Kings XI Punjab: Will team's fate finally change under Ashwin in IPL 2018?

Besides roping in a new captain, the franchise has invested heavily in hiring India opener Lokesh Rahul at a whopping Rs 110 million, along with Australian T20 specialists Andrew Tye and Aaron Finch

TEAM AT A GLANCE

Support Staff: Brad Hodge (Coach), Mithun Manhas (Assistant Coach), Venkatesh Prasad (Bowling Coach), Nishanta Bordoloi (Fielding Coach), Ashish Tuli (Team Analyst), Varoon Parmar (Manager), Virendra Sehwag (Director of Cricket Operations), Nishant Thakur (Strength and conditioning coach), Shyamal Vallabjee (Technical Coach), Amit Tyagi (Physio), Naresh Kumar (Masseur), Vikram Hastir (Assistant Team Manager), Manoj Kumar (Sports Yoga Treacher)

Captain: Ravichandran Ashwin

Batsmen: Aaron Finch, David Miller, Karun Nair, Manoj Tiwary, Mayank Agarwal

All-rounders: Axar Patel, Chris Gayle, Manzoor Dar, Marcus Stoinis, Pradeep Sahu, Yuvraj Singh

Wicket-keepers: Akshdeep Nath, KL Rahul

Bowlers: