One other 200 bites the mud: PBKS captain Shreyas Iyer on fallacious facet of undesirable IPL file after MI defeat

Punjab Kings suffered their fifth straight defeat in IPL 2026 as Mumbai Indians chased down 201 with six wickets in hand on Thursday, leaving Punjab’s playoff hopes hanging by a thread. The loss additionally added one other undesirable file to Punjab’s tally, as they now maintain the file for probably the most defeats whereas defending 200-plus totals in T20 cricket.Punjab now have 10 defeats whereas defending 200-plus scores in T20s. West Indies are subsequent on the listing with eight losses, adopted by Royal Challengers Bengaluru with seven and Chennai Tremendous Kings with six.Most defeats in 200+ chases in T20s10 Punjab Kings8 West Indies7 Royal Challengers Bengaluru6 Chennai Tremendous KingsRequested to bat first, Punjab bought off to a powerful begin by means of Priyansh Arya (27) and Prabhsimran Singh (57), who added 50 runs in 33 balls. Prabhsimran later stitched a 57-run stand with Cooper Connolly as PBKS crossed the 100-run mark within the twelfth over.Nonetheless, Mumbai pulled issues again by means of Shardul Thakur, who picked up 4 wickets for 39 runs. He eliminated Prabhsimran and skipper Shreyas Iyer (4) inside three balls to shift momentum in Mumbai’s favour.Punjab nonetheless managed to achieve 200 for 8 after accumulating 53 runs within the ultimate three overs. Azmatullah Omarzai scored 38 off 17 balls, whereas Vishnu Vinod and Xavier Bartlett added late runs.Mumbai’s chase was led by Ryan Rickelton, who smashed 48 off 23 balls with 4 fours and 4 sixes. Although Punjab fought again by means of Yuzvendra Chahal and decreased Mumbai to 89 for 3, Tilak Varma held the innings along with an unbeaten 75 off 33 balls.Tilak first added 61 runs with Sherfane Rutherford and later completed the chase with Will Jacks. He additionally smashed two sixes within the ultimate over to seal the win with one ball remaining.The defeat additionally added to Shreyas Iyer’s file whereas defending 200-plus totals within the IPL. As captain, Iyer has now misplaced seven such matches within the league. In 20 IPL matches the place his facet scored 200-plus totals whereas batting first, his groups have received 12, misplaced seven and had one no outcome. No different IPL captain has misplaced greater than 5 such video games, whereas solely Faf du Plessis has misplaced as many throughout all T20 cricket.Shreyas Iyer as captain in defending 200+ totals in IPLMat 20 | Win 12 | Misplaced 7 | NR 1No different captain has misplaced greater than 5 such video games in IPL whereas solely Faf du Plessis has misplaced as many throughout all T20s.