April 17, 2026

Punjab Kings (PBKS) is a franchise cricket team based in Mohali, Punjab, India which was established in 2008 under the name of Kings XI Punjab and rebranded on March 2021. The team is owned by Preity Zinta and partners marketed under KPH Dream Cricket Pvt Ltd. Punjab Kings represents Mohali playing their home matches at the Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium. It has yet to win an IPL title; the closest they have come was in 2014 when they reached the finals. Their slogan is “Sadda Punjab.” Captain– Shreyas Iyer, Coach– Trevor Bayliss Players who can create impact- Sam Curran, Arshdeep Singh and Liam Livingstone IPL 2026 team Punjab Kings (PBKS): Overview Attributes Details Franchise Name Punjab Kings Short Name PBKS Slogan Sadda Punjab Established 2008 Owner Name Preity Zinta Title Won No IPL Trophy Win Captain (2026) Shreyas Iyer (C) Vice-captain (2026) Shashank Singh (VC) Coach (2026) Trevor Bayliss Total retained players 21 Retention spend ₹113.50 crore Purse still with ₹11.50 crore Punjab Kings | PBKS Squad 2026: Player Lists, Role, Country S No Player Role Country Price (INR) / Status 1 Shreyas Iyer (C) Batter India 26.75 Cr (Retained) 2 Shashank Singh Batter India 5.5 Cr (Retained) 3 Nehal Wadhera Batter India 4.2 Cr (Retained) 4 Priyansh Arya Batter India 3.8 Cr (Retained) 5 Harnoor Singh Batter India 30 L (Retained) 6 Pyla Avinash Batter India 30 L (Retained) 7 Prabhsimran Singh Wicket-Keeper India 4 Cr (Retained) 8 Vishnu Vinod Wicket-Keeper India 95 L (Retained) 9 Marcus Stoinis All-Rounder Australia 11 Cr (Retained) 10 Marco Jansen All-Rounder South Africa 7 Cr (Retained) 11 Ben Dwarshuis All-Rounder Australia 4.4 Cr (Bought) 12 Cooper Connolly All-Rounder Australia 3 Cr (Bought) 13 Mitchell Owen All-Rounder Australia 3 Cr (Retained) 14 Azmatullah Omarzai All-Rounder Afghanistan 2.4 Cr (Retained) 15 Harpreet Brar All-Rounder India 1.5 Cr (Retained) 16 Musheer Khan All-Rounder India 30 L (Retained) 17 Suryansh Shedge All-Rounder India 30 L (Retained) 18 Arshdeep Singh Bowler India 18 Cr (Retained) 19 Yuzvendra Chahal Bowler India 18 Cr (Retained) 20 Lockie Ferguson Bowler New Zealand 2 Cr (Retained) 21 Vijaykumar Vyshak Bowler India 1.8 Cr (Retained) 22 Yash Thakur Bowler India 1.6 Cr (Retained) 23 Xavier Bartlett Bowler Australia 80 L (Retained) 24 Pravin Dubey Bowler India 30 L (Bought) 25 Vishal Nishad Bowler India 30 L (Bought) Punjab Kings (IPL 2026) – Strength Punjab Kings (PBKS)A well structured side with clear strengths in IPL 2026. Batting Strength – The batting is led by Shreyas Iyer, with big hitters such as Liam Livingstone and Sam Curran providing the stability and finishing. Bowling Strength – However, PBKS is hugely reliant on Indian pacer Arshdeep Singh, the Jack too-death bowler, with added pace and all-round assistance acting as another arm to their bowling. With Shreyas Iyer and a few fresh domestic talents, the Indian batting core is fairly firm and pace bowling makes up its unit. In short, PBKS have grab-and-go batting and a nascent bowling combine to make them an exciting but inconsistent outfit in the IPL 2026. Punjab Kings retained Players Lists 2026 S No Player Name Role Country Price (INR) 1 Shreyas Iyer Batter India 26.75 crore 2 Arshdeep Singh Bowler India 18 crore 3 Yuzvendra Chahal Bowler India 18 crore 4 Marcus Stoinis All-rounder Australia 11 crore 5 Marco Jansen All-rounder South Africa 7 crore 6 Shashank Singh Batter India 5.5 crore 7 Nehal Wadhera Batter India 4.2 crore 8 Prabhsimran Singh Wicketkeeper-Batter India 4 crore 9 Priyansh Arya Batter India 3.8 crore 10 Mitch Owen All-rounder Australia 3 crore 11 Azmatullah Omarzai All-rounder Afghanistan 2.4 crore 12 Lockie Ferguson Bowler New Zealand 2 crore 13 Vijaykumar Vyshak Bowler India 1.8 crore 14 Yash Thakur Bowler India 1.6 crore 15 Harpreet Brar Bowler India 1.5 crore 16 Vishnu Vinod Batter India 0.95 crore 17 Xavier Bartlett Bowler Australia 0.8 crore 18 Musheer Khan Bowler India 0.3 crore 19 Suryansh Shedge Batter India 0.3 crore 20 Pyla Avinash Batter India 0.3 crore 21 Harnoor Singh Bowler India 0.3 crore Punjab Kings Released Players 2026 S No Player Role Country Price (INR) 1 Glenn Maxwell All-rounder Australia ₹4.2 Crore 2 Josh Inglis Wicketkeeper-batter England ₹2.6 Crore 3 Aaron Hardie All-rounder Australia ₹1.2 Crore 4 Kuldeep Sen Bowler India ₹80 Lakh 5 Praveen Dubey Bowler India ₹30 Lakh Punjab Kings Possible XI (IPL 2026) Position Player Role Country 1 Priyansh Arya Opener (Batter) India 2 Prabhsimran Singh Wicket-keeper/Opener India 3 Shreyas Iyer (c) Top-order Batter India 4 Nehal Wadhera Middle-order Batter India 5 Marcus Stoinis All-rounder (Finisher) Australia 6 Cooper Connolly All-rounder Australia 7 Shashank Singh Finisher (Batting) India 8 Marco Jansen All-rounder (Bowling) South Africa 9 Ben Dwarshuis Bowler (Death Specialist) Australia 10 Arshdeep Singh Fast Bowler India 11 Yuzvendra Chahal Spinner India Conclusion Punjab Kings Team 2026 will be a good combination of Youth and Experience. Major Names: Shashank Singh, Arshdeep Singh and Sam Curran. They have a perfect Indian core, all-around depth but come October march between a strong and a weak side in terms of last few matches. If they continue their form, PBKS have a genuine shot at making the playoffs and contesting for that elusive IPL title. Also, Read About – Lucknow Super Giants | LSG Squad 2026: Players, Retained, Released Player Lists & Price

Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) is an original team of Indian Premier League. Founded in 2021, it began play in 2022. RPSG Group led by Sanjiv Goenka owns the team and the Slogan “Ab Apni Baari Hai”. Lucknow Super Giants (commonly referred to as LSG) abbreviation represents Lucknow franchise cricket and is based at the BRSABV Ekana Cricket Stadium. They have yet to win an IPL trophy but made the playoffs on two occasions. The outlook of the squad would be strong in both batting and bowling with key players like Rishabh Pant (c), Nicholas Pooran, Mitchell Marsh, Aiden Markram, Mayank Yadav & Mohammed Shami available for IPL 2026. Lucknow Super Giants (LSG): Overview Attributes Details Franchise Name Lucknow Super Giants Short Name LSG Slogan Ab Apni Baari Hai Established 2021 Owner Name Sanjiv Goenka Title Won No IPL Trophy Win Captain (2026) Rishabh Pant (C) Vice-captain (2026) NA Coach (2026) Justin Langer Total retained players 19 Retention spend ₹102.05 crore Purse still with ₹22.95 crore LSG Squad 2026: Player Lists, Role, Country and Price S No Player Country Role Price (INR) 1 Abdul Samad India Batter 4.2 Crore (Retained) 2 Akshat Raghuvanshi India Batter 2.2 Crore (Bought) 3 Matthew Breetzke South Africa Batter 75 Lakh (Retained) 4 Himmat Singh India Batter 30 Lakh (Retained) 5 Rishabh Pant (C) India Wicketkeeper-Batter 27 Crore (Retained) 6 Nicholas Pooran West Indies Wicketkeeper-Batter 21 Crore (Retained) 7 Josh Inglis Australia Wicketkeeper-Batter 8.6 Crore (Bought) 8 Mukul Choudhary India Wicketkeeper-Batter 2.6 Crore (Bought) 9 Ayush Badoni India All-rounder 4 Crore (Retained) 10 Mitchell Marsh Australia All-rounder 3.4 Crore (Retained) 11 Shahbaz Ahmad India All-rounder 2.4 Crore (Retained) 12 Aiden Markram South Africa All-rounder 2 Crore (Retained) 13 Wanindu Hasaranga Sri Lanka All-rounder 2 Crore (Bought) 14 Arshin Kulkarni India All-rounder 30 Lakh (Retained) 15 Mayank Yadav India Bowler 11 Crore (Retained) 16 Mohammed Shami India Bowler 10 Crore (Traded) 17 Avesh Khan India Bowler 9.75 Crore (Retained) 18 Mohsin Khan India Bowler 4 Crore (Retained) 19 Anrich Nortje South Africa Bowler 2 Crore (Bought) 20 Naman Tiwari India Bowler 1 Crore (Bought) 21 M. Siddharth India Bowler 75 Lakh (Retained) 22 Digvesh Rathi India Bowler 30 Lakh (Retained) 23 Prince Yadav India Bowler 30 Lakh (Retained) 24 Akash Singh India Bowler 30 Lakh (Retained) 25 Arjun Tendulkar India Bowler 30 Lakh (Traded) Lucknow Super Giants – Strength Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) holds some significant prospects considering their a little strong and balanced squad heading into IPL 2026. Batting Strength – Led by Rishabh Pant and Nicholas Pooran, their batting unit remains strong and is ably supported by all-rounders like Mitchell Marsh and Aiden Markram to add depth and flexibility. Bowling Strength –the bowling attack which includes Indian pacers Mohammed Shami, Mayank Yadav and Avesh Khan. Fielding Strength – Their fielding is electric and sharp. Proper Indian core along with the experience of some overseas players gives great chance for LSG to qualify for playoffs and a title protagonist in IPL 2026. LSG Retained Players (2026) S No Player Role Country Price (INR) 1 Arshin Kulkarni All-rounder India 30 lakh 2 David Miller Batter South Africa 7.50 crore 3 Abdul Samad Batter India 4.20 crore 4 Ayush Badoni Batter India 4 crore 5 Aiden Markram Batter South Africa 2 crore 6 Himmat Singh Batter India 30 lakh 7 Mitchell Marsh Batter/All-rounder Australia 3.40 crore 8 Mayank Yadav Bowler India 11 crore 9 Avesh Khan Bowler India 9.75 crore 10 Mohsin Khan Bowler India 4 crore 11 M Siddharth Bowler India 75 lakh 12 Akash Singh Bowler India 30 lakh 13 Digvesh Rathi Bowler India 30 lakh 14 Mohammed Shami Bowler (Traded in) India 10 crore 15 Arjun Tendulkar Bowler (Traded in) India 30 lakh 16 Shahbaz Ahmad Bowler/All-rounder India 2.40 crore 17 Rishabh Pant Wicketkeeper-batter India 27 crore 18 Nicholas Pooran Wicketkeeper-batter West Indies 21 crore 19 Matthew Breetzke Wicketkeeper-batter South Africa 75 lakh LSG Released Players (2026) S No Player Role Country 1 David Miller Batter South Africa 2 Ravi Bishnoi Bowler (Spinner) India 3 Akash Deep Bowler (Pacer) India 4 Shamar Joseph Bowler (Pacer) West Indies 5 Aryan Juyal Wicketkeeper-Batter India 6 Yuvraj Chaudhary All-rounder India 7 Rajvardhan Hangargekar Bowler (Pacer) India 8 Shardul Thakur All-rounder India (Traded out to MI) LSG Possible Playing XI (2026) No Player Name Role Country Price (INR) 3 Nicholas Pooran Wicketkeeper-Batter West Indies ₹21.00 Crore 4 Rishabh Pant (C) Wicketkeeper-Batter India ₹27.00 Crore 1 Mitchell Marsh Top-order Batter/All-rounder Australia ₹3.40 Crore 2 Aiden Markram Top-order Batter South Africa ₹2.00 Crore 7 Wanindu Hasaranga Spin All-rounder Sri Lanka ₹2.00 Crore 6 Abdul Samad Power-hitter/All-rounder India ₹4.20 Crore 5 Ayush Badoni Middle-order Batter India ₹4.00 Crore 8 Mohammed Shami Fast Bowler India ₹10.00 Crore (Trade) 9 Avesh Khan Fast Bowler India ₹9.75 Crore 10 Mayank Yadav Fast Bowler India ₹11.00 Crore 11 Anrich Nortje Fast Bowler South Africa ₹2.00 Cror Conclusion Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) IPL 2026 squad – Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) has constructed a stable in its IPL unit with experienced international stars and senior Indian core. The team, led by Rishabh Pant seems strong in both batting and bowling. Nicholas Pooran, Mitchell Marsh provide additional power, while some Indian pacers offer more heft to the bowling unit. Fielding and flexibility are also the strong points of this team. With this overall balance, LSG has the potential to reach playoffs in 2023 and 2026 can make them serious contenders for an IPL title. Also, Read About – Sunrisers Hyderabad | SRH Squad 2026: Players, Retained, Released Player Lists & Price