IPL 2016, RPS vs KXIP Playing 11: Probable XI for Rising Pune Supergiants and Kings XI Punjab

Kings XI Punjab have had yet another disappointing season

Here's the likely line-up for Kings XI Punjab:

Batting

Skipper Murali Vijay has been the top performer in his team as far as their batting is concerned. The Indian Test opener has 394 runs from 13 innings including 4 half-centuries. Wicket-keeper batsman Wriddhiman Saha has been in decent form with 267 runs in the tournament; however, he did struggle during the initial stages of the tournament.

Top guns Glenn Maxwell and David Miller had a poor season this year and the former was forced out due to injury as well. Hashim Amla, who replaced Shaun Marsh in the squad, has played 5 innings so far and the 96 he scored against Sunrisers Hyderabad is the highest by any KXIP player this season. Overall, Punjab's batting has failed to deliver in this edition of the IPL.

All-rounders

Among the KXIP all-rounders, only Marcus Stoinis managed to create some kind of impression in the 7 matches he played but he, too, had to leave towards the latter stages of the 2016 IPL due to injury. Axar Patel did better with the ball than he did with the bat and could not quite live up to the all-rounder tag.

Bowling

The Kings XI Punjab bowling attack has been the most impressive thing about them in the 9th edition of the IPL. The pace bowling pair of Sandeep Sharma and Mohit Sharma have bowled brilliantly and claimed 14 and 12 wickets respectively. It is unfortunate that their team is languishing at the bottom of the table despite their stellar effort.

Patel has also been quite good for his 12 wickets and is the only bowler to have taken a hat-trick in this year's IPL. Among other bowlers, only Australian Marcus Stoinis did decently with 8 wickets.

Probable Playing XI

Murali Vijay (c), Hashim Amla, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), David Miller, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Axar Patel, Farhaan Behardien, KC Cariappa, Kyle Abbott, Sandeep Sharma, Mohit Sharma.