The Kings XI Punjab 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 Mohit Burman, Ness Wadia, Preity Zinta and Karan Paul. The team plays its home matches at the PCA Stadium, Mohali. In 2010, the IndianPremier League terminated the franchise contracts of Kings XI. Punjab and the Rajasthan Royals and the teams announced that they would take legal action to remain in the competition.
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The Kings XI Punjab 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 Mohit Burman, Ness Wadia, Preity Zinta and Karan Paul. The team plays its home matches at the PCA Stadium, Mohali. Apart from the 2014 season when they topped the league table and finished runners-up, the team has made only one other playoff appearance in 12 seasons. They played in the now-defunct Champions League Twenty20 once, in 2014 and finished as semi-finalists. They ended the 2010 IPL in the last position in the table, the last time the team ended the last season in the top 10 of the league. In 2011, they were boosted by the return of Brett Lee against Kolkata, but he was not at his best. In spite of his good performance, which included a half-century, they lost the match against the Mumbai Indians. In 2012, they looked a promising team when they brought a full strength into the team and went to a Super Over match against Chennai Super Kings when the scores were level and the Kings XI went on to win the match. In 2013, they won the IPL and finished second in the league, the first time they had done so since the start of the tournament.
In 2014, they finished second again, this time in the final, and were the first team to reach the semi-finals of the Champions League. In 2015, they reached the final and lost to the KolkATA Knight Riders, who they had beaten in the previous season’s final. In 2016, they came second again in the tournament, but lost the final match to the Delhi Daredevils, who had won the previous year’s title. In 2017, they went to the final again, but this time they were beaten by the Mumbai Royal Challengers, who won the tournament by two wickets. In 2010, the IndianPremier League terminated the franchise contracts of Kings XI. Punjab and the Rajasthan Royals and the teams announced that they would take legal action to remain in the competition. In October 2010, they decided to file a case in Mumbai High Court accusing the IPl of getting rid of the two teams so that when the bidding process would start for the 2012 IPL season, the contract would be given to a more lucrative bidder. The case was successful and the team was reinstated.
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