Kings XI Punjab is a sports franchise based in Mohali in the eight team Indian Premier League. The team will be led by Yuvraj Singh who is also the Icon Player and coached by Tom Moody, the former Aussie all rounder.
The owners of the franchise include Preity Zinta, Ness Wadia (Bombay Dyeing), Karan Paul (Apeejay Surendera Group) and Mohit Burman (Dabur). The group paid a total of $76 million to acquire the franchise.
2008 IPL Season
The 2008 season started on a disatrous note for the Kings XI team as it lost its opening two matches, but then it recovered lost ground and went on to play the semi finals against Chennai Super Kings.
Kings XI Punjab Players
India middle order batsman Yuvraj Singh is the designated icon player for the franchise and will also captain the team. In addition to Yuvraj, the team also contains the promising Indian allrounder Irfan Pathan, Aussie speedster Brett Lee and the Sri Lankan duo of Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara in its ranks.
Kings XI Punjab Team
Yuvraj Singh (Captain), Mahela Jayawardene, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Simon Katich, Luke Pomersbach, Karan Goel Uday Kaul, Tanmay Srivastava, Sahil Kukreja, Kumar Sangakkara, Irfan Pathan, Ramesh Powar, James Hopes. Pankaj Dharmani, Brett Lee, Shanthakumaran Sreesanth, Piyush Chawla, Vikram Raj, Vir Singh, Kyle Mills, Ajitesh Argal
The 2009 Indian Premier League season, abbreviated as IPL 2 or the 2009 IPL, is the second season of the Indian Premier League, established by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in 2007. The tournament is hosted by South Africa and is scheduled between 18 April and 24 May 2009. The estimated television audience in India alone is over 200 million people.
The Champions Twenty20 League, formed with the official sanction of ICC will kick off in October 2008. Eight domestic teams from four nations will participate. Cricket Australia will partner the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Cricket South Africa (CSA). The champion team in the Champions Twenty20 league will get US $5 million, which is the highest ever prize money for a cricket event.