The initial player takes over from KL Rahul, who has moved to new group Lucknow Super Giants
Mayank Agarwal has been divulged as the new commander of Punjab Kings, simply under a month from the beginning of IPL 2022. Agarwal was one of two players - Arshdeep Singh being the other - held in front of the sale.
Agarwal, who has in the past shown up for Delhi Daredevils (presently Delhi Capitals), Rising Pune Supergiant and Royal Challengers Bangalore, joined the Punjab establishment in 2018, when it was as yet called Kings XI Punjab. After a sluggish beginning - he scored 120 runs at a strike pace of 127.65 from 11 innings in his first season - he has been one of the group's driving players. His 332 runs in 2019 came at a strike pace of 141.88, and as he fashioned a solid opening matching with KL Rahul, the chief till last season, Agarwal scored 424 runs (SR 156.45) and 441 runs (SR 140.44) in 2020 and 2021 individually.
In general, in 11 periods of playing in the IPL, Agarwal has 2131 runs at a normal of 23.41 and strike pace of 135.47.
"Mayank has been an essential piece of the side beginning around 2018 and of the authority bunch throughout the previous two years," Kings lead trainer Anil Kumble said. "The new crew we chose at the as of late finished up sell off has energizing youthful ability and extraordinary experienced players. We need to make a solid establishment for the future with Mayank in charge.
"He is diligent, excited, a cooperative person with every one of the characteristics expected of a pioneer. I anticipate working with him as commander and accept that he will lead this group to an effective mission."
However he has had a decent disagreement the IPL throughout the long term, Agarwal hasn't yet acquired his India cap in T20Is. He was called up to the crew for the continuous series at home against Sri Lanka, however just as a physical issue trade for Ruturaj Gaikwad. Taken a gander at as a long-design player by the public selectors, Agarwal has played 19 Tests (1429 runs at a normal of 43.30) and five ODIs (86 runs at 17.20) up to this point.
In the 2022 IPL, however he will not have Rahul, his companion and partner from Karnataka for a long time, to work with. Rahul drove the Punjab establishment for the last two seasons, however was obtained before the most recent closeout by new establishment Lucknow Super Giants, who have additionally named him their chief. His sticker price of INR 17 crore (US$ 2.28 million approx.) made him the joint-most generously compensated player in the IPL across seasons, alongside Royal Challengers Bangalore's Virat Kohli. Kohli was finished paperwork for similar sum by Royal Challengers in 2018, in front of the last mega IPL closeout.
Agarwal does, notwithstanding, have a solid unit available to him. At the new sale, Kings burned through huge load of cash on Liam Livingstone, Kagiso Rabada, Shahrukh Khan and Shikhar Dhawan, who ought to be Agarwal's initial accomplice. They additionally have players like Jonny Bairstow and Odean Smith among abroad players, and local people like Rahul Chahar, Rishi Dhawan and Harpreet Brar, aside from Arshdeep.
Rulers have been stacked with Chennai Super Kings, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Royal Challengers and Gujarat Titans in Group B in the forthcoming IPL.
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