Punjab Kings, the runners-up from the 2014 season of the Indian Premier League (IPL), have announced their retained players list ahead of the IPL 2024 auction. In the last season, with Shikhar Dhawan as captain, PBKS had one more IPL to forget, securing only the eighth spot among 10 teams after winning six matches out of 14 in the league phase of the tournament.
After the IPL auction for last season, Punjab Kings had a purse of ₹12.20 crore in hand, which will go up by ₹5 crore following an announcement of the new ruling from the IPL governing council for all the teams. Now that PBKS have retained only some of the marquee players from the last season, they will have the opportunity to spend one of the biggest purses during the upcoming auction to take the squad to the next level for the IPL 2024 season.
IPL 2023 Squad of Punjab Kings
Shikhar Dhawan (c), Shahrukh Khan, Matthew Short (replacement for Jonny Bairstow), Prabhsimran Singh, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Jitesh Sharma, Gurnoor Singh Brar (replacement for Raj Bawa), Rishi Dhawan, Liam Livingstone, Atharva Taide, Arshdeep Singh, Baltej Singh, Nathan Ellis, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Harpreet Brar, Sam Curran, Sikandar Raza, Harpreet Bhatia, Vidwath Kaverappa, Mohit Rathee, Shivam Singh.
Retained players by PBKS ahead of IPL 2024 auction:
Shikhar Dhawan (C), Jonny Bairstow, Jitesh Sharm, Prabhsimran Singh, Liam Livingstone, Gurnoor Singh Brar, Shivam Singh, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh, Harpreet Brar, Matthew Short, Harpreet Bhatia, Atharva Taide, Vidwath Kaverappa, Rishi Dhawan, Kagiso Rabada, Nathan Ellis, Sam Curran, Sikandar Raza
