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Once a dominant, well-oiled unit, PBKS have turned into a team struggling to sustain control across different phases, with issues in batting starts, support bowling and the use of key resources.

PBKS IPL 2026 Playoffs qualfication scenario: Punjab were on a phenomenal run since the start of the season, bossing the park with an unbeaten run of seven consecutive matches before losing five matches.

From Indianexpress RSS Feed: Axar Patel finally comes good with the bat and David Miller provides momentum as Delhi stay alive by beating Punjab Kings

From Indianexpress RSS Feed: Shreyas Iyer reacts to Punjab’s third successive loss in IPL 2026: ‘Easy to talk negatively…’

The missed opportunities cost PBKS dearly as they lost to SRH by 33 runs and moved to second place on the points table

Jason Holder, who won his second Player of the Match award for taking 4/24 against PBKS, cited calmness as one of the reasons behind GT doing well in the IPL.

The manic Punjab Kings opener ought to have taken a leaf out of Marcus Stoinis' method to construct madness, instead he flailed away compulsively for a 44-ball 59, striking at 134

The most valuable aspect of Shreyas Iyer’s batting is his ability to shift gears -- some batsmen start too fast and get out, others bat deep, but leave too much to do. He seems to have found the middle ground.