Sports Desk, AnyTV, New Delhi
Published by: Shaktiraj Singh
Updated Thu, 24 Feb 2022 08:51 AM IST
Summary
Mayank was retained by the Punjab team before the mega auction. Since then it was believed that he would be made the captain of Punjab. However, it is yet to be officially announced.
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Indian team opener Mayank Agarwal can be made the new captain of Punjab Kings. The team retained him ahead of the IPL 2022 mega auction. After this it was believed that he would be given the command of the team. Although, it has not been officially announced yet, but soon the franchise can make Mayank the official captain. Punjab is one of the two IPL teams that have not yet announced their captain before the start of the 2022 season.
Apart from Punjab Kings, the team of Royal Challengers Bangalore has also not released the name of their new captain. Faf du Plessis of South Africa can be made the captain of this team. According to the news of PTI, Mayank can be officially made the captain of Punjab this week.
Rahul became the captain of Lucknow
Former Punjab captain Lokesh Rahul had decided to leave the team before the mega auction. After this, the team of Lucknow bought him in draft. In this season, he will be seen captaining the team of Lucknow. However, the team’s performance under Rahul’s captaincy was not very special and his team lost many close matches in the last season. The team was ranked sixth in the points table. Punjab had won six matches out of 14, while they had to face defeat in eight.
Before the 2022 mega auction, Punjab had retained the least number of players. Apart from Mayank Agarwal, Punjab had retained young fast bowler Arshdeep Singh. This team landed with the highest money in the auction. Now this team has excellent players like Shikhar Dhawan, Kagiso Rabada, Liam Livingstone and Jonny Bairstow.
Punjab Kings team
player | Role |
Mayank Agarwal | batsman |
Shikhar Dhawan | batsman |
motivational mankad | batsman |
Shahrukh Khan | batsman |
Bhanuka Rajapakse | batsman |
Jonny Bairstow | wicket keeper |
Prabhsimran Singh | wicket keeper |
Jitesh Sharma | wicket keeper |
Liam Livingston | spin all-rounder |
Odin Smith | fast bowling all-rounder |
Raj Bawa | fast bowling all-rounder |
Rishi Dhawan | fast bowling all-rounder |
Benny Howell | all rounder |
hrithik chatterjee | all rounder |
Atharv Tayde | all rounder |
Baltej Singh | all rounder |
Ansh Patel | all rounder |
Arshdeep Singh | fast bowler |
Kagiso Rabada | fast bowler |
Nathan Ellis | fast bowler |
Ishaan Porel | fast bowler |
Sandeep Sharma | fast bowler |
Vaibhav Arora | fast bowler |
Harpreet Brar | spinner |
Rahul Chahar | spinner |