Punjab Kings auction remained quiet, completed the squad by buying only 4 players; See the entire team

IPL 2026 PBKS Squad: In IPL 2025, under the captaincy of Shreyas Iyer, Punjab Kings played the final after a long time. For this reason, before the IPL 2026 auction, the franchise retained its old squad and retained its core team.

In this auction, Punjab Kings adopted a calm attitude most of the time and in total included only 4 players in their squad. The list includes Cooper Connolly, Ben Dwarshuis, Praveen Dubey and Vishal Nishad.

IPL 2026: Punjab Kings bought 4 players

Since the beginning of this auction, Punjab Kings were not seen in much action, because the team had entered this auction with a purse of only Rs 11.50 crore. That’s why he made his first purchase in the accelerated round, when Punjab Kings bought Cooper Connolly for Rs 3 crore.

After this, Punjab Kings also bid heavily for Ben Dwarshuis and included him in their squad for Rs 4.40 crore. Apart from this, the team bought Praveen Dubey and Vishal Nishad for Rs 30 lakh each.

IPL 2026: Punjab Kings will try for the first title

In IPL 2025, Punjab Kings once again came very close to the title, but they had to face defeat against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the final. At the same time, this time also Punjab Kings have retained their old squad and now the team will be seen taking the field with the intention of winning the first IPL title.

IPL 2026: Players bought by Punjab Kings

Cooper Connolly (capped): Rs 30 lakh

Ben Dwarshuis (capped): Rs 30 lakh

Praveen Dubey (Uncapped): 30 lakhs

Vishal Nishad (uncapped): 30 lakhs

IPL 2026: Complete squad of Punjab Kings

Prabhsimran Singh, Priyansh Arya, Shreyas Iyer, Shashank Singh, Nehal Wadhera, Marcus Stoinis, Azmatullah Omarzai, Marco Yanson, Harpreet Brar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Musheer Khan, Payal Avinash, Harnoor Pannu, Suryansh Shedge, Mitchell Owen, Xavier Bartlett, Lockie Ferguson, Vaishak Vijaykumar, Yash Thakur, Vishnu Vinod Cooper Connolly, Ben Dwarshuis, Praveen Dubey, Vishal Nishad