Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) has been one of those franchises who has faltered at the final hurdle in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Be it an eliminator, or a qualifier, or an IPL final, KXIP has lost the match when they should not have had. Ravichandran Ashwin led it in the last season. This season, the Punjab franchise appointed Mike Hesson as their Head Coach, after severing ties with Virender Sehwag.

At last year’s auctions, KXIP team looked to be one of the happiest teams; however, the results in the IPL season told a different story altogether. Read Live Updates of IPL 2019 Auctions: Catch Latest Updates of Indian Premier League, Season 12, Auction Process By Clicking Here.

The Kings XI Punjab franchise traded Marcus Stoinis for Mandeep Singh during the IPL Trade Window. The Punjab-based franchise has released quite notable names from their squad namely Aaron Finch, Axar Patel, Yuvraj Singh, and Manoj Tiwary.

KXIP Team for 2019 IPL:

Players Traded: Mandeep Singh.

Retained Players: Lokesh Rahul, Chris Gayle, Andrew Tye, Mayank Agarwal, Ankit Rajpoot, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Karun Nair, David Miller and Ravichandran Ashwin.

Players Released: Marcus Stoinis, Aaron Finch, Axar Patel, Mohit Sharma, Yuvraj Singh, Barinder Sran, Ben Dwarshuis, Manoj Tiwary, Akshdeep Nath, Pardeep Sahu, Mayank Dagar and Manzoor Dar. IPL Auction 2019: Online Live Streaming, Timing and All That You Need to Know Ahead of Indian Premier League 12 Auctions.

Kings XI Punjab has their core group of batsmen and a couple of decent bowlers. At 2019 IPL Auctions, the team would be looking forward to buying a lot of players which would give them the necessary depth in both the departments – batting and bowling. Stay tuned with LatestLY for the latest updates about the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2019.

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