Ahead of the highly-anticipated auctions for the upcoming season of Indian Premier League, Punjab Kings announced batters Prabhsimran Singh and Shashank Singh as their player retentions for the coming edition. He added that they build their core players at the auction along with some from the 2024 squad.  

"We have a plan in place for adding to the core. You will see a lot more surprises as well. You will see the core group forming and we are confident we will go all out and make a big play this season," he said.