IPL 2021 Season Fantasy - Punjab Kings Team Preview

In spite of their great performances in IPL 2020, their defeats in close encounters pushed them down the 6th position last season. They have made a bulk of changes to the team this season. It will be interesting to see how they will start performing this season.

In this article, let us analyze the Punjab Kings team from a season fantasy perspective. The number given next to the player in brackets is the number of credits value in the official season fantasy league.

Expected Playing XI: KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Chris Gayle/Moises Henriques, Nicholas Pooran, Mandeep Singh, Sarfraj Khan/Sharukh Khan/Deepak Hooda, Jhye Richardson, Riley Meredith/Chris Jordan, Ravi Bishnoi, Murugan Ashwin, Mohd Shami

KL Rahul(11.5): KL Rahul is one of the consistent run-getters and his wicket-keeping skills will make him the automatic first choice captain for the Punjab games.

Mayank Agarwal(9.5)/Chris Gayle(9.5)/Nicholas Pooran(9.5): These are such aggressive batsmen who can score the bulk of fantasy points due to their batting position.

Mohd Shami(9): Last year Shami was in brilliant form and if he can repeat the same, he will score a good number of fantasy points in the bowling department.

Ravi Bishnoi(8.5)/Murugan Ashwin(7): Both these spinners add great fantasy value due to their wicket-taking abilities, low price tag.

Uncapped: They have good uncapped players who are likely to be featured in playing XI, among Ravi Bishnoi, Murugan Ashwin, Sarfraj Khan/Sharukh Khan/Deepak Hooda, etc.