Kings XI Punjab
Kings XI Punjab is the Indian Premier League team that is based in the city of Mohali. The franchise was bought at auction for $76 million by a group including Indian film actress Preity Zinta and Ness Wadia, who is heir to the Bombay Dyeing textiles company.
2008 Results
For the 2008 Indian Premier League competition, Kings XI Punjab played 15 games between 19 April and 31 May. The results were as follows (Kings XI victories are highlighted):
DATE |
OPPOSITION |
WINNER |
MARGIN |
19 April |
Chennai Super Kings |
Chennai |
33 runs |
21 April |
Rajasthan Royals |
Rajasthan |
6 wickets |
25 April |
Mumbai Indians |
Kings XI |
66 runs |
27 April |
Delhi DareDevils |
Kings XI |
4 wickets |
01 May |
Deccan Chargers |
Kings XI |
7 wickets |
03 May |
Kolkata Knight Riders |
Kings XI |
9 runs |
05 May |
Bangalore Challengers |
Kings XI |
6 wickets |
10 May |
Chennai Super Kings |
Chennai |
18 runs |
12 May |
Bangalore Challengers |
Kings XI |
9 wickets |
17 May |
Delhi DareDevils |
Kings XI |
6 runs |
21 May |
Mumbai Indians |
Kings XI |
1 run |
23 May |
Deccan Chargers |
Kings XI |
6 wickets |
25 May |
Kolkata Knight Riders |
Kolkata |
5 wickets |
28 May |
Rajasthan Royals |
Kings XI |
41 runs |
31 May |
Chennai Super Kings |
Chennai |
9 wickets |
Kings XI Punjab Squad
Piyush Chawla
Karan Goel
Mahela Jayawardene
Simon Katich
Uday Kaul
Brett Lee
Irfan Pathan
Ramesh Powar
Kumar Sangakkara
Ramnaresh Sarwan
Vikram Raj Vir Singh
Yuvraj Singh – Captain
Sreesanth
