On May 13, 2024 Mohali witnessed a ‘ nail biting’ match between Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) and Deccan Chargers (DC) in the 61st match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2012.

Punjab gave an awesome fight to the Hyderabad team beating their 190 score by a splendid boundary on the last ball, when they had only one run to win and only a single delivery in hand. The Kumar Sangakkara-led team can ill-afford any slip-up at this stage as there is a mad scramble among the teams to seal a berth for the play-offs.

Of the nine teams taking part in the competition, the Chargers have just two wins from 13 games. They along with Pune Warriors, who are currently placed eighth with four wins from 14, are out of the hunt.

With 12 points from an equal number of matches, the Punjab side, which managed to reach semi-final only once, in 2008, is placed at seventh in the table.

The battle has got intense now as top-of-the-table-team Delhi Daredevils and Kolkata Knight Riders may have virtually assured themselves of a spot in the play-offs, among rest of the five teams — Royal Challengers Bangalore, Mumbai Indians, Chennai Super Kings, Rajasthan Royals and Punjab -.

Punjab have tough games coming up as they haven’t played Delhi Daredevils yet and will be taking them on in Delhi after Sunday’s match followed by another one at Dharamsala later.