PBKS IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Preity Zinta’s team eyes a new beginning

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PBKS IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Preity Zinta's Punjab Kings have decided to rejig their team after releasing all their star power and only retaining two uncapped players, Shashank Singh and Prabhsimran Singh, for ₹5.5 crores and ₹4 crores, respectively. After leaving out key players like Kagiso Rabada, Shikhar Dhawan, Arshdeep Singh and Jitesh Sharma, PBKS have the highest amount of remaining purse at ₹110.5 crore along with 4 Right to Match slots, meaning they have an opportunity to rebuild a new side to finally win the coveted IPL trophy next year.The high purse amount means that PBKS can target some of the most coveted players at this year's auction including Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul and even Shreyas Iyer. The first priority for the Kings would be to find a captain that they can build a side around, followed by some crucial big hitters and some quality pacers to replace the outgoing batch.PBKS IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Speaking about bidding for Pant, Ponting said, "Oh look, we've spoken about lots of players in the auction.

I mean, Rishabh is going to be a target for most teams, you'd think," Ponting told Star Sports.“Certainly the ones that have kept a big enough purse. So we go into the auction with the biggest purse, but when you think about that, when you break it down, we've only kept the two players," the veteran Aussie addedPBKS IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Speaking to ANI, Sharma said, "It was a great season. It felt like home.

The support staff and all are very helping. I was treated well. The CEO Satish sir treated me like a child.

I was given a chance to express myself at this big stage and I am very grateful for it," s"He performed well last year. I am happy for him that he has got his reward. Hope he continues