Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) is a franchise cricket team based in Mohali, India, which plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). They were one of the nine teams that competed in the 2012 Indian Premier League. They were captained by Adam Gilchrist. Kings XI Punjab finished 6th in the IPL and did not qualify for the champions league T20.
Squad Players with international caps prior to the 2012 season are listed in bold. No. Name Nat Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Notes Batsmen07 Paul Valthaty Right-handed Right-arm medium 12 Mandeep Singh Right-handed Right-arm medium 14 Shaun Marsh Left-handed Slow left arm orthodox Overseas16 Paras Dogra Right-handed Right-arm leg break 20 David Miller Left-handed Right-arm off break Overseas22 Gurkeerat Singh Right-handed Right-arm off break 29 David Hussey Right-handed Right-arm off break Vice-captain– Sunny Singh Right-handed Right-arm medium – Siddharth Chitnis Right-handed Right-arm off break All-rounders04 Bipul Sharma Left-handed Slow left arm orthodox 06 James Faulkner Right-handed Left-arm medium-fast Overseas17 Dimitri Mascarenhas Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Overseas23 Rajagopal Sathish Right-handed Right-arm medium 25 Abhishek Nayar Left-handed Right-arm medium 27 Azhar Mahmood Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Overseas– Ben Cutting Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Overseas– Amit Yadav Right-handed Right-arm off break Wicket-keepers18 Adam Gilchrist Left-handed Right-arm off break Captain63 Nitin Saini Right-handed – Bowlers03 Harmeet Singh Right-handed Right-arm medium 08 Stuart Broad Left-handed Right-arm fast-medium Overseas11 Piyush Chawla Left-handed Right-arm leg break 13 Bhargav Bhatt Left-handed Slow left arm orthodox 34 Parvinder Awana Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 45 Ryan Harris Right-handed Right arm fast Overseas55 Ramesh Powar Right-handed Right-arm off break 70 Shalabh Srivastava Right-handed Left-arm fast-medium 83 Vikramjeet Malik Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 88 Praveen Kumar Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast – Love Ablish Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast – Kyle Abbott Right-handed Right arm fast-medium Overseas– Nathan Rimmington Right-handed Right arm fast-medium Overseas
Indian Premier League
Season standings Kings XI Punjab finished 6th in the league stage of IPL 2012.
Match log
No.DateOpponentVenueResultScorecard 1 6 April Rajasthan Royals Jaipur Lost by 31 runs Score Card 2 8 April Pune Warriors India Pune Lost by 22 runs Score Card 3 12 April Pune Warriors India Mohali Won by 7 wickets, MoM - Dimitri Mascarenhas 5/25 Score Card 4 15 April Kolkata Knight Riders Kolkata Won by 2 runs 5 18 April Kolkata Knight Riders Mohali Lost by 8 wickets Score Card 6 20 April Royal Challengers Bangalore Mohali Lost by 5 wickets Score Card 7 22 April Mumbai Indians Mumbai Won by 6 wickets, MoM - Shaun Marsh 68* (40) Score Card 8 25 April Mumbai Indians Mohali Lost by 4 wickets Scorecard 9 28 April Chennai Super Kings Chennai Won by 7 runs, MoM- Mandeep Singh 56 (50) Score Card 10 2 May Royal Challengers Bangalore Bengaluru Won by 4 wickets MoM- Azhar Mahmood 3/20 Score Card 11 5 May Rajasthan Royals Mohali Lost by 43 runs Score Card 12 8 May Hyderabad Deccan Chargers Hyderabad Won by 25 runs, MoM- Mandeep Singh 75 (48) Score Card 13 13 May Hyderabad Deccan Chargers Mohali Won by 4 wickets, MoM- David Hussey 65* (35) Score Card 14 15 May Delhi Daredevils New Delhi Lost by 5 wickets Score Card 15 17 May Chennai Super Kings Dharamsala Won by 6 wickets, MoM- Adam Gilchrist 64* (46) Score Card 16 19 May Delhi Daredevils Dharamsala Lost by 6 wickets Score Card Overall record: 8-8. Failed to advance.
References