IPL 2026: Punjab Kings’ ‘AI wali’ Playing 11 goes viral, new combination to be seen in IPL 2026, know who will open

After a heart-breaking defeat in a very close match in the final of IPL 2025, Punjab Kings are now going to enter the 2026 season with only one goal. She would like to win the trophy this time at any cost. The team has stayed away from major changes. Shreyas Iyer will remain the captain and the team will move ahead based on the strategy of head coach Ricky Ponting.

Expressing confidence in its core players, Punjab retained 21 players and bought only a few players in the mini auction. Australia’s Cooper Connolly and fast bowler Ben Dwarshuis were included in the team, which has increased both balance and depth. On the basis of this strong and stable squad, the probable playing-11 of the team has now been selected through Artificial Intelligence (AI).

AI selected the team

All three AI platforms—Google Gemini, Chat GPT and Grok—seem to agree that Punjab’s opening pair should be Priyansh Arya and Prabhsimran Singh. Both the young batsmen have the ability to give an aggressive start. Shreyas Iyer has been placed at number 3, who will play the role of managing the innings and accelerating when needed. After him, Nehal Vadhera has been given a chance, who can provide stability in the middle order.

Google Gemini – Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh, Shreyas Iyer, Nehal Wadhera, Marcus Stoinis, Shashank Singh, Cooper Connolly/ Azmatullah Omarzai, Marco Jansen, Harpreet Brar, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal.

Impact Player – Vijay Kumar Vishakh, Musheer Khan, Yash Thakur.

Chat Gpt – Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh, Shreyas Iyer, Nehal Wadhera, Marcus Stoinis, Shashank Singh, Cooper Connolly, Marco Jansen, Harpreet Brar, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal.

Impact Player – Vijay Kumar Visakh, Musheer Khan

Grok- Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh, Shreyas Iyer, Nehal Wadhera, Marcus Stoinis, Shashank Singh, Cooper Connolly/ Azmatullah Omarzai, Marco Jansen, Harpreet Brar, Arshdeep Singh, Ben Dwarshuis/ Lockie Ferguson

Impact Player – Mitchell Owen, Xavier Bartlett, Harpreet Brar

Punjab Kings full squad

Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh, Shreyas Iyer, Nehal Wadhera, Marcus Stoinis, Shashank Singh, Cooper Connolly, Azmatullah Omarzai, Marco Yansen, Harpreet Brar, Arshdeep Singh, Yajuvendra Chahal, Ben Dwarshuis, Lockie Ferguson, Mitchell Owen, Xavier Bartlett, Harpreet Brar, Pyala Avinash, Harnoor Pannu, Suryansh Shedge, Yash Thakur, Vishnu Vinod, Ben Dwarshuis, Vishal Nishad, Praveen Dubey