Here is the KXIP Squad

Jaipur, December 18: Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) failed to make it to the playoffs last season despite having some pretty big names in their squad. After a promising start, Punjab lost seven out of their last eight games to cut a sorry figure and finish second-bottom.

KXIP released as many as 11 players, including some big names like Aaron Finch, Axar Patel, Mohit Sharma, Yuvraj Singh ahead of the IPL Auction 2019. They have also traded Marcus Stoinis for Mandeep Singh to bolster their batting department. They go into the auctions with the biggest budget of Rs 36.2 crore.

Players retained by KXIP: KL Rahul, Chris Gayle, Andrew Tye, Mayank Agarwal, Ankit Rajpoot, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Karun Nair, David Miller and Ravichandran Ashwin

Players Bought: Moises Henriques (1 cr), Nicholas Pooran (4.2 cr), Varun Chakaravarthy (8.4 cr)

Players released by KXIP: Aaron Finch, Axar Patel, Mohit Sharma, Yuvraj Singh, Barinder Sran, Ben Dwarshuis, Manoj Tiwary, Akshdeep Nath, Pardeep Sahu, Mayank Dagar and Manzoor Dar