Former India player turned veteran commentator Aakash Chopra has picked a lot of all-rounders in the Punjab Kings (PBKS) team as one of their strengths ahead of the IPL 2025. He also added that the presence of so many multi-faceted players gives flexibility to the franchise as well. However, PBKS have made a full-strength 25-member squad for IPL 2025. They retained only two players — Shashank Singh (₹5.50 crore) and Prabhsimran Singh (₹4 crore) — and spent ₹110.15 crore to acquire 23 more at the mega auction as well.

In a video shared on his YouTube channel ‘Aakash Chopra,’ he said, “They have a long list of all-rounders. They have eight all-rounders – Azmatullah Omarzai, Aaron Hardie, Marco Jansen, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Suryansh Shedge, Musheer Khan and Shashank Singh. Lots and lots and lots of all-rounders. They have given themselves a lot of options. The keepers they have, Josh Inglis and Prabhsimran Singh, are also proper batters. So it is a team full of all-rounders. This team is filled with players who can do two jobs. I feel that is a huge strength.”

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Meanwhile, Aakash Chopra also chose the depth in the overseas department, and the Indian seam-bowling department is Punjab Kings’ strength heading into IPL 2025.

“They also have depth in both the batting and bowling departments. They have a lot of depth from the overseas recruits’ point of view. There is depth in the Indian fast bowling department, although it might lack a little in terms of quality. Shreyas Iyer’s record. He is the only one to have taken two different teams to the final. He took DC to the final and won KKR the final. Now he is with Punjab. He has a good equation with Ricky Ponting. I believe that can be considered a good strength,” Aakash Chopra concluded.