IPL 2022: PBKS Final Squad after IPL 2022 Auction | Punjab Kings Players List

Punjab Kings (PBKS) is a franchise cricket team representing the city of Mohali, Punjab in the Indian Premier League. Punjab Kings is an average team on the ground, This team never won any trophy till now and hoping for a good game this time. They thought to retain some of the good players but due to some issue they didn’t do this and they have retained only two players before the IPL 2022 mega auction. Mayank Agarwal & Arshdeep Singh are the only players who are retained by the Punjab Kings before the mega auction. Along with this, they have also made some good decisions in buying the top players in IPL 2022 Auction.

BCCI and IPL governing committee have announced about upcoming IPL 2022. For that IPL Mega auction was also held in Bengaluru on 12th and 13th February 2022. Almost all the teams have used this opportunity to build the team stronger once again.

This will be the last auction for the Indian Premier League so every team has used this opportunity to build a better team. Punjab Kings already retain some of the best players also they have made a good move by purchasing some of the best players in this auction.

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Punjab Kings (PBKS) has already announced the retained players list for the 2022 edition of the Indian Premier League and also they have made the final squads after the IPL 2022 Mega Auction. Below are the final squads for the Punjab Kings for the IPL 2022.

Punjab Kings 2022 Final Squad

`Punjab Kings Squads`

Sr. No.	Player Name	Country	Specialism	Price Paid
01.	Mayank Agarwal (R)	India	Batsman	₹12,00,00,000
02.	Arshdeep Singh (R)	India	Bowler	₹4,00,00,000
03.	Liam Livingstone	Overseas	All-Rounder	₹11,50,00,000
04.	Kagiso Rabada	Overseas	Bowler	₹9,25,00,000
05.	Shahrukh Khan	India	All-Rounder	₹9,00,00,000
06.	Shikhar Dhawan	India	Batsman	₹8,25,00,000
07.	Jonny Bairstow	Overseas	Wicket Keeper	₹6,75,00,000
08.	Odean Smith	Overseas	All-Rounder	₹6,00,00,000
09.	Rahul Chahar	India	Bowler	₹5,25,00,000
10.	Harpreet Brar	India	All-Rounder	₹3,80,00,000
11.	Raj Angad Bawa	India	All-Rounder	₹2,00,00,000
12.	Vaibhav Arora	India	Bowler	₹2,00,00,000
13.	Nathan Ellis	Overseas	Bowler	₹75,00,000
14.	Prabhsimran Singh	India	Wicket Keeper	₹60,00,000
15.	Rishi Dhawan	India	All-Rounder	₹55,00,000
16.	Bhanuka Rajapaksa	Overseas	Batsman	₹50,00,000
17.	Sandeep Sharma	India	Bowler	₹50,00,000
18.	Benny Howell	Overseas	All-Rounder	₹40,00,000
19.	Ishan Porel	India	Bowler	₹25,00,000
20.	Jitesh Sharma	India	Wicket Keeper	₹20,00,000
21.	Prerak Mankad	India	All-Rounder	₹20,00,000
22.	Atharva Taide	India	All-Rounder	₹20,00,000
23.	Writtick Chatterjee	India	All-Rounder	₹20,00,000
24.	Baltej Dhanda	India	Bowler	₹20,00,000
25.	Ansh Patel	India	All-Rounder	₹20,00,000

This is the Final Team of Punjab Kings (PBKS) after the IPL 2022 auction.

Liam Livingstone is the highest-paid player from Punjab Kings in the IPL auction, They have paid a whooping ₹11,50,00,000 to this player. This time they have purchased a total of 25 players and left the purse ₹3,45,00,000.

Punjab Kings 2022 Squad: Mayank Agarwal, Arshdeep Singh, Liam Livingstone, Kagiso Rabada, Shahrukh Khan, Shikhar Dhawan, Jonny Bairstow, Odean Smith, Rahul Chahar, Harpreet Brar, Raj Angad Bawa, Vaibhav Arora, Nathan Ellis, Prabhsimran Singh, Rishi Dhawan, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Sandeep Sharma, Benny Howell, Ishan Porel, Jitesh Sharma, Prerak Mankad, Atharva Taide, Writtick Chatterjee, Baltej Dhanda, Ansh Patel

IPL 2022 Retention Rules

A team is set to be allowed to keep up to three Indian (capped/uncapped) and two foreign players with the total number of retentions not exceeding four.
It has clearly said that a team cannot keep more than two uncapped players.
As per the conditions, the team management can either retain three Indian players and one overseas player or two Indian players and two overseas players.
Two New IPL teams can pick any 2 Indian and 1 foreign player from the Mega auction pool before the start of the mega auction 2022.
Also, new teams can pick only one uncapped player before the auction.
There will also be no Right to Match (RTM) cards for the IPL 2022 Mega Auction.

IPL 2022 Salary Cap

BCCI also explained the salary cap for the retained players based on the team’s decision of the number of players retention.

If a team retains 4 players, Rs 42 crore will be cut from the player purse.
If a team retains 3 players, Rs 33 crore will be cut from the player purse.
If a team retains 2 players, Rs 24 crore will be cut from the player purse.
If a team retains only one player, it will lose Rs 14 crore from its purse value.
Each uncapped player retained will cost Rs 4 crore each.

If a team retains 4 of its player then the salary cap of the four players will be as follows:

*below mentioned will be the player’s annual salary

Deductions for 4 Players	INR 42 Cr(Total)
Player 1	INR 16 Cr
Player 2	INR 12 Cr
Player 3	INR 8 Cr
Player 4	INR 6 Cr

If a team retains 3 of its player then the salary cap of the three players will be as follows:

3 players deduction	INR 33 Cr(Total)
Player 1	INR 15 Cr
Player 2	INR 11 Cr
Player 3	INR 7 Cr

If a team retains 2 of its player then the salary cap of the two players will be as follows:

2 Players deduction	INR 24 Cr(Total)
Player 1	INR 14 Cr
Player 2	INR 10 Cr

If a team keeps only one player, then the team has to pay a total of INR 14 crores

1 Player deduction

INR 14 Cr

List of retained PBKS players

Mayank Agarwal – 12 Crore
Arshdeep Singh – 04 Crore

List of released PBKS players

KL Rahul — India — Batsman — ₹11 Crore
Mohammad Shami — India — Bowler — ₹4.8 Crore
Nicholas Pooran — Trinidad & Tobago — Wicket Keeper — ₹4.2 Crore
Chris Jordan — England — All-Rounder — ₹3 Crore
Chris Gayle — Jamaica — Batsman — ₹2 Crore
Ravi Bishnoi — India — Bowler — ₹2 Crore
Mandeep Singh — India — Batsman — ₹1.4 Crore
Prabhsimran Singh — India — Wicket Keeper — ₹55 Lakh
Deepak Hooda — India — All-Rounder — ₹50 Lakh
Darshan Nalkande — India — All-Rounder — ₹30 Lakh
Sarfaraz Khan — India — Batsman — ₹25 Lakh
Harpreet Brar — India — All-Rounder — ₹20 Lakh
Ishan Porel — India — Bowler — ₹20 Lakh
Murugan Ashwin — India — Bowler — ₹20 Lakh
Jhye Richardson — Australia — Bowler — ₹14,00,00,000
Riley Meredith — Australia — Bowler — ₹8,00,00,000
Shahrukh Khan — India — All-Rounder — ₹5,25,00,000
Moises Henriques — Australia — All-Rounder — ₹4,20,00,000
Dawid Malan — England — All-Rounder — ₹1,50,00,000
Fabian Allen — Jamaica — All-Rounder — ₹75,00,000
Jalaj Saxena — India — All-Rounder — ₹30,00,000
Utkarsh Singh — India — All-Rounder — ₹20,00,000
Saurabh Kumar — India — All-Rounder — ₹20,00,000

Purse Available: ₹3,45,00,000

Before the mega auction, Punjab Kings has a purse available worth 72 crores. PBKS has made some great decisions in the IPL 2022 Mega Auction.