Shikhar Dhawan‘s Punjab Kings are set to start their marketing campaign within the upcoming Indian Premier League towards the Kolkata Knight Riders. The squad will likely be counting on World Cup-winning coach Trevor Bayliss and new captain Dhawan to take away their perennial underachiever’s tag. Punjab has been criticised for inconsistency over time and Bayliss should discover a strategy to optimise the efficiency of the crew. Punjab completed sixth previously 4 seasons and reached their solely last again within the yr in 2014.
Punjab Kings squad:
Shikhar Dhawan (captain), Matthew Short, Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Shahrukh Khan, Sikandar Raza, Raj Bawa, Rishi Dhawan, Liam Livingstone, Atharva Taide, Arshdeep Singh, Nathan Ellis, Baltej Singh, Sam Curran, Kagiso Rabada, Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar, Harpreet Bhatia, Vidwath Kaverappa, Shivam Singh, Mohit Rathee.
Who has are available for Punjab?
The Punjab squad has roped in England participant Sam Curran by making him the most expensive purchase of the event. Punjab Kings additionally welcomed Sikandar Raza, Harpreet Bhatia, Vidwath Kaverappa, Mohit Rathee, and Shivam Singh.
Player to be dominated out of the event:
Matthew Short has changed the injured Jonny Bairstow within the PBKS squad.
PBKS Strengths
Punjab have a deadly batting unit together with gamers like Dhawan, Liam Livingstone, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Jitesh Sharma, Curran, and Short. Moreover, the core crew has not modified and this will present the required stability within the bowling unit. The core group stays the identical as final yr and that provides them much-needed stability within the bowling division. Curran, Kagiso Rabada, and Arshdeep Singh can bowl with the brand new ball and in addition to demise overs.
PBKS Weakness:
The squad’s high order is but to be finalised. With Bairstow’s absence, the query of who will open with skipper Dhawan has raised questions. On the opposite hand, Rahul Chahar is their frontline spinner and if he together with Harpreet Brar has a couple of dangerous video games, the franchise will not have quite a bit of choices to select from. The crew’s technique of slicing and chopping which failed within the earlier season will even be given a glance.
PBKS Opportunities:
Dhawan as a captain will wish to information the crew to new heights and it will likely be a very good alternative for him to pave the way in which for a comeback within the nationwide crew. Tamil Nadu participant Shahrukh Khan is but to show himself and can wish to achieve this in his third season.
PBKS Threats:
Punjab Kings will hope that Liam Livingstone, who has not performed any cricket since December 1 attributable to a knee harm, will get totally recovered forward of the tournamen
