Kings XI Punjab captain Adam Gilchrist on Saturday, hinted that he won't be taking any further participation in the Indian Premier League as a player from next season after his side crashed out of the fifth edition of the Twenty20 event here.

Delhi cemented it's position at the top of the standings and knocked Punjab out of the Indian Premier League with a 6 wickets on Saturday. A statistical look at the match in Dharamsala.

Kings XI Punjab's stand-in skipper David Hussey on Monday said his team cannot afford to falter in a crucial Indian Premier League (IPL) encounter against Delhi Daredevils as they are in a must-win situation in their remaining three matches to keep their play-off hopes alive.

Having been forced to watch his team play from the sidelines after suffering a hamstring injury, Kings XI Punjab skipper and mentor Adam Gilchrist said even if he is fit to take the field there is no guarantee that he would feature in the playing eleven.

As the battle to reach the play-off stage in IPL gets fierce, Kings XI Punjab find themselves in a must-win situation as they take on tournament-laggards Deccan Chargers at the PCA stadium here on Sunday.

A relatively quiet Indian Premier League for Kings XI Punjab's Mandeep Singh exploded in a torrid 48-ball 75 as his team set a formidable target of 171 for Deccan Chargers here on Tuesday.

Kings XI Punjab's full-time captain Adam Gilchrist, who is recovering from hamstring injury, is still not sure of playing Tuesday's match against Deccan Chargers.

As stakes get higher with each game in the Indian Premier League, Kings XI Punjab captain Adam Gilchrist on Friday said that his side would look to maintain the winning momentum to ensure a play-off spot.

By his own admission, it has been quite a struggle for 25-year-old Parvinder Awana during his five years of first-class cricket and the snub from national selectors for India A's tour of West Indies is just another addition to that list.

Was it over-confidence or just plain bad thinking on Mahendra Singh Dhoni's part that he sent Wriddhiman Saha in to bat at number four?