# 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.
After their 8th loss on 9 May 2024, Punjab was eliminated from the 2024 Indian Premier League. They finished the League stage at the 9th place with 5 wins and 9 losses, garnering 10 points.
Harshal Patel took the most wickets in the season (24) and was awarded with ₹10 lakh (US$13,000) cash prize along with the Purple Cap.
The Punjab Kings drew an average home attendance of 31,482 in the IPL in 2024.

## Squad

* Source: ESPNcricinfo
* 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 | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Signed year | Salary | Notes |
| Captain |||||||||
| 42 | Shikhar Dhawan | (1985-12-05) 5 December 1985 (age 38) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2022 | ₹8.25 crore (US$990,000) | Withdrawn |
| 58 | Sam Curran | (1998-06-03) 3 June 1998 (age 26) | Left-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | 2023 | ₹18.5 crore (US$2.2 million) | Overseas; Vice Captain; Withdrawn |
| 99 | Jitesh Sharma | (1993-10-22) 22 October 1993 (age 31) | Right-handed | — | 2022 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | Stand-in |
| Batters |||||||||
| 9 | Rilee Rossouw | (1989-10-09) 9 October 1989 (age 35) | Left-handed | Right-arm Off spin | 2024 | ₹8 crore (US$960,000) | Overseas |
| 5 | Harpreet Singh Bhatia | (1991-08-11) 11 August 1991 (age 33) | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | 2023 | ₹40 lakh (US$48,000) | |
| 3 | Shivam Singh | (1996-11-18) 18 November 1996 (age 28) | Right-handed | Right-arm Off spin | 2023 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | |
| — | Vishwanath Singh | (1998-06-18) 18 June 1998 (age 26) | Right-handed | Right-arm Off spin | 2024 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | |
| 77 | Ashutosh Sharma | (1998-09-15) 15 September 1998 (age 26) | Right-handed | Right-arm Medium-fast | 2024 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | |
| 14 | Atharva Taide | (2000-04-26) 26 April 2000 (age 24) | Left-handed | Slow left arm orthodox | 2022 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | |
| Wicket-keepers |||||||||
| 51 | Jonny Bairstow | (1989-09-26) 26 September 1989 (age 35) | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | 2022 | ₹6.75 crore (US$810,000) | Overseas; Withdrawn |
| 84 | Prabhsimran Singh | (2000-08-10) 10 August 2000 (age 24) | Right-handed | — | 2022 | ₹60 lakh (US$72,000) | |
| All-rounders |||||||||
| 24 | Sikandar Raza | (1986-04-24) 24 April 1986 (age 38) | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | 2022 | ₹50 lakh (US$60,000) | Overseas; Withdrawn |
| — | Chris Woakes | (1989-03-02) 2 March 1989 (age 35) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2024 | ₹4.20 crore (US$500,000) | Overseas |
| 19 | Rishi Dhawan | (1990-02-19) 19 February 1990 (age 34) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2022 | ₹55 lakh (US$66,000) | |
| 27 | Shashank Singh | (1991-11-21) 21 November 1991 (age 33) | Right-handed | Right-arm Medium-fast | 2024 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | |
| 23 | Liam Livingstone | (1993-08-04) 4 August 1993 (age 31) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2022 | ₹11.5 crore (US$1.4 million) | Overseas; Withdrawn |
| Pace bowlers |||||||||
| 16 | Harshal Patel | (1990-11-23) 23 November 1990 (age 34) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2024 | ₹11.75 crore (US$1.4 million) | |
| 72 | Nathan Ellis | (1994-09-22) 22 September 1994 (age 30) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast medium | 2022 | ₹75 lakh (US$90,000) | Overseas |
| 25 | Kagiso Rabada | (1995-05-25) 25 May 1995 (age 29) | Left-handed | Right-arm fast | 2022 | ₹9.25 crore (US$1.1 million) | Overseas; Withdrawn |
| 2 | Arshdeep Singh | (1999-02-05) 5 February 1999 (age 25) | Left-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | 2019 | ₹4 crore (US$480,000) | |
| 28 | Vidwath Kaverappa | (1999-02-25) 25 February 1999 (age 25) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2023 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | |
| Spin bowlers |||||||||
| 95 | Harpreet Brar | (1995-09-16) 16 September 1995 (age 29) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2022 | ₹3.8 crore (US$460,000) | |
| — | Tanay Thyagarajan | (1995-11-15) 15 November 1995 (age 29) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2024 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | |
| 1 | Rahul Chahar | (1999-08-04) 4 August 1999 (age 25) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2022 | ₹5.25 crore (US$630,000) | |
| — | Prince Choudhary | (1999-09-29) 29 September 1999 (age 25) | 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: ||

## Sponsors

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

## League stage
### Points table

| Pos | Grp | Teamvte | 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 | Advanced to Qualifier 1 |
| 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 | Advanced to Eliminator |
| 5 | B | Chennai Super Kings | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0.392 | Eliminated |
| 6 | A | Delhi Capitals | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | −0.377 | Eliminated |
| 7 | A | Lucknow Super Giants | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | −0.667 | Eliminated |
| 8 | B | Gujarat Titans | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 12 | −1.063 | Eliminated |
| 9 | B | Punjab Kings | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 10 | −0.353 | Eliminated |
| 10 | A | Mumbai Indians | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 8 | −0.318 | Eliminated |

### League progression

League progression :
| Team | Group matches | Group matches | Group matches | Group matches | Group matches | Group matches | Group matches | Group matches | Group matches | Group matches | Group matches | Group matches | Group matches | Group matches | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| Team | 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

* 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.
* 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.
* Virat Kohli (Royal Challengers Bengaluru) recorded his 100th 50+ score in T20s.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* Abhishek Sharma (Sunrisers Hyderabad) became the first uncapped player to complete 1,000 runs in the IPL for Sunrisers Hyderabad.
* 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.
* 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.
* Rohit Sharma (Mumbai Indians) became the 2nd player to play 250 IPL matches, after MS Dhoni. He became the fourth batter to complete 6,500 runs in IPL.
* 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.
* Harshal Patel (Punjab Kings) played in his 100th IPL match.
* 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).
* Punjab Kings also made the highest successful run-chase in T20 cricket, thus breaking the record of South Africa (259).
* 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.
* 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.
* MS Dhoni (Chennai Super Kings) became the first player to take 150 catches in IPL.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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
### 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 |||||||||

### 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 |||||||||||