Must win for Kings XI to stay afloat

Their back against the wall after six defeats in seven matches, tournament laggards Kings XI Punjab desperately need a win to keep their slim semifinal hopes alive when they take on formidable Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League here tomorrow.

The latest defeat came against table-toppers Mumbai Indians on Tuesday and what added to their misery was the fact that they were without regular captain Kumar Sangakkara who was serving a one-match ban for the team's inability to maintain required over-rate for the third time in the event.

At this stage of the tournament, Punjab will have to come up with an extraordinary performance if they don't want to see their campaign in IPL III come to an abrupt end.

Ipl Points are as under