IPL 2017: Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) players, squad, captain, coach, home ground in IPL 10

The Indian Premier League (IPL) gets underway from April 5. It is once again be the time for all the eight super competitive teams in the league to prepare for the month-and-a-half long competition to  and stand a chance to win the league. Same is the case for one of the incredible teams of the IPL, Kings XI Punjab (KXIP). KXIP are one of the oldest sides in the tournament to have not won the title till date. Although they come close to win it in 2014, the lost in the final. They ill look to change their fortunes around under new captain Glenn Maxwell. Kings XI Punjab in IPL 2017, Preview

IPL 2017 will be a new challenge for them, but they are well in with a chance to win the coveted trophy as they have a star-studded side. They have players like Hashim Amla, Shaun Marsh, David Miller, Eoin Morgan, along with Marcus Stoinis, Akshar Patel, Glenn Maxwell, Darren Sammy, Wriddhiman Saha, while they also have players like Mohit Sharma, Varun Aaron, Matt Henry and many more, who could well lead them to tile glory this year. While New Zealand star Martin Guptill will miss the initial stages of the tournament, Murali Vijay is expected to sit out for the entire tournament due to wrist injury. KXIP’sperformance in the last couple of seasons has been woeful, as they aim to shrug it off, and start afresh.

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Kings XI Punjab

Owner: Preity Zinta, Ness Wadia (Wadia Group), Mohit Burman and Karan Paul (Dabur)

Coach: Sanjay Bangar

Home Ground(s): PCA Stadium Mohali and Holkar Stadium, Indore

Squad: Glenn Maxwell (c), Akshar Patel, Anureet Singh, Armaan Jaffer, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Darren Sammy, David Miller, Eoin Morgan, Gurkeerat Mann, Hashim Amla, KC Cariappa, Manan Vohra, Marcus Stoinis, Martin Guptill, Matt Henry, Mohit Sharma, Murali Vijay, Nikhil Naik (wk), Pradeep Sahu, Rahul Tewatia, Rinku Singh, Sandeep Sharma, Shaun Marsh, Swapnil Singh, T Natarajan