Mohali: The door is closing down slowly and gradually for Kings XI Punjab as they seek their fifth win of the season against a top-favourite Royal Challengers Bangalore in match 51 of the IPL 6 at the PCA Stadium in Mohali on Monday.
Punjab are still quite a distant away from the top four and a win is a necessary tonic to make things easier for them. However, it might not be a walk in the park as Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians too are in the hunt.
Punjab have had an inconsistent run this year. With what is to be believed from their last few games, the team is putting up fighting performances but are somehow not able to cross the finish line. Batsmen seem to be in good nick, the bowlers are doing well and the fielding is upto the mark. Just a little bit of finetuning here and there in every department can likely take them to the play-offs.
Punjab's outing against table-toppers Chennai Super Kings was a spirited one. After giving away 180-odd runs, Punjab made a game out of it due to some sublime batting from Shaun Marsh and David Miller. Miller, especially has been in great touch and has scores of 51 not out and 56 in his last two innings and an unforgettable 80 not out that snatched a victory away from the Pune Warriors....
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08:42 PM, May 05, 2013
Hyderabad: It was madness. That was how Kings XI Punjab captain Adam Gilchrist described his team losing four wickets in four balls to end up with a low total against Sunrisers Hyderabad, which won the match by five wickets here on Friday night. Gilchrist believes this was the turning point and his team very much lost the match there. "We were well-positioned to get ourselves up for about 140. That...
01:57 PM, Apr 20, 2013
Mohali: Kings XI Punjab held onto a narrow four-run win against Kolkata Knight Riders on Tuesday thanks to Azhar Mahmood's spell of 3 for 21 after he drew a blank with the bat. Azhar Mahmood, along with David Hussey and Gurkeerat Maan, fell prey to Sunil Narine's hat-trick effort at the PCA Stadium but converted his failure with the bat into success with the ball when he sent back key...
12:49 PM, Apr 17, 2013
Mohali: In Manpreet Gony, Kings XI Punjab found the match winner they were looking for on Tuesday, with his all-round show sealing the much-needed win against the defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders. And the Man of the Match issued a warning: "Stretch the boundaries however much you like, I'll still keep hitting sixes." Gony arrived at the crease on Tuesday when KKR's Sunil Narine completed the first hat-trick of IPL...
10:59 AM, Apr 17, 2013
Mohali: Defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders will travel to north India on Tuesday expecting to bag two easy points against hosts Kings XI Punjab, who are struggling to get their act together in IPL 6. Punjab have had a miserable run in the last two matches. After starting their campaign with an impressive eight-wicket win over Pune Warriors India, they were delivered a 10-wicket hammering by Chennai Super Kings and...
03:05 PM, Apr 15, 2013
The incident is one of the many in Pomersbach's troubled past but he is back now, this time with Kings XI Punjab. ...
06:06 PM, Apr 02, 2013
The tickets for Kings XI Punjab's home matches will be up for sale from on Wednesday in Mohali. ...
12:17 AM, Mar 13, 2013
The Morkel heists, Gayle's butchery, Chawla's misery, Chandila's hat-trick and more in our round-up of the highlights of IPL 5. ...
12:03 PM, May 28, 2012
Awana played for Kings XI Punjab in IPL 5, impressing with figures of 17 wickets in 11 games, with a best of 4 for 34. ...
03:27 PM, May 26, 2012
Adam Gilchrist led from the front, helping KXIP chase 121 and leaving Chennai dependent on other results to make the play-offs. ...
07:21 PM, May 17, 2012
Ravi Sawani, who is heading the inquiry commission, met Shalabh Srivastava to hear his side of the story on the sting operation. ...
08:50 PM, May 16, 2012
The Pune Warriors player accepted the statements he made during the sting operation which claimed to have exposed corruption in the IPL. ...
09:19 PM, May 15, 2012
Gurkeerat Singh's 29 off 12 balls helped Punjab score 16 in the last over to beat Deccan by four wickets. ...
12:01 AM, May 14, 2012
