Punjab Kings beating MI to reach the finals of the IPL 2025
Punjab Kings, led by Captain Shreyas Iyer, defeated Mumbai Indians by 5 wickets in qualifying -2, 11 years later. Punjab Kings finally played in the IPL final in 2014, and had to face a defeat for Kolkata Knight Riders. This is the second time in the history of IPL (18 seasons), which has reached the Punjab team playoffs and finals. Now, on June 3, the Punjab Kings will fight at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad from Royal Challengers Bangalore, led by Rajad Patithar.
This time the Indian Premier League will receive a new champion, as both Punjab Kings and RCP are waiting for their first IPL title. Royal Challengers Bangalore reached the IPL playoffs for the 10th time, but he never won the title. This is the fourth time the RCP team has played the IPL final. Earlier, in 2009, 2011 and 2016, he lost the finals of the Deccan Chargers, Chennai Super Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad. Virat Kohli, the senior player of modern cricket, has been related to the RCP since the beginning of his IPL life, and he is also waiting for the first IPL Cup. RCP defeated Punjab Kings by 8 wickets in the qualifying -1 match on May 29.
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Two and a half hours due to rain Delay The competition has begun
The second qualifying match started at Narendra Modi International Stadium in Ahmedabad, but the match ended the next day, ie on June 2. This is the second time the Punjab final has come to the final. At the same time, the Mumbai Indians team had to pass another exam to reach the final of the first ban, defeating Gujarat Titans by 20 runs. The thrill continued from the first ball of the match to the last ball, which started exactly two and a half hours due to rain. After losing the toss, Mumbai had to bat first and it began to get worse because Rohit Sharma was dismissed in the third over. But the other batsmen continued to play fast innings and scored 203 runs in the nominated 20 overs.
MI lost the first time after scoring 200+ on IPL
This score of Mumbai is also important because in the 18 -year history of the IPL, the team has never lost 200 runs before the match. Each time the team was successfully defended after scoring 200 or more runs. Johnny Namesto 38, Tilak Verma and Suryakumar Yadav scored 44-44 runs for Mumbai. In the end, Naman played the fast innings of 37 runs and brought his team to a good score. As for the kings of Punjab, Ajmatullah Omarjay 2, bail, Stoinis, Vijay Kumar Vaishya and Sahal took 1-1 wickets. Punjab Kings, chasing a big goal in the pressure match, did not have a good start, scoring just 13 runs, which was the first step as Prabhasimran Singh. He fell to Trent Bolt by scoring 6 runs.
After this, Priyansh Arya and Josh Ilikis did not allow the Punjab’s scoreboard to stop and add 42 runs for the second wicket. In 55 marks, Priyansh Arya caught Ashwani Kumar and grabbed Hardik Pandya and gave the second step to Punjab. Arya returned to the pavilion after scoring 20 runs. Josh was killed by Josh by 38 runs and Kings met the third step scoring 72 runs. From here, Captain Shreyas Iyer, along with Nehhal Wadera, shared 84 runs for the fourth wicket, and returned to his team. Punjab’s fourth wicket took Mitchell Sandner from Aswani Kumar with 48 runs. Punjab was still unable to recover from this shock, and in the 169 score, Shashank Singh was shocked by the fifth shock.
Iyer’s historical innings will always remember
But Shreyas Iyer decided to take his team to the IPL final after a decade. A memorable innings, Shreyas Iyer and Punjab Kings will be remembered for many years. The intelligent innings of a captain. With the help of 5 fours and 8 sixes, Shreyas scored 87 runs in 41 balls. Aswani Kumar scored 26 runs with the help of 4 sixes in the 19th over. In this over, Aswani performed a ball and a wide ball. In this way, Iyer ended the match with a six with the rest of the over and brought his team to the final. Shreyas Iyer has brought three different owners to the IPL’s big final in just five years under his captaincy. He took the Delhi capitals for the final in 2020 and won the Kolkata Knight Riders under his leadership in 2024, and now Punjab took Kings to his second IPL final.
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Many unique records were made in Punjab and Mumbai matches
This is the sixth defeat of Mumbai Indians in Ahmedabad. Here he won the only victory against Rajasthan Royals in 2014. This is the highest score chased in IPL playoff/knockout matches. Prior to the Punjab Kings, no team could chase 203 runs in the IPL playoff/knockout. At the same time, Mumbai had to face a defeat despite the first 200+ runs in the IPL. On the other hand, Punjab Kings chased the goal of over 200 runs for the 8th time. This is the highest of a team in IPL. It was 9th in the IPL 2025, and a team chased 200+ runs. This is the record for the score of 200+ in a season.
