Ahmedabad. In the Qualifier 2 of IPL 2025 (IPL 2025), Punjab Kings (MI) have confirmed the final (Final) ticket by defeating Mumbai Indians (MI) by 5 wickets. Now on June 3, Punjab Kings will face RCB in the final. This will be a memorable moment for both teams as both teams will be in the fray to win their first title. Talking about this match, this match was played at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. After winning the toss in this match, Punjab decided to bowl first. However, due to rain, this match started with a delay of about two hours but not a single over has been cut. Batting first, Mumbai had set a target of 204 runs in front of Punjab on the strength of Surya and Tilak’s brilliant innings and Naman Dhir’s Atishi batting. In response to this, Punjab Kings won this match by 5 wickets in the 19th over itself.
Such is the batting of Punjab
Chasing the target, Punjab Kings started poorly and they lost the wicket of ‘Impact Sub’ Prabhasimran Singh cheaply. Prabhasimran scored 6 runs and was dismissed by Trent Bolt. This was followed by a 42 -run partnership for the second wicket between Josh English and Priyansh. Priyansh became the victim of ‘Impact Sub’ Ashwini Kumar on a personal score of 20 runs. Then captain Hardik Pandya gave the third blow to Punjab Kings, when he ended the stormy innings of Josh English. English scored 38 runs off 21 balls with the help of 5 fours and two sixes. But after this there was a great partnership between Shreyas Iyer and Nehal Vadhera. But Nehal Vadhera’s wicket fell in the 16th over. With this, the 84 -run partnership also ended. Nehal’s innings came with 48 runs with the bat. But Shreyas Iyer stayed and Iyer put a fifty off 27 balls. But in the meantime, Shashank Singh was run out in the 17th over and Punjab suffered a fifth shock. But after this Iyer took the front and played Punjab in the 19th over, playing the captaincy innings.
Iyer played a stormy innings of 87 runs in 41 balls. He hit 5 fours and 8 sixes. With this victory, the Punjab team has reached the final and now on June 3, their match will be with RCB. Both teams will field to win the first title of this league.
Mumbai’s batting was like this
Due to the sudden rains after the toss, the match started with a delay of about two hours. The innings was started by Rohit Sharma and Bairstow but Mumbai did not start well. In the third over, Stoinis took Rohit Sharma’s wicket. This was Stoinis’s first wicket of this season. He got the first success in his 14th over this season. Only 8 runs came from Rohit’s bat. After this, Tilak Verma and Bairstow handled Mumbai. After 6 overs, Mumbai’s score was 65–1. But Mumbai got a second blow on the last ball of the 7th over when Bairstow was dismissed for 38 runs on a score of 70.
But after this there was a good partnership between Surya and Tilak. Both of them brought Mumbai’s score to 100 in 10 overs. But in the 14th over, Mumbai suffered a third blow when Surya was dismissed for 44 runs. After this, Tilak Verma was also dismissed for 44 runs in the next over. After this there was a good partnership between Hardik Pandya and Naman but Hardik’s wicket fell in the 18th over. Hardik’s bat hit 15 runs. But after this Naman Dhir played a brilliant innings and made Mumbai’s score beyond 200. Naman scored 37 runs in 18 balls. On the basis of his innings, Mumbai set a target of 204 runs in front of Punjab.
