Veteran India opener Shikhar Dhawan to replace Mayank as Punjab Kings captain

NEW DELHI: Veteran India opener Shikhar Dhawan is set to replace Mayank Agarwal as captain of Punjab Kings from IPL 2023. The decision to appoint Dhawan as the captain was approved on Wednesday during a franchise board meeting and was backed by Trevor Bayliss, Kings' newly appointed head coach. Agarwal, who was appointed captain just before IPL 2022, was one of two players --Arshdeep Singh being the other -- who had been retained by Kings ahead of the mega auction.

During the IPL 2022 mega auction, Kings paid Rs 8.25 crore to pick 36-year-old Dhawan, who has been among the most consistent batters since the 2016 IPL.

The left-handed opener had a good 2020 season where he scored 618 runs at a strike rate of nearly 145 for Delhi Capitals, who had traded him in from Sunrisers Hyderabad. IANS

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