# 2025 Punjab Kings season

The 2025 season season will be the 18th season for the Punjab Kings franchise. They will be one of the ten teams competing in the 2025 Indian Premier League.

## Background

Ahead of the IPL 2025 season, Ricky Ponting replaces Trevor Bayliss as head coach, and James Hopes takes over from Charl Langeveldt as fast bowling coach. Sanjay Bangar, who was the Director of Cricket Development, is no longer part of the coaching staff.
Punjab Kings entered the IPL 2025 Mega Auction with a purse of INR 110.5 crore, setting the highest-ever purse in IPL history for any team. During the auction, the record for the most expensive player in IPL history was broken twice. Shreyas Iyer was sold to Punjab Kings for INR 26.75 crore, surpassing the previous record held by Mitchell Starc at INR 24.75 crore. This record was then surpassed by Rishabh Pant, who was sold to the Lucknow Super Giants at ₹27 crore (US$3.1 million)

## Current squad

* Players with international caps are listed in bold.
* * denotes a player who is currently unavailable for selection.
* * denotes a player who is unavailable for rest of the season.
| No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Salary | Notes |
| Batters |||||||||
| | Shreyas Iyer | India | (1994-12-06) 6 December 1994 (age 30) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | ₹26.75 crore (US$3.1 million) | Captain |
| | Pyla Avinash | India | (2000-07-07) 7 July 2000 (age 24) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | ₹30 lakh (US$35,000) | |
| | Nehal Wadhera | India | (2000-09-04) 4 September 2000 (age 24) | Left-handed | Right-arm leg break | ₹4.2 crore (US$490,000) | |
| | Priyansh Arya | India | (2001-01-18) 18 January 2001 (age 24) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | ₹3.8 crore (US$440,000) | |
| | Harnoor Singh | India | (2003-01-30) 30 January 2003 (age 22) | Left-handed | Right-arm leg break | ₹30 lakh (US$35,000) | |
| | Musheer Khan | India | (2005-02-27) 27 February 2005 (age 19) | Right-handed | Left-arm orthodox | ₹30 lakh (US$35,000) | |
| Wicket-keepers |||||||||
| | Vishnu Vinod | India | (1993-12-02) 2 December 1993 (age 31) | Right-handed | | ₹95 lakh (US$110,000) | |
| | Josh Inglis | Australia | (1995-03-04) 4 March 1995 (age 29) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | ₹2.6 crore (US$300,000) | Overseas |
| | Prabhsimran Singh | India | (2000-08-10) 10 August 2000 (age 24) | Right-handed | | ₹4 crore (US$460,000) | |
| All-rounders |||||||||
| | Glenn Maxwell | Australia | (1988-10-14) 14 October 1988 (age 36) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | ₹4.2 crore (US$490,000) | Overseas |
| | Marcus Stoinis | Australia | (1989-08-16) 16 August 1989 (age 35) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | ₹11 crore (US$1.3 million) | Overseas |
| | Shashank Singh | India | (1991-11-21) 21 November 1991 (age 33) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | ₹4 crore (US$460,000) | |
| | Aaron Hardie | Australia | (1999-01-07) 7 January 1999 (age 26) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | ₹1.25 crore (US$140,000) | Overseas |
| | Azmatullah Omarzai | Afghanistan | (2000-03-24) 24 March 2000 (age 24) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | ₹2.4 crore (US$280,000) | Overseas |
| | Marco Jansen | South Africa | (2000-05-01) 1 May 2000 (age 24) | Right-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | ₹7 crore (US$810,000) | Overseas |
| | Suryansh Shedge | India | (2003-01-29) 29 January 2003 (age 22) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | ₹30 lakh (US$35,000) | |
| Pace bowlers |||||||||
| | Lockie Ferguson | New Zealand | (1991-06-13) 13 June 1991 (age 33) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | ₹2 crore (US$230,000) | Overseas |
| | Kuldeep Sen | India | (1996-10-22) 22 October 1996 (age 28) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | ₹80 lakh (US$92,000) | |
| | Vijaykumar Vyshak | India | (1997-01-31) 31 January 1997 (age 28) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | ₹1.8 crore (US$210,000) | |
| | Yash Thakur | India | (1998-12-28) 28 December 1998 (age 26) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | ₹1.6 crore (US$180,000) | |
| | Xavier Bartlett | Australia | (1998-12-17) 17 December 1998 (age 26) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | ₹80 lakh (US$92,000) | Overseas |
| | Arshdeep Singh | India | (1999-02-05) 5 February 1999 (age 25) | Left-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | ₹18 crore (US$2.1 million) | |
| Spin bowlers |||||||||
| | Yuzvendra Chahal | India | (1990-07-23) 23 July 1990 (age 34) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | ₹18 crore (US$2.1 million) | |
| | Praveen Dubey | India | (1993-07-01) 1 July 1993 (age 31) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | ₹30 lakh (US$35,000) | |
| | Harpreet Brar | India | (1995-09-16) 16 September 1995 (age 29) | Left-handed | Left-arm orthodox | ₹1.5 crore (US$170,000) | |
| Source: PBKS Squad |||||||||

## Administration and support staff

| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Ricky Ponting |
| Batting and wicket keeping coach | Brad Haddin |
| Spin bowling coach | Sunil Joshi |
| Fast bowling coach | James Hopes |
| Fielding coach | Trevor Gonsalves |
| Physiotherapist | Andrew Leipus |
| Strength and conditioning coach | Adrian Le Roux |
| Source: PBKS Staff ||