Delhi: The qualifier match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 is being played at Maharaja Yadavindra International Cricket Stadium, Mullapur in Chandigarh. This important match is happening between Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore. Bengaluru captain Rajat Patidar won the toss and decided to bowl first, which proved to be completely correct. The entire team of Punjab collapsed for just 101 runs. Now RCB needs only 102 runs to reach the finals.
Punjab’s poor start, batting failed
Punjab Kings started very poorly. Opener Priyansh Arya and Prabhasimran Singh quickly returned to the pavilion after getting out. Priyanshu was dismissed by Yash Dayal, while Prabhasimran was dismissed by Bhuvneshwar Kumar.
Josh English, the hero of the last match, could not do anything special this time and Josh became a victim of Hazlewood by scoring 4 runs. The team had high expectations from captain Shreyas Iyer, but he also gave wickets to Hazlewood by scoring just 2 runs.
Marcus Stoinis and Umarzai tried a little
The highest run Marcus Stoinis scored the most for Punjab, he scored 26 runs. At the same time, Ajmatullah Umarzai struggled by scoring 18 runs. But the rest of the batsmen could not do anything special. Impact player Mushir Khan was dismissed without opening an account and Shashank Singh also returned only 3 runs.
RCB bowling was strong
Talking about the bowling of Bengaluru, he kept pressure from the beginning. Bhuvneshwar Kumar took 1 wicket and gave only 17 runs. Yash Dayal took 2 wickets. Josh Hazlewood took 3 wickets in his name. In this match, Suyash Sharma took 3 wickets while bowling brilliantly. Romario Shepherd also got 1 wicket. Only Krunal Pandya was a bowler who could not take any wickets.
Now RCB, one step away from reaching the finals
Bengaluru corrected everything from the toss to the bowling in this match. Now he has an easy goal of only 102 runs. If RCB achieves this target, then it will become the first team to reach the final of IPL 2025.
Playing of both teams 11
| Punjab Kings (PBKS) | Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) |
|---|---|
| Priyam Arya | Virat Kohli |
| Prabhasimran Singh | Philip salt |
| Josh english (wicket keeper) | Silver (Captain) |
| Shreyas Iyer (Captain) | Liam Livingstone |
| Nihal Vadhera | Jitesh Sharma (wicket keeper) |
| Shashank Singh | Romamaro shepherd |
| Marcus Stoinis | Krunal Pandya |
| Ajmatullah Omrajai | Bhuvneshwar Kumar |
| Harpreet Brar | Yash Dayal |
| Arshdeep Singh | Josh Hazlewood |
| Kyle jaimison | Suyash Sharma |
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