Kings XI Punjab betting

Kings XI Punjab will be seeking a return to finals contention after a three-year drought from the IPL‘s postseason.

In this year’s IPL Auction, team management has gone for consistent performers. Mayank Agarwal, Lokesh Rahul and Aaron Finch are players signed by the franchise that have done well in recent times. The franchise hopes they provide leadership after coming from successful backgrounds.

After six seasons in the competition, Kings XI played in its first finals campaign in 2014, where they managed to make the Grand Final against Kolkata Knight Riders. Since that losing final, Kings XI Punjab has plunged back down the ladder. Can they climb again in 2018?

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Kings XI Punjab IPL fixture

Opponent	Date	Venue	Time (local)
Delhi Daredevils	Sunday, April 8th	IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali	4pm IST
Royal Challengers Bangalore	Friday, April 13th	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru	8pm IST
Chennai Super Kings	Sunday, April 15th	IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali	8pm IST
Sunrisers Hyderabad	Thursday, April 19th	IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali	8pm IST
Kolkata Knight Riders	Saturday, April 21st	Eden Gardens, Kolkata	4pm IST
Delhi Daredevils	Monday, April 23rd	Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi	8pm IST
Sunrisers Hyderabad	Thursday, April 26th	Rajiv Gandhi Intl. Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad	8pm IST
Mumbai Indians	Friday, May 4th	Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore	8pm IST
Rajasthan Royals	Sunday, May 6th	Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore	8pm IST
Rajasthan Royals	Tuesday, May 8th	Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur	8pm IST
Kolkata Knight Riders	Saturday, May 12th	Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore	4pm IST
Royal Challengers Bangalore	Monday, May 14th	Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore	8pm IST
Mumbai Indians	Wednesday, May 16th	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	8pm IST
Chennai Super Kings	Sunday, May 20th	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai	8pm IST

How will Kings Punjab XI go in 2018?

Left-arm spinner Axar Patel was the only player to be retained by Kings XI Punjab for the upcoming IPL season. The franchise made a lot of moves in terms of signing players like David Miller, Ravichandran Ashwin, Marcus Stoinis and Yuvraj Singh for this year’s competition. West Indian veteran and T20 star Chris Gayle was also picked up after being passed on by the rest of the competition. Lokesh Rahul turned out to be Kings XI’s biggest acquisition, bought for Rs 11 crore during 2018 IPL Auction.

Ravichandran Ashwin has been named the captain of the franchise for the coming season. The off-spinner will be keen to perform well in this year’s competition after having a poor run with the ball last season. Kings XI’s batting lineup contains a lot of emerging players such as Mayank Agarwal, Karun Nair, and Lokesh Rahul will be determined to do well in this year’s competition. Agarwal has been in tremendous form at the domestic competition and will be keen to replicate that in the Indian Premier League. Lokesh Rahul will be keen do well for Kings XI after being picked up for big price in the IPL Auction held in January.

David Miller is an explosive player in the middle order and would need to do the bulk of the scoring for the side. The left-handed batsman has enjoyed a decent run with the bat in the T20 format and would be keen to continue the rich vein of form in the coming season.

Brad Hodge has been named the Head Coach for Kings XI Punjab. The former Australian batsman will definitely bring a lot to the franchise in terms of the experience, having played in various T20 Leagues around the world. He has been a part of various successful teams in the past and exactly knows what to do in order turn things around for Kings XI Punjab in the upcoming edition of Indian Premier League.

Axar Patel and Marcus Stoinis are two genuine all-rounders in the setup for the coming season. Stoinis has been in scintillating form with the bat and will need to do more with the ball. Mohit Sharma and Barindar Sran are experienced options in the bowling department for the franchise. The overseas signings of Andrew Tye, Ben Dwarshuis, and Mujeeb Zadran will add much needed potency to the bowling attack.

Ravichandran Ashwin will have to deliver the goods with the ball if Kings XI Punjab aims to become serious challengers for the crown in 2018 Indian Premier League.

Kings XI Punjab Futures Betting

Kings XI Punjab will have to play their best cricket as they are still dubbed as outsiders to win the league. At William Hill, Kings XI Punjab is positioned at +900 to win the title this season.

Tips for betting on Kings XI Punjab

Kings XI Punjab have made wholesale changes in the batting and bowling department after doing well in the last couple of years. We shall make our prediction for top batsman and bowler for Kings XI Punjab for the coming season.

• Most wickets betting: Australia’s Andrew Tye will be crucial for Kings XI as he has variations in his bowling to outfox opposition players. Tye was fabulous in his first season and finished with 12 wickets in 6 games at an economy of 6.71. He also took his maiden five-wicket haul in the competition for Gujarat Lions. Andrew Tye will certainly be a handful in conditions that offer something for the bowlers.
• Most runs betting: Lokesh Rahul will definitely be keen to produce big runs for Kings XI Punjab. The opener has done well in the Indian Premier League and would certainly be keen to go one better this around. Rahul has produced scintillating performance with the bat in previous IPL seasons and would certainly relish the chance of batting with Chris Gayle at the top of the innings.

Kings XI Punjab likely best XI

• Chris Gayle
• Lokesh Rahul
• Karun Nair
• Mayank Agarwal
• Yuvraj Singh
• David Miller
• Marcus Stoinis
• Andrew Tye
• Ravichandran Ashwin
• Axar Patel
• Mohit Sharma.