Lucknow, May 25 -- The Indian Premier League franchise Punjab Kings (PBKS) have already qualified for the playoffs, but faced a hurdle on their road to the top two slots on Saturday as they lost to Delhi Capitals by six wickets.

Skipper Shreyas Iyer scored 53 run in 34 balls, while late heroics from Aussie allrounder Marcus Stoinis, who scored an unbeaten 44 run off 16 balls, helped the Kings to a total of 206/8 in 20 overs, according to a release from PBKS.

On the solid batting track at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur, the Delhi Capitals were more than up for the challenge to chase down the total and managed to win the match with three balls to spare.

Speaking after the match, PBKS head coach Ricky Ponting addressed the dressing room...