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Punjab Kings had yet another difficult IPL campaign, failing to qualify for the playoffs for the 10th successive occasion in the 2024 season. The team started the IPL 2024 with real optimism under the captaincy of Shikhar Dhawan, but their campaign fizzled out the moment they lost four straight games at home in Mullanpur during the first half of the season.
As of this writing, Punjab Kings have won four matches out of 12 in the group stage of the IPL 2024, while their is NRR (-0.423). In this article, SportsTiger looks at three reasons why PBKS didn’t qualify for the IPL 2024 playoffs.
Experienced players struggling to make impact
The experienced players for Punjab Kings struggled to make an impact for the team in the IPL 2024, which was a massive reason for their early elimination from the playoffs race. Some of the players who have been quite poor in the ongoing tournament for PBKS include the likes of Sam Curran, Jonny Bairstow, Liam Livingstone, Kagiso Rabada, Arshdeep Singh, Rahul Chahar, and Jitesh Sharma, in particular.