PK hai kya? Fans troll Kings XI Punjab as they change their name to Punjab Kings

Another year and another team takes the rebranding route and this time, it's the turn of the Punjab franchise. Teams like Deccan Chargers, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Rising Pune Supergiant and recently the Delhi Capitals have been on the rebranding route before changing the name, logo, or both in the past. So like Delhi Daredevils, Kings XI Punjab has become a thing of the past.

The Mohali-based franchise will be called, Punjab Kings from now on. Talking about rebranding, Punjab Kings CEO, Satish Menon said, "Punjab Kings is a more evolved brand name, and we understand it was a right time for us to move focus on the core brand itself. The change in brand identity is not about changing our brand ethos but celebrating our one-ness as we stand in unit like a family. The new logo honors the liveliness and vibrancy of the brand and provides modern elements, while we stand out from rest of the teams.”

The owner of the team, Preity Zinta, along with skipper KL Rahul and explosive opener Chris Gayle will be meeting virtually later in the day to publicly unveil the logo and the name.

But, little did they know that the name will inspire hilarious memes as the fans haven't liked the new name. The minute change of dropping 'XI' from the name and interchanging the remaining two words doesn't contribute much to rebranding as per the fans and the initials PK have inspired another flurry of memes as it coincides with the 2014 Bollywood film by the same name starring Aamir Khan, Anushka Sharma and Sushant Singh Rajput.

Here are some of the reactions:

After watching logo and name of #kxip

Fans be like :#IPLAuction #IPL2021 pic.twitter.com/01iYQDLeBI

— (@TheNameIsYash03) February 17, 2021

PK hai kya  https://t.co/BaaERtrRZ6

— Meraj Rabari (@khiladi_meraj) February 16, 2021

Abe PK hai kya? https://t.co/A5x4maJO78 pic.twitter.com/hByT4SPfuP

— K.A.B.I.R. (@asliijp) February 17, 2021

now when punjab will play crap
i will say,"pk hai kya"
punjab kings, seriously?

— Aditya Jha (@cricaddict_AJ) February 15, 2021

Other teams will see them and say “PK aaya hai kya”! 

— Srinivas Ramamohan (@srini_ramamohan) February 15, 2021

BC dhabe jaisa naam rakh liya pic.twitter.com/0F9cNVDqn5

— Anubhav Chatterjee (@anubhav__tweets) February 15, 2021

They decided to mess up the team name as well?

As if the mess they created at the Auction table every season wasn't enough!

Punjab Kings, seriously?

PK hain kya??#IPL2021

— Prasenjit Dey  (@CricPrasen) February 15, 2021

KL Rahul after listening the news of change of name of KXIP to Punjab kings. https://t.co/dwCzm11PBN

— nkit (@Armchair_critic) February 15, 2021

New name of Kings Xi Punjab in IPL: "Punjab Kings" @lionsdenkxip pic.twitter.com/SugWIrfuBT

— Pradip Hazra (@PradipMsd7) February 15, 2021

Teams & their slogans

KKR- Korbo Lorbo jeetbo re

CSK - Whistle podu

Punjab Kings - The real taste of Punjab pic.twitter.com/mtAJactYQD

— Msdian (@CrazyNewsboy) February 15, 2021