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 in the balance. The loss also added another unwanted record to Punjab as they now hold the record for most defeats while defending a total of more than 200 in T20 cricket.Punjab now have 10 defeats while defending more than 200 scores in T20s. West Indies are next on the list with eight losses, followed by Royal Challengers Bengaluru with seven and Chennai Super Kings with six.Most wickets in 200+ runs in T20s10 Kings of Punjab8 West Indies7 Royal Challengers Bengaluru6 Chennai Super KingsAsked to bat first, Punjab got off to a very good start through Priyansh Arya (27) and Prabhsimran Singh (57) adding 50 runs in 33 balls. Prabhsimran later put on a 57-run stand with Cooper Connolly as PBKS crossed the 100-run mark in the 12th over.However, Mumbai pulled things back through Shardul Thakur who took four wickets for 39 runs. He removed Prabhsimran and skipper Shreyas Iyer (4) in three overs to shift the momentum in Mumbai’s favour.Punjab still managed to reach 200 for 8 after collecting 53 runs in the last three overs. Azmatullah Omarzai scored 38 off 17 balls while Vishnu Vinod and Xavier Bartlett added late runs.Mumbai’s batsman was led by Ryan Rickelton who smashed 48 off 23 balls with four fours and four sixes. Although Punjab battled through Yuzvendra Chahal to reduce Mumbai to 89 for 3, Tilak Varma held the innings together with an unbeaten 75 off 33 balls.Tilak first added 61 runs with Sherfane Rutherford and later completed the chase with Will Jacks. He also smashed two sixes in the final over to seal the win with one ball to spare.The defeat also added to Shreyas Iyer’s record of defending more than 200 totals in the IPL. As captain, Iyer has now lost seven such matches in the league. In the 20 IPL matches where his team has scored more than 200 totals while batting first, his teams have won 12, lost seven and had one no result. No other IPL captain has lost more than five such games, while only Faf du Plessis has lost that many in all of T20 cricket.Shreyas Iyer as captain in defending 200+ total in IPLMat 20 | Win 12 | Lost 7 | NR 1No other captain has lost more than five such games in the IPL, while only Faf du Plessis has lost that many in all T20s.
