Delhi: The Indian Premier League (IPL), the most challenging T20 tournament of world cricket, in 2025, where a team finished the 18 -year wait, on the other hand, the Punjab Kings (PBKs) have once again increased. Shreyas Iyer’s army, who made her debut in the final on the basis of her tremendous performance in IPL 2025, missed the title war here and disappointed her fans once again with a 6 -run defeat.
In this final match played against Royal Challengers Bangalore, the Punjab Kings team shattered under pressure and could only score 184 runs in response to the target of 191 runs in the match and were deprived of winning the title. His 18 -year -old dream again became a dream. Let us explain in this article, the 5 biggest reasons to miss the title of Punjab Kings.
23 runs scored in Kyle Jeemison’s 17th over
In this title battle by Punjab Kings, RCB was scared in the middle overs. Where, Rajat Patidar’s team could score 145 runs for 4 wickets in 16 overs. However, after this, the 17th over of the innings brought Kylle Jameson. He was tremendous in this over. Jamison scored a total of 23 runs in this over along with 3 sixes. From this over, the Royal Challengers again achieved rhythm. The same over for Punjab Kings caused defeat later.
Priyansh-Prabhasimran Singh did not show intent
Punjab Kings were to score 191 runs to win in the final match. In such a situation, the openers had to give a fast start. However, young batsmen like Priyansh Arya and Prabhasimran Singh did not look special from the beginning. Both did not play shots openly. Priyansh Arya could score just 24 runs in 19 balls. So Prabhasimran Singh scored 26 runs in 22 balls. The two together hit only 4 fours and 2 sixes. The failure of openers in this way became the reason for the defeat of Punjab Kings.
Shreyas Iyer’s cheap dismissal
In the qualifier 2 of this season of IPL, Captain Shreyas Iyer emerged as a hero for Punjab Kings. After a tremendous innings against Mumbai Indians, Iyer had high expectations in this match. However, the captains flopped completely on the big stage in the big match. Iyer continued to go on the ball of Romario Shepherd by scoring only 1 run here. After which pressure on his team got pressure and he was completely shattered in this pressure.
Nehar Vadhera’s slow batting
In IPL 2025, many young players impressed with their performance. In which, Nehal Vadhera of Punjab Kings has also been one. He played many magnificent innings in this edition. However, he could not withstand the pressure of the final match and failed badly in this match. Nehal scored just 15 runs in this match, facing 18 balls on a very important occasion. His slow innings took Punjab Kings away from victory in the finals.
Sending Marcus Stoinis much later in batting
Marcus Stoinis, who was Australia’s star all -rounder player, has been playing international cricket for a long time. He has performed several times on a big stage in his career. In such a situation, in a big match like the final here, Punjab Kings made a mistake by not sending them up in batting. Marcus Stoinis was launched at number 7 in this match. When, the necessary net runrate had increased significantly. Punjab made them so big by taking them so down.
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