Delhi: Punjab Kings (PBKS) co-owner Preity Zinta celebrated a five-wicket victory against Mumbai Indians (MI) in Qualifier 2 of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 on X (East Twitter). This match was played at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Zinta was present at the stadium and looked very excited after winning the big goal.
Sharing the X post of Punjab Kings, he wrote in the caption, “Wow what is victory. Punjabi has come OA.” Preity Zinta was present in the IPL final only once before, in 2014 in the deciding match played in Bengaluru against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), which ended in defeat for Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings), captained by George Bailey.
Talking about Qualifier 2, Shreyas Iyer’s unbeaten 87* run in 41 balls gave his team a memorable victory against five -time champions Mumbai Indians. His banging innings included five fours and eight sixes. Punjab Kings had a target of 204 runs to win.
Nehal Vadhera (48 runs in 29 balls) was the other major match winner of Punjab. Punjab Kings topped the league stage with 19 points in 14 matches and +0.372 NET Run Rate (NRR).
Now Punjab Kings will compete with Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) on the same ground on Tuesday, June 3. Both teams will be desperate to win their first title.
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