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Kings XI Punjab

A brutal storm by the name of Paul Valthaty put the defending champions Chennai Super Kings to the sword as Kings XI Punjab rode his electrifying innings to win the keenly contested IPL match by six wickets and five balls to spare at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium in Mohali. Adam Gilchrist won the toss [...]

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The 23-member squad of Kings XI Punjab for the IPL IV has been announced. The tournament will be played between April 8 and May 28 and will see Punjab being led by the Australian Adam Gilchrist. Gilly was the keeper-captain of the Deccan Chargers in the previous editions of the tournament. The Punjab side will [...]

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The Kings XI Punjab team have managed to rope in four sponsors for the fourth edition of the IPL. The four sponsors who were signed up by the Punjab team were Emirates, Reebok, USL and Wrigley. Emirates has been assigned the team’s title sponsor, apart from Reebok being the official apparel partner, USL, which has [...]

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The Kings XI Punjab have refuted the allegations that they had not paid the salaries of some of the previous players like Kumar Sangakara and Shaun Marsh. A spokesperson for the Punjab team said that the foreign duo have categorically said that there was no truth in the fact that they had written a missive [...]

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Kings XI Punjab and Rajasthan Royals have decided to submit the money that will act as guarantee against any kin of default to the Bombay High Court. Both franchises had earlier been banned from playing the IPL by the BCCI but they appealed against the decision and won their appeal. However, in turn, the court [...]

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High Court stays Punjab expulsion, blasts BCCI

by staff on December 15, 2010

The Bombay High Court has caused more problems for the BCCI when it decided that the decision to ban the Kings XI Punjab from the IPL was a flawed one and that the BCCI needed to reverse it. The High Court also said that the basic premise on which the BCCI had taken the decision [...]

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The BCCI has taken the matter against the High Court decision to allow Kings XI Punjab franchise to play in the IPL to court. The appeal will be heard in the court on Tuesday. The court’s decision meant that despite BCCI’s ban, they will be allowed to participate in the IPL’s next edition in 2011. [...]

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IPL 4 auctions could be delayed

by staff on December 2, 2010

It has been said that the player auction for the fourth edition of the IPL will now have to be pushed back from its originally planned dates of January 8 and 9 next year. This is because of the issues that the arbitrator’s decision to have Rajasthan inducted back into the fold. With no clarity [...]

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Rajasthan Royal’s expulsion from IPL stayed

by staff on December 1, 2010

The BCCI was dealt a heavy blow by the arbitrator Justice BN Srikrishna, who stayed the suspension of the Rajasthan Royals and said that the franchise will be allowed to function normally. This will mean that the BCCI will now need to allow the Royals to participate in the player auctions of the fourth edition [...]

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