Cricket News sort by Punjab XI

Punjab Kings (PBKS) will face Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in the 14th match of IPL 2021 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. Both the teams have been disappointing in the tournament so far.

Delhi Capitals (DC) and Punjab Kings (PBKS) will meet in the 11th match of IPL 2021 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Sunday. The game will be part of the season’s first double-header. Both DC and PBKS are sailing in a similar boat. Delhi got off their IPL 2021 campaign against Chennai Super Kings on a impressive note, defeating the latter by seven wickets. They failed to get past the line against Rajasthan Royals though, losing a close game.

An unsure Chennai Super Kings (CSK) will face a comparatively formidable Punjab Kings (PBKS) in match number eight of IPL 2021 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Friday.

Rajasthan Royals (RR) and Punjab Kings (PBKS) will kick-off their IPL 2021 campaign with the fourth match of the season at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Monday, April 12. Rajasthan and Punjab were two of the most disappointing franchises last season. While RR finished in the last position, PBKS ended at number six only due to a superior run rate.

Punjab Kings skipper KL Rahul feels that the team was unlucky last year in the IPL despite putting up some good performances. He further hoped that the change in name and jersey can change their fortunes as well. Kings XI Punjab have altered their name to Punjab Kings. Also, the franchise unveiled their new jersey for the upcoming season recently.

Punjab faltered at the last hurdle in the race to playoffs, as a “high on confidence” CSK rolled to an easy nine wicket win in the final match for both the teams.

Kings XI Punjab will have to get the better of Chennai Super Kings in match 53 of IPL 2020 at Abu Dhabi if they are to stay in hunt for a play-offs race, which is a rather jumbled up scenario at present. Punjab’s loss to Rajasthan Royals in their previous game has seriously dented their chances of qualification. With 12 points from 13 games, they are not assured of making the top four even if they defeat CSK in the first game of the double-header on Sunday.

Punjab had put on a total of 185 runs on the board with Gayle falling just one run short of his century. Rajasthan made light work of the chase courtesy a quickfire fifty from Stokes and meaningful contributions from Samson and Smith, thereby ending Punjab’s dream run of five consecutive wins.

On a high having won five matches in a row, Kings XI Punjab would look to extend their resurgence when they take on Rajasthan Royals in the 50th match of IPL 2020 at Abu Dhabi on Friday. Thanks to their fightback in the second half, KXIP now find themselves at the fourth spot with 12 points from as many matches. Time is fast running out for RR with 10 points from 12 games. They need to win both their remaining games to be in play-offs contention.