Punjab Kings, led by captain Shreyas Iyer, defeated five-time winner Mumbai Indians by 5 wickets in the qualifier-2 to make it to the finals of the Indian Premier League (IPL) after 11 years. Punjab Kings last played the IPL final in 2014 and had to face defeat to Kolkata Knight Riders. This is the second time in the history of IPL (18 seasons) this is the second time when the Punjab team has reached the playoffs and finals. Now in the title match, on June 3, the Punjab Kings will fight at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad from Royal Challengers Bangalore, led by Rajat Patidar.
This time the Indian Premier League will get a new champion, as both Punjab Kings and RCB 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 when RCB team will play the final of IPL. Earlier in 2009, 2011 and 2016, he suffered defeat in the finals in the finals in the finals at Deccan Chargers, Chennai Super Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad. Virat Kohli, the veteran of Modern Day Cricket, has been associated with RCB since the beginning of his IPL career and he is also waiting for the first IPL Trophy. RCB defeated Punjab Kings by 8 wickets in the qualifier-1 match played on 29 May and confirmed it in the final.
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Two and a half hours due to rain Delay of Match started from
The second qualifier match started on the night of June 1 at Narendra Modi International Stadium in Ahmedabad, but the match ended the next day i.e. on June 2. This was the second time for Punjab to make it to the finals. At the same time, for the team of Mumbai Indians, who crossed the first obstacle by defeating Gujarat Titans by 20 runs in the eliminator, had to pass another exam to reach the finals. The thrill continued from the first ball to the last ball in this match, which started with a delay of exactly two and a half hours due to rain. Mumbai had to bat first after losing the toss and it started very bad, as Rohit Sharma was dismissed in the third over. But the rest of the batsmen of the team continued to play fast innings and scored a strong score of 203 runs in the prescribed 20 overs.
Mi lost for the first time after scoring 200+ in IPL
This score of Mumbai was also important because in the 18 -year history of IPL, this team had never lost after touching the 200 runs before this match. Every time this team successfully defended after scoring 200 or more runs. Johnny Bairstow played 38, Tilak Verma and Suryakumar Yadav, 44-44 runs for Mumbai. In the end overs, Naman Dhir played a fast-paced innings of 37 runs and brought his team to a good score. For Punjab Kings, Ajmatullah Omarjai took 2 and Jamison, Stoinis, Vijaykumar Vaishya and Chahal took 1-1 wickets. Punjab Kings, chasing a big target in the pressure match, did not have a good start and on the score of just 13 runs, it was the first blow as Prabhasimran Singh. He became a victim of Trent Bolt by scoring 6 runs.
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After this, Priyansh Arya and Josh Ilygis did not allow Punjab’s scoreboard to stop and add 42 runs for the second wicket. On the score of 55, Priyansh Arya was caught by Ashwani Kumar and gave a second blow to Punjab by catching Hardik Pandya. Arya returned to the pavilion after scoring 20 runs. Josh England became the victim of Pandya by scoring 38 runs and the Kings suffered a third blow on the score of 72 runs. From here, captain Shreyas Iyer, along with Nehal Vadhera, shared an 84 -run partnership for the fourth wicket and made his team a return to the match. Punjab’s fourth wicket fell on a score of 156 and Nehal Vadhera scored 48 runs and caught Mitchell Santner off Ashwani Kumar. Punjab was not able to recover from this shock yet, then on the score of 169, he received a fifth shock as Shashank Singh.
Iyer took third IPL team to final in 5 years
But Shreyas Iyer had decided as if he would take his team to the finals of IPL after a decade. A memorable innings, Shreyas Iyer and Punjab Kings will remember for years to come. A brilliant innings of a captain. Shreyas scored an unbeaten 87 runs in 41 balls with the help of 5 fours and 8 sixes. He scored 26 runs in the 19th over of Ashwani Kumar with the help of 4 sixes. In this over, Ashwani also performed a no ball and a wide ball. In this way, Iyer finished the match with a six as soon as 1 over remains, and brought his team to the finals. Shreyas Iyer has brought three different franchisees to the grand finals of IPL under his captaincy in just five years. He took Delhi Capitals to the finals in 2020, won the Kolkata Knight Riders under his leadership in 2024 and now took Punjab Kings to his second IPL final.
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Many unique records were made in Punjab and Mumbai matches
This is the sixth consecutive defeat of Mumbai Indians in Ahmedabad. Here he won the only win against Rajasthan Royals in 2014. This is the highest score ever to chase in IPL playoff/knockout matches. Before Punjab Kings, no team has been able to chase 203 runs in IPL playoff/knockout matches. At the same time, Mumbai had to face defeat despite scoring 200+ runs for the first time in the IPL. On the other hand, Punjab Kings, for the 8th time, chased the target of more than 200 runs pre -success. This is the highest by a team in IPL. This was the 9th in IPL 2025, when a team chased 200+ runs. This is the record for the most often 200+ score chase in a season.
