IPL 9: Knocked Out, Kings XI Punjab To Play For Pride In Remaining Games

Knocked out of the Indian Premier League season 9 after they were handed a seven-wicket defeat by table-toppers Sunrisers Hyderabad on Sunday, Kings XI Punjab skipper Murali Vijay said his team hopes to put up a good show in remaining two games and will be playing for pride.

"We basically want to put up a show as individuals and as a team. For pride's sake we want to put up a good show against RCB and one more game in the end against Pune," Vijay said after the defeat against the Sunrisers.

KXIP are seventh in the IPL standings, having won just four of their 12 games this season.

Sunrisers comfortably reached the 180 target set by Kings XI Punjab, with Hashim Amla's 56-ball 96 knock going in vain.

Asked if Amla must be disappointed that his knock went in vain, Vijay said, "Yeah, definitely, he is a fantastic player, a world class player. The way he played on this kind of wicket, it was really great to watch from the outside."

"Obviously, to come up on the wrong side in the end is a sad feeling, and hopefully we can take that on our chin and play the remaining games with a lot more pride," he added.

With the IPL title remaining elusive for Kings XI, whose best effort had been reaching the final of the IPL in 2014, Vijay was asked what differently could the team have done to break the jinx.

"See, there are a lot of variables to it, we should have started well in the tournament to have a chance in the end because at the end almost all the teams are set with their eleven and they are going to come hard at us," Vijay said.

"I personally think we have a good set up, we have a good bunch of boys who can win matches at their own right. It did not click for us this season. Hopefully, we can take positives from this season and come back and play better cricket next season.