KXIP
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| Personnel | |
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| Coach | Brad Hodge |
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| Team information | |
| City | Mohali, Punjab, India |
| Colors |  |
| Founded | 2008 |
| Home ground |
PCA Stadium, Mohali (Capacity: 28,000) |
| Secondary home ground(s) |
Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore (Capacity: 30,000) |
| History | |
| Indian Premier League wins | 0 |
| CLT20 wins | 0 |
| Official website: | www |
 Kings XI Punjab in 2017
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The Kings XI Punjab (abbreviated as KXIP) are a franchise cricket team based in Mohali, Punjab, that plays in the Indian Premier League. Established in 2008, the franchise is jointly owned by Bollywood actress Preity Zinta, Wadia Group scion Ness Wadia, Dabur’s Mohit Burman and Karan Paul. The team plays its home matches at the PCA Stadium, Mohali. Since the 2010 IPL, they have been playing some of their home games at Dharamsala as well.
The Kings XI Punjab's catchment areas are Kashmir, Jammu, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Haryana, also evident from the letter sequence "K J H P H" in the banner of the team's logo. Apart from finishing IPL runners-up in the 2014 season when they also topped the league table, the team has made only one playoff appearance
In 2007, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) created the cricket tournament Indian Premier League based on the Twenty20 format of the game. Franchises for eight cities were made available in an auction held in Mumbai on 20 February 2008. The team representing Punjab was bought by the Dabur group's Mohit Burman (46%), the Wadia group's Ness Wadia (23%), Preity Zinta (23%), and Karan Paul of the Apeejay Surendera Group (minor stake). The group paid a total of $76 million to acquire the franchise. On 10 October 2010 the franchise agreements for the Kings XI Punjab and the Rajasthan Royals were terminated by the league, but the termination was repealed.
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