IPL 2020: Rating the teams based on their performance in the league stage

5. Kings XI Punjab – 7.5/10

The Preity Zinta co-owned franchise, Kings XI Punjab named KL Rahul as their skipper for this season as they traded their previous skipper Ravi Ashwin with Delhi Capitals. KL Rahul was their top run-getter in the previous two editions and continued his good run in the ongoing season also.

The Kings started their campaign with a heart-breaking Super Over loss against Delhi Capitals in their opening encounter and won their next match against RCB in which their skipper scored a magnificent century. But the team lost their winning formulae then and lost five straight matches thereafter. After the first half of the IPL 2020, KXIP were reeling at the bottom of the points table. But they bounced back in the second half with five straight wins and climbed to the 4th spot.

With two matches left for them in the league stage, the Kings XI Punjab were all set to do a Mumbai Indians feat and qualify for the playoffs. But lost their next two matches against Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings and knocked out of the tournament. They are rated higher than KKR as they were placed below them in the points table and lost many nail-baiting contests in the first half and fought very hard in the second half with a positive intent.