IPL 2026: Here's how Punjab Kings went from leaders to pleaders
Updated On: 16 May, 2026 07:03 AM IST | Mumbai | Karan Shankar
mid-day tracks the fall of the Shreyas Iyer-led Punjab Kings, who began as league leaders with six straight wins before slipping to mid-table after suffering five consecutive defeats
Shreya Iyer. Pic/IPL
Home defeat to RR (April 28)
Despite posting a challenging 228-4 in New Chandigarh, the PBKS bowlers struggled to tame RR openers Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (43), Yashasvi Jaiswal (51) before middle-order batters Donovan Ferreira (52 not out) and Shubham Dubey (31 not out) finished it off. RR chased the total with six wickets and four balls to spare.
Away defeat to GT (May 3)
After being put in on a tough Ahmedabad pitch, PBKS struggled. Their top five batters managed just 36, eventually finishing on 163-9. The PBKS bowlers then couldn’t extract any help from the pitch, as GT’s Sai Sudharsan (57) and Washington Sundar (40 not out) ensured a four-wkt win with one ball to spare.
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