2024 Punjab Kings season

The 2024 season was the 17th season for the Indian Premier League franchise Punjab Kings. They were one of the ten teams competed in the 2024 Indian Premier League. They finished at the 8th place in previous season's League stage.^[1]

Punjab Kings

2024 season
Coach	Trevor Bayliss
Captain	Shikhar Dhawan (withdrawn)[a] Sam Curran (stand-in)[a] Jitesh Sharma (stand-in)[b]
Ground(s)	Maharaja Yadavindra Singh Stadium, Mullanpur HPCA Cricket Stadium, Dharamshala
IPL League	Finished at 9th place
Most wickets	Harshal Patel (24)
Most catches	Jonny Bairstow (7)
Most wicket-keeping dismissals	Jitesh Sharma (12)
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After their 8th loss on 9 May 2024, Punjab was eliminated from the 2024 Indian Premier League.^[2][3] They finished the League stage at the 9th place with 5 wins and 9 losses, garnering 10 points.^[4]

Harshal Patel took the most wickets in the season (24)^[5] and was awarded with ₹10 lakh (US$13,000) cash prize along with the Purple Cap.^[6]

The Punjab Kings drew an average home attendance of 31,482 in the IPL in 2024.

Squad

• Source: ESPNcricinfo^[7]
• Players with international caps are listed in bold.
•  *  denotes a player who was unavailable for rest of the season.

Punjab Kings squad for the 2024 Indian Premier League
No.	Name	Nat	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Signed year	Salary	Notes
Captain
42	Shikhar Dhawan		(1985-12-05)5 December 1985 (aged 38)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2022	₹8.25 crore (US$980,000)	Withdrawn[a]
58	Sam Curran		(1998-06-03)3 June 1998 (aged 25)	Left-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	2023	₹18.5 crore (US$2.2 million)	Overseas; Vice Captain;[a] Withdrawn[c]
99	Jitesh Sharma		(1993-10-22)22 October 1993 (aged 30)	Right-handed	—	2022	₹20 lakh (US$24,000)	Stand-in[b]
Batters
9	Rilee Rossouw		(1989-10-09)9 October 1989 (aged 34)	Left-handed	Right-arm Off spin	2024	₹8 crore (US$950,000)	Overseas
5	Harpreet Singh Bhatia		(1991-08-11)11 August 1991 (aged 32)	Left-handed	Right-arm medium	2023	₹40 lakh (US$47,000)
3	Shivam Singh		(1996-11-18)18 November 1996 (aged 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm Off spin	2023	₹20 lakh (US$24,000)
—	Vishwanath Singh		(1998-06-18)18 June 1998 (aged 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm Off spin	2024	₹20 lakh (US$24,000)
77	Ashutosh Sharma		(1998-09-15)15 September 1998 (aged 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm Medium-fast	2024	₹20 lakh (US$24,000)
14	Atharva Taide		(2000-04-26)26 April 2000 (aged 23)	Left-handed	Slow left arm orthodox	2022	₹20 lakh (US$24,000)
Wicket-keepers
51	Jonny Bairstow		(1989-09-26)26 September 1989 (aged 34)	Right-handed	Right-arm off spin	2022	₹6.75 crore (US$800,000)	Overseas; Withdrawn[c]
84	Prabhsimran Singh		(2000-08-10)10 August 2000 (aged 23)	Right-handed	—	2022	₹60 lakh (US$71,000)
All-rounders
24	Sikandar Raza		(1986-04-24)24 April 1986 (aged 37)	Right-handed	Right-arm off spin	2022	₹50 lakh (US$59,000)	Overseas; Withdrawn[d]
—	Chris Woakes		(1989-03-02)2 March 1989 (aged 35)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2024	₹4.20 crore (US$500,000)	Overseas
19	Rishi Dhawan		(1990-02-19)19 February 1990 (aged 34)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2022	₹55 lakh (US$65,000)
27	Shashank Singh		(1991-11-21)21 November 1991 (aged 32)	Right-handed	Right-arm Medium-fast	2024	₹20 lakh (US$24,000)
23	Liam Livingstone		(1993-08-04)4 August 1993 (aged 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2022	₹11.5 crore (US$1.4 million)	Overseas; Withdrawn[e]
Pace bowlers
16	Harshal Patel		(1990-11-23)23 November 1990 (aged 33)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2024	₹11.75 crore (US$1.4 million)
72	Nathan Ellis		(1994-09-22)22 September 1994 (aged 29)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast medium	2022	₹75 lakh (US$89,000)	Overseas
25	Kagiso Rabada		(1995-05-25)25 May 1995 (aged 28)	Left-handed	Right-arm fast	2022	₹9.25 crore (US$1.1 million)	Overseas; Withdrawn[f]
2	Arshdeep Singh		(1999-02-05)5 February 1999 (aged 25)	Left-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	2019	₹4 crore (US$470,000)
28	Vidwath Kaverappa		(1999-02-25)25 February 1999 (aged 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2023	₹20 lakh (US$24,000)
Spin bowlers
95	Harpreet Brar		(1995-09-16)16 September 1995 (aged 28)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2022	₹3.8 crore (US$450,000)
—	Tanay Thyagarajan		(1995-11-15)15 November 1995 (aged 28)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2024	₹20 lakh (US$24,000)
1	Rahul Chahar		(1999-08-04)4 August 1999 (aged 24)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2022	₹5.25 crore (US$620,000)
—	Prince Choudhary		(1999-09-29)29 September 1999 (aged 24)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2024	₹20 lakh (US$24,000)

Administration and support staff

Position	Name
CEO
Team manager
Head coach	Trevor Bayliss
Batting coach	Brad Haddin
Bowling coach	Trevor Gonsalves
Fielding coach
Source: [citation needed]

Sponsors

• Kit manufacturer:
• Main shirt sponsor: Dream11
• Back shirt sponsor: BKT
• Chest branding: Kent RO

League stage

Points table

Pos	Grp	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	A	Kolkata Knight Riders (C)	14	9	3	2	20	1.428	Advanced to Qualifier 1
2	B	Sunrisers Hyderabad (R)	14	8	5	1	17	0.414
3	A	Rajasthan Royals (3rd)	14	8	5	1	17	0.273	Advanced to Eliminator
4	B	Royal Challengers Bengaluru (4th)	14	7	7	0	14	0.459
5	B	Chennai Super Kings	14	7	7	0	14	0.392	Eliminated
6	A	Delhi Capitals	14	7	7	0	14	−0.377
7	A	Lucknow Super Giants	14	7	7	0	14	−0.667
8	B	Gujarat Titans	14	5	7	2	12	−1.063
9	B	Punjab Kings	14	5	9	0	10	−0.353
10	A	Mumbai Indians	14	4	10	0	8	−0.318

Source: ESPNcricinfo^[4]
(C) Champions; (R) Runners-up

League progression

League progression

Team	Group matches														Playoffs
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Q1/E	Q2	F
Punjab Kings	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	6	8	8	8	10	10

Win

Loss

No result

• Note: The total points at the end of each group match are listed.
• Note: Click on the points (group matches) or W/L (playoffs) to see the match summary.

Fixtures and results

All times are in Indian Standard Time (UTC+05:30)

Match 2 23 March 2024 15:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Delhi Capitals 174/9 (20 overs)	v	Punjab Kings (H) 177/6 (19.2 overs)
Shai Hope 33 (25) Arshdeep Singh 2/28 (4 overs)		Sam Curran 63 (47) Kuldeep Yadav 2/20 (4 overs)

Punjab Kings won by 4 wickets Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind) and Nikhil Patwardhan (Ind) Player of the match: Sam Curran (Punjab Kings)

• Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to field.
• This was the first IPL match played at this venue.^[12]

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Match 6 25 March 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Punjab Kings 176/6 (20 overs)	v	Royal Challengers Bengaluru (H) 178/6 (19.2 overs)
Shikhar Dhawan 45 (37) Mohammed Siraj 2/26 (4 overs)		Virat Kohli 77 (49) Harpreet Brar 2/13 (4 overs)

Royal Challengers Bengaluru won by 4 wickets M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Saidharshan Kumar (Ind) Player of the match: Virat Kohli (Royal Challengers Bengaluru)

• Royal Challengers Bengaluru won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 11 30 March 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard

(H) Lucknow Super Giants 199/8 (20 overs)	v	Punjab Kings 178/5 (20 overs)
Quinton de Kock 54 (38) Sam Curran 3/28 (4 overs)		Shikhar Dhawan 70 (50) Mayank Yadav 3/27 (4 overs)

Lucknow Super Giants won by 21 runs BRSABV Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind) and Navdeep Singh (Ind) Player of the match: Mayank Yadav (Lucknow Super Giants)

• Lucknow Super Giants won the toss and elected to bat.

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Match 17 4 April 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard

(H) Gujarat Titans 199/4 (20 overs)	v	Punjab Kings 200/7 (19.5 overs)
Shubman Gill 89* (48) Kagiso Rabada 2/44 (4 overs)		Shashank Singh 61* (29) Noor Ahmad 2/32 (4 overs)

Punjab Kings won by 3 wickets Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad Umpires: Vineet Kulkarni (Ind) and Nitin Menon (Ind) Player of the match: Shashank Singh (Punjab Kings)

• Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 23 9 April 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Sunrisers Hyderabad 182/9 (20 overs)	v	Punjab Kings (H) 180/6 (20 overs)
Nitish Kumar Reddy 64 (37) Arshdeep Singh 4/29 (4 overs)		Shashank Singh 46* (25) Bhuvneshwar Kumar 2/32 (4 overs)

Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 2 runs Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur Umpires: Nikhil Patwardhan (Ind) and Navdeep Singh (Ind) Player of the match: Nitish Kumar Reddy (Sunrisers Hyderabad)

• Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 27 13 April 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard

(H) Punjab Kings 147/8 (20 overs)	v	Rajasthan Royals 152/7 (19.5 overs)
Ashutosh Sharma 31 (16) Keshav Maharaj 2/23 (4 overs)		Yashasvi Jaiswal 39 (28) Kagiso Rabada 2/18 (4 overs)

Rajasthan Royals won by 3 wickets Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Tapan Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Shimron Hetmyer (Rajasthan Royals)

• Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 33 18 April 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Mumbai Indians 192/7 (20 overs)	v	Punjab Kings (H) 183 (19.1 overs)
Suryakumar Yadav 78 (53) Harshal Patel 3/31 (4 overs)		Ashutosh Sharma 61 (28) Jasprit Bumrah 3/21 (4 overs)

Mumbai Indians won by 9 runs Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur Umpires: Nand Kishore (Ind) and Vineet Kulkarni (Ind) Player of the match: Jasprit Bumrah (Mumbai Indians)

• Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 37 21 April 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard

(H) Punjab Kings 142 (20 overs)	v	Gujarat Titans 146/7 (19.1 overs)
Prabhsimran Singh 35 (21) R. Sai Kishore 4/33 (4 overs)		Rahul Tewatia 36* (18) Harshal Patel 3/15 (3 overs)

Gujarat Titans won by 3 wickets Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur Umpires: Nand Kishore (Ind) and Vineet Kulkarni (Ind) Player of the match: R. Sai Kishore (Gujarat Titans)

• Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to bat.

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Match 42 26 April 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard

(H) Kolkata Knight Riders 261/6 (20 overs)	v	Punjab Kings 262/2 (18.4 overs)
Phil Salt 75 (37) Arshdeep Singh 2/45 (4 overs)		Jonny Bairstow 108* (48) Sunil Narine 1/24 (4 overs)

Punjab Kings won by 8 wickets Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (Ind) and Anil Chaudhary (Ind) Player of the match: Jonny Bairstow (Punjab Kings)

• Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to field.
• Punjab Kings made the highest successful run-chase in IPL history, thus breaking the record of Rajasthan Royals (223).^[13]

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Match 49 1 May 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard

(H) Chennai Super Kings 162/7 (20 overs)	v	Punjab Kings 163/3 (17.5 overs)
Ruturaj Gaikwad 62 (48) Rahul Chahar 2/16 (4 overs)		Jonny Bairstow 46 (30) Shivam Dube 1/14 (1 over)

Punjab Kings won by 7 wickets M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: Saiyed Khalid (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Harpreet Brar (Punjab Kings)

• Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 53 5 May 2024 15:30 (N) Scorecard

Chennai Super Kings 167/9 (20 overs)	v	Punjab Kings (H) 139/9 (20 overs)
Ravindra Jadeja 43 (26) Rahul Chahar 3/23 (4 overs)		Prabhsimran Singh 30 (23) Ravindra Jadeja 3/20 (4 overs)

Chennai Super Kings won by 28 runs HPCA Stadium, Dharamshala Umpires: Nand Kishore (Ind) and Vineet Kulkarni (Ind) Player of the match: Ravindra Jadeja (Chennai Super Kings)

• Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 58 9 May 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Royal Challengers Bengaluru 241/7 (20 overs)	v	Punjab Kings (H) 181 (17 overs)
Virat Kohli 92 (47) Harshal Patel 3/38 (4 overs)		Rilee Rossouw 61 (27) Mohammed Siraj 3/43 (4 overs)

Royal Challengers Bengaluru won by 60 runs HPCA Stadium, Dharamshala Umpires: Saiyed Khalid (Ind) and Nitin Menon (Ind) Player of the match: Virat Kohli (Royal Challengers Bengaluru)

• Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to field.
• Punjab Kings were eliminated from the playoffs as a result of this match.^[14]

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Match 65 15 May 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard

(H) Rajasthan Royals 144/9 (20 overs)	v	Punjab Kings 145/5 (18.5 overs)
Riyan Parag 48 (34) Sam Curran 2/24 (3 overs)		Sam Curran 63* (41) Avesh Khan 2/28 (3.5 overs)

Punjab Kings won by 5 wickets Assam Cricket Association Stadium, Guwahati Umpires: Saidharshan Kumar (Ind) and Rohan Pandit (Ind) Player of the match: Sam Curran (Punjab Kings)

• Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bat.

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Match 69 19 May 2024 15:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Punjab Kings 214/5 (20 overs)	v	Sunrisers Hyderabad (H) 215/6 (19.1 overs)
Prabhsimran Singh 71 (45) T Natarajan 2/33 (4 overs)		Abhishek Sharma 66 (28) Arshdeep Singh 2/37 (4 overs)

Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 4 wickets Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad Umpires: Nitin Menon (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Abhishek Sharma (Sunrisers Hyderabad)

• Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to bat.

Statistics

Top 5 tiers for each category are listed

Most runs

Runs	Player	Inns	HS	Ave	SR	100s/50s	4s	6s
352	Shashank Singh	13	68*	50.29	166.82	0/2	28	21
298	Jonny Bairstow	11	108*	29.80	152.82	1/0	33	14
270	Sam Curran	12	63*	27.00	123.28	0/2	24	6
263	Prabhsimran Singh	12	54	20.23	156.54	0/1	27	16
187	Ashutosh Sharma	7	61	31.17	170.00	0/1	10	15
Last updated: 15 May 2024, Source: ESPNcricinfo[15]

Most wickets

•   Purple Cap holder

Wkts.	Player	Inns	Ov	Runs	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4W	5W
24	Harshal Patel	14	49	477	3/15	19.87	9.73	12.25	0	0
17	Arshdeep Singh	14	46.2	468	29/4	27.52	10.10	16.35	1	0
16	Sam Curran	13	41.0	416	28/3	26.00	10.14	15.37	0	0
11	Kagiso Rabada	11	42.0	372	18/2	33.81	8.85	22.90	0	0
10	Rahul Chahar	8	27.0	236	23/3	23.60	8.74	16.40	0	0
Last updated: 15 May 2024, Source: ESPNcricinfo[16]

Notes

1. Sam Curran was announced as the stand-in captain for the rest of the season, after Shikhar Dhawan withdrew due to Injury.^[8]
2. Jitesh Sharma was announced as the stand-in captain for their last match of the season, after Sam Curran withdrew due to the upcoming T20WC.^[9]
3. English cricketers (including Sam Curran and Jonny Bairstow) withdrew on 18 May 2024 due to the upcoming T20WC.^[9]
4. Sikander Raza withdrew due to National duty.^[10]
5. English cricketers (including Liam Livingstone) withdrew on 13 May 2024 due to the upcoming T20WC.^[11]
6. Kagiso Rabada withdrew due to Injury.^[8]