May Deccan Chargers Johannesburg Won by 1 run, MoM - Yuvraj Singh 20 (18) & 3/13 (4 overs)
14 20 May Chennai Super Kings Durban Lost by 24 runs
Total Overall Record 7-7, Failed to make Semi-Finals


2010 season
No. Date Opponent Venue Result
1 13 March Delhi Daredevils Mohali Lost by 5 Wickets
2 16 March Royal Challengers Bangalore Bengaluru Lost by 8 Wickets
3 19 March Deccan Chargers] Cuttack Lost by 6 runs
4 21 March Chennai Super Kings Chennai Match tied, Won (In The Superover), MoM - Juan Theron 2/17(4 overs) ,2 wkts in the Super-Over
5 24 March Rajasthan Royals Mohali Lost by 31 runs
6 27 March Kolkata Knight Riders Mohali Lost by 39 runs
7 30 March Mumbai Indians Mumbai Lost by 4 wickets
8 2 April Royal Challengers Bangalore Mohali Lost by 6 wickets
9 4 April Kolkata Knight Riders Kolkata Won by 8 wickets, MoM - Mahela Jayawardene 110* (59)
10 7 April Rajasthan Royals Jaipur Lost by 9 wickets
11 9 April Mumbai Indians Mohali Won by 6 Wickets, MoM - Kumar Sangakkara 56 (42)
12 11 April Delhi Daredevils Delhi Won by 7 Wickets, MoM - Piyush Chawla 2/16(4)
13 16 April Deccan Chargers Dharamsala Lost by 5 Wickets
14 18 April Chennai Super Kings Dharamsala Lost by 6 Wickets
Total Overall Record 4-10, Failed to make Semi-Finals


2011 season
No. Date Opponent Venue Result
1 10 April Pune Warriors India Mumbai Lost by 7 wickets
2 13 April Chennai Super Kings Mohali Won by 6 wickets MoM – Paul Valthaty – 120* (63)
3 16 April Deccan Chargers Hyderabad Won by 8 wickets MoM – Paul Valthaty – 75 (47) and 4/29 (4 overs)
4 21 April Rajasthan Royals Mohali Won by 48 runs MoM – Shaun Marsh – 71 (42)
5 23 April Delhi Daredevils Delhi Lost by 29 runs
6 30 April Kolkata Knight Riders Kolkata Lost by 8 wickets
7 2 May Mumbai Indians Mumbai Lost by 23 runs
8 6 May Royal Challengers Bangalore Bangalore Lost by 85 runs
9 8 May Pune Warriors India Mohali Lost by 5 wickets
10 10 May Mumbai Indians Mohali Won by 79 runs MoM – Bhargav Bhatt - 4/22 (2.5 overs)
11 13 May Kochi Tuskers Kerala Indore Won by 6 wickets MoM – Dinesh Karthik – 69 (33)
12 15 May Delhi Daredevils Dharamsala Won by 29 runs MoM – Piyush Chawla - 3/16 (4 overs)
13 17 May Royal Challengers Bangalore Dharamsala
14 21 May Deccan Chargers Dharamsala
Total Overall Record 6-6 with 2 matches yet to be played