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Punjab Kings have made a lot of changes for the upcoming season. They brought in Ricky Ponting as the head coach of the team. Before heading to the IPL 2025 Auction, the team retained Shashank Singh and Prabhsimran Singh.
PBKS spent INR 26.75 crore for Shreyas Iyer and he became the second-most expensive player in the history of IPL Auction. Arshdeep Singh and Yuzvendra Chahal were also two of the most expensive players the team bought during the auction. PBKS spent INR 18 crore each for both the players.
The team managed to get back Marcus Stoinis for INR 11 crore. He played 19 matches for the franchise from the 2016 season to 2018 and scored 262 runs at a strike rate of 125.96.
Here are the three PBKS players to watch out for in the Champions Trophy 2025:
1. Glenn Maxwell
Maxwell is another player with which PBKS have reunited. He has played 70 matches for the team from 2014 to 2020 season. Maxwell is the fifth-highest run-scorer for PBKS and has made 1383 runs at an average of 23.84.
Maxwell was in great form in the recently concluded Big Bash League. He made 325 runs in just nine games at an average of 54.16 and a strike rate of 186.78.
2. Azamatullah Omarzai
Omarzai was named the ICC Men’s ODI Cricketer of the Year in 2024. PBKS spent INR 2.4 crore for Omarzai during the IPL 2025 Auction. The 24-year-old all-rounder made his ODI debut in January 2021.
He has featured in 36 ODI matches for Afghanistan since then and has made 907 runs at an average of 47.73. With the ball, he has taken 30 wickets at an average of 32.40.
3. Shreyas Iyer
Iyer led the Kolkata Knight Riders to the trophy in 2024 and came to the auction with a base price of INR 2 crore. PBKS spent INR 26.75 crore for Iyer. Iyer has made 3127 runs in 116 IPL matches at an average of 32.23 and a strike rate of 127.47.
In 2023, Iyer scored 846 runs in 20 ODI games at an average of 52.87. In the first ODI game against England, Iyer made 59 runs off 36 deliveries.
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