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Preity Zinta was excited to rope in Yuvraj Singh in KXIP camp. Photo Credit: IPL.

The 2018 IPL auction saw some surprising buys and all the teams had taken shape after two restless days of auction.

All in all a jaw-dropping 431.7 crores were spent by the IPL franchise’s across two days to build a team for the 11th edition of the Indian Premier League. Team owners have now partially done their job and have picked some of the biggest names in world cricket for the mega event in the coming months.

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Kings XI Punjab spent the entire purse of 80 crores. Image Courtesy: Twitter

Every team has majorly covered all the aspects in their side and have kept in mind the about who will lead the side in the upcoming editions.

However, only two do not have an international captain in their sides which are Kolkata Knight Riders and Kings XI Punjab. Kings XI Punjab is one of the strongest looking team on paper with the likes of Chris Gayle, Aaron Finch, Yuvraj Singh, KL Rahul, David Miller and Ravichandran Ashwin in their side.

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Preity Zinta was excited to rope in Yuvraj Singh in KXIP camp. Photo Credit: IPL.

Punjab has also bought players like Mayank Aggarwal, Andrew Tye, Barinder Sran etc. and had earlier retained just one player, Axar Patel.

Punjab would also be happy after buying Chris Gayle after he remained unsold in the previous two rounds. Punjab bowlers must have taken a sigh of relief, as Gayle has scored the most number of runs against Kings Xi Punjab than any other team.

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Chris Gayle
Image Courtesy: Twitter

However, after all these signings the biggest question lies on who will lead the Punjab side in with so many options.

KXIP management has rebuilt the side from scratch their choice of captain will be interesting to see, as they have tried multiple captains in the previous editions.

KXIP is running an online poll on their official website, as they had posted a picture of the possible options with Yuvraj Singh, Axar Patel, Chris Gayle, R Ashwin and Aaron Finch, asking the fans about who they think should lead the squad in the 11th edition.

David Miller
David Miller (Photo credit should read NOAH SEELAM/AFP/GettyImages)

Kings XI Punjab squad: Axar Patel, R Ashwin, Yuvraj Singh, Karun Nair, KL Rahul, Chris Gayle, David Miller, Aaron Finch, Marcus Stoinis, Mayank Agarwal, Ankit Rajpoot, Manoj Tiwary, Mohit Sharma, Mujeeb Zadran, Barinder Sran, Andrew Tye, Akshdeep Nath, Dwarshuis, Pardeep Sahu, Mayank Dagar, Manzoor Dar

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