IPL 2019: Full list of players bought by Kings XI Punjab

Kings XI Punjab
Kings XI Punjab

Preity Zinta-owned Kings XI Punjab had the highest amount in the purse going into the IPL Auction 2019. They retained Ravichandran Ashwin [c], KL Rahul, Chris Gayle*, Andrew Tye*, Mayank Agarwal, Ankit Rajpoot, Mujeeb Ur Rahman*, Karun Nair, David Miller* and traded in Mandeep Singh from RCB.

In total, they bought 13 players at the Auction in Jaipur and have a squad of 23 players, including eight overseas players to choose from going into IPL 2019. They are just short of two players to complete the maximum quota of 25 players and they ended the auction with INR 6.5 crore in the bank.

List of players bought by the KXIP at the IPL 2019 auction

Moises Henriques – ₹1 crore

Nicholas Pooran - ₹4.2 crore

Mohammed Shami - ₹4.8 crore

Sarfaraz Khan - ₹25 lakh

Varun Chakaravarthy - ₹8.4 crore

Sam Curran - ₹7.2 crore

Hardus Viljoen - ₹75 lakh

Arshdeep Singh - ₹20 lakh

Darshan Nalkande - ₹30 lakh

Prabhsimran Singh - ₹4.8 crore

Agnivesh Ayachi - ₹20 lakh

Harpreet Brar - ₹20 lakh

Murugan Ashwin - ₹20 lakh

At the Auction

They went for an Australian all-rounder Moises Henriques to fill the spot of Marcus Stoinis, who was traded to Royal Challengers Bangalore. Kings XI Punjab also bought an aggressive wicket-keeper batsman in Nicholas Pooran at the massive price of Rs. 4.2 crore.

The leading Indian pacer in Tests, Mohammed Shami was bought for the price of Rs. 4.8 crore. They also went for plenty of uncapped players like Sarfaraz Khan, Varun Chakaravarthy, Arshdeep Singh, Darshan Nalkande, Prabhsimran Singh, Agnivesh Ayachi and Harpreet Brar.

Sam Curran, who has been in the great touch, was bought by Punjab at a price of Rs. 7.2 crore. They also bought South African pacer, Hardus Viljoen for Rs. 75 lakh. KXIP went for Tamil Nadu spinner, Murugan Ashwin for his base price of Rs. 20 lakhs.

KXIP final squad for IPL 2019
Ravichandran Ashwin (C), Lokesh Rahul, Chris Gayle, Andrew Tye, Mayank Agarwal, Ankit Rajpoot, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Karun Nair, David Miller, Mandeep Singh, Moises Henriques, Nicholas Pooran, Mohammed Shammi, Sarfaraz Khan, Varun Chakaravarthy, Sam Curran, Hardus Viljoen, Arshdeep Singh, Darshan Nalkande, Prabhsimran Singh, Agnivesh Ayachi, Harpreet Brar and Murugan Ashwin.

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Edited by Amar Anand
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