India, May 15 -- Punjab Kings assistant coach Brad Haddin is not giving out excuses after his team's fifth successive defeat in the 2026 Indian Premier League on Thursday night at Dharamsala, against Mumbai Indians, a team already out of play-offs contention.

PBKS were a few runs short after being put into bat. They could only score 200. A Shardul Thakur spell broke their back in the middle overs after which they barely recovered. Needless to day, MI won the match. The fifth defeat in 12 games meant PBKS need to win their remaining two games to guarantee themselves a place in the play-offs.

Anyway, Haddin, two-time World Cup winner with Australia, didn't beat around the bush and said in plain terms that his team had not been able to han...