Ravichandran Ashwin to be the New Captain of Kings Eleven Punjab (KXIP’s) for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2018. Former India cricketer and KXIP’s mentor Virender Sehwag made the announcement via a video on the IPL team’s official Facebook page.
Ashwin, who was bought for 7.6 crore by KXIP, has now become the tenth player to lead the Punjab outfit. KXIP had retained only India spinner Axar Patel for Rs 12.5 crore ahead of the IPL auction, held on January 27 and 28 in Bengaluru.
“There was also talk in the management about making Yuvraj captain. Yuvraj is a great friend, but in cricketing matters, you keep friendships aside and we all felt Ashwin will be a great leader for us”, Sehwag was quoted as saying.
Ashwin has previously played for CSK till 2015, and in the last two years he played for Rising Pune Supergiant.
