This Fantastic team is owned by the bollywood’s queen bee , Preity Zinta along with Wadia Group scion, Ness Wadia, Dabur’s Mohit Burman and Karan Paul. This team sounds to be more appealing in present scenario under the past leadership experiences of great players like Yuvraj Singh, Kumar Sangakara , Mahela Jayawardena and Adam Gilchirst . Though, it struggled to win an IPL trophy but they holds the record for the longest winning streak. The starting season was a decent one for them as they qualified till the semis .The most pathetic situation was in 2010 season when they ended up last .Till 2013 they were a decent team and were not treated as “dads of the tournament”.
In 2014, the “smiley” of the Australian team , George Bailey was selected as the torch bearer of the team. His patience has always been a key for the Australian cricketer to be a successful leader. He guided his team to the finals of IPL 2014 with the lights of Maxwell, Sehwag, Miller and some other emerging Indian stars like akshar patel,Cheteshwar Pujara,Manan Vohra,Wriddhiman Saha and Rishi Dhawan. With the fierceful hitting of Maxwell and Miller, some contributions from Sehwag with the bat and some good swinging skills from Sandeep, and all rounder traits from Akshar Patel, they are proving themselves to be the Favorites .The IPL’14 has been the most successful journey of all the other journey’s in the past for this team .They were the favorites till the last match of the season but unfortunately luck dumped them in the finals against the last minute heroes, Kolkata Knight Riders.
Kings XI Punjab are playing this tournament for the first time but after a victorious performance in the last IPL season ,this team have gathered a lot a confidence to be the favorites in the ongoing Champions League T20,2014 .As the tournament is taking place in India ,the Indian franchise teams will be the favorites to win it. And among them Kings XI Punjab can be the best from the rest as they are going under a victorious journey under the guidance of Sanjay Bangar and leadership of the captain smiley, George Bailey. The main strength of this team is the way in which they bat with the strong hammering skills of Maxwell and Sehwag , the dependable batting traits of Miller and Bailey, and the all-rounder traits of Akshar Patel and Rishi Dhawan. Their main competitors in this race will be the mighty Chennai Super Kings, the consistent Kolkata Knight Riders and the skillful Northen Knights who are showing great talents in exploiting the Indian Conditions.
PS: This article is written by intern Anurag Nayak