IPL 2018: Journey of the Kings XI Punjab so far

2. 2009 – 5th

In the second season of the IPL, Punjab team players failed to produce a consistent at any of stages of the tournament, which was held for the only time in the Proteas nation. They had a quite eventful phase as they kept on losing a couple of games and then also won a couple of games, which was their story in that edition. They failed to maintain the conquering momentum which they gained in the previous year, as they suffered some heavy losses to the better opposition.

Matches Played – 14, W – 7, L – 7

Squad: Yuvraj Singh (Captain), Kumar Sangakkara (Wicket-keeper), Jerome Taylor, Brett Lee, Tanmay Srivastava, Ravi Bopara, Sreesanth, Sunny Sohal, Vikram Singh, Ravikant Shukla, Ramesh Powar, Luke Pomersbach, Irfan Pathan, Ryan Ninan, Wilkin Mota, Shaun Marsh,Vikramjeet Malik, Sahil Kukreja, Taruwar Kohli, Uday Kaul, Simon Katich, Mahela Jayawardene, James Hopes, Karan Goel, Burt Cockley, Piyush Chawla, Ranadeb Bose, Ajitesh Argal, Amanpreet Singh.

TOP PERFORMER – Yuvraj Singh

They finished fifth on the points tally, with a total of 14 points to its name. Skipper Yuvraj was the star performer with the bat, as he aggregated 340 runs in the season. While left-arm fast bowler Irfan Pathan picked up 17 wickets at an impressive economy.