India, Dec. 10 -- Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer will be present at the auction table for his IPL franchise at next week's event in Abu Dhabi, reports indicate. The Indian batter will be leading the bidding for PBKS, but the table will be without head coach Ricky Ponting as they look to fill out the roster for the upcoming season.

As per Cricbuzz sources, Shreyas will be at the head of the table for PBKS and one of the eight members that the BCCI allows per franchise at the table on December 16. Iyer has been busy recovering and rehabbing from a spleen injury suffered during a tour of Australia in October, and is expected to return to action just in time for IPL 2026 beginning in late March.

However, while Iyer will be present alongs...