With the return of IPL in this season with its 5th edition, the Punjab Kings are ready to rock their home grounds in Mohali and Dharamsala with their outstanding performance under the captaincy of great Australian cricketer Adam Gilchrist. Besides the exciting series of matches, the brand ambassador of this team, Daler Mehandi brings a glamorous environment to the gallery of the team with his traditional Punjabi songs, and the appearance of glam Bollywood lady, Preity Zinta brings an extra elegance to the atmosphere at their matches.
Since the establishment of the Indian Premier League in 2008, Yuvraj Singh had been the captain of Kings XI Punjab, but last year in 2011 Pune Warriors took away the biggest asset of this team. In place of Yuvraj Singh, Adam Gilchrist became the captain of the team, and this season too, this team will play under his captaincy. Like earlier tournaments, in IPL 5 the head coach of this team is Michael Bevan with Vikram Rathour as the assistant coach. Former Australian fast bowler, Jason Gillespie has been appointed as the bowling coach of this team.
The first match of this team has been scheduled on April 6 against the IPL 2008 champions, Rajasthan Royals, which will be played in Jaipur at Sawai Mansingh Stadium. The first match of this team which will be played in its home ground is scheduled on April 12 at Punjab Cricket Association Stadium in Chandigarh. This team had made striking record in the first IPL in 2008 but gradually the level of performance saw a decline. However, this time the owners of this team, Ness Wadia, Mohit Burman, Preity Zinta and Karan Paul are positively content with their team players and are looking forward to have another striking record this season.
The team management has declared the final list of Kings XI Punjab squad which includes Abhishek Nayar, Adam Gilchrist, Bhargav Bhatt, Bipul Sharma, David Hussey, Dinesh Karthik, Karan Goel,Love Ablish, Mandeep Singh, Nathan Rimmington, Paul Valthaty, Piyush Chawla, Praveen Kumar, Ryan Harris, Ryan McLaren, Shalabh Srivastava, Shaun Marsh, Siddharth Chitnis, Sunny Singh, Vikramjeet Malik.
So, let us all look forward to the grand opening ceremony of IPL 2012 on April 3 and wish good luck to the Kings XI Punjab team. For all their fans and supporters, many professional online web content services are providing latest updates about the IPL and your favorite teams. So keep in touch with us for more updates and team previews.
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