Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore will play in the final.
PBKS Beats MI By 5 Wickets In IPL 2025 Qualifier 2 Match: The IPL has been crowned with a new champion. The top two teams in the group stage, Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore, will play in the final. After Punjab Kings defeated five-time champions Mumbai Indians by five wickets in a rain-affected match on Sunday, an old team’s dream came true on Tuesday. Chasing a target of 204 runs set by Mumbai, Punjab Kings achieved it with one over to spare thanks to a blistering innings (87* off 41 balls) by their skipper Shreyas Iyer. In the chase, Josh Inglis took 20 runs off Bumrah’s over, and Iyer took 19 runs off Topley’s over. The match, which started two and a half hours late, ended at 1.38 am, but the money of millions of viewers of Motora was recovered.
Surya had earlier shown his brilliance at the Motera Stadium on the night. This season, Suryakumar Yadav has recorded innings of 25 or more runs in all his 15 matches. He also became the first player to score 700 runs as a non-opener. Surya has scored a total of 717 runs. He is the 12th player in IPL history and the first from Mumbai to achieve this feat. Rohit Sharma, who scored 81 runs for life twice in the Eliminator, could not take advantage of the dropped catch this time. He returned after scoring only 8 runs to Marcus Stoinis. Chahal dismissed Surya and took revenge for the previous over. Jonny Bairstow (38 runs from 24 balls) also played another good innings. Mumbai crossed the 200-run mark after Surya and Tilak shared 44 runs and put on a 72-run partnership.
Brief Scores: Mumbai Indians 203/6 in 20 overs (Suryakumar Yadav-44, Tilak Verma-44, Jonny Bairstow-38, Naman Dheer-37, Omar Zai-2/43, Stoinis-1/14, Vijay Kumar Baishak-1/30, Kyle Jamieson-1/30, Yuzvendra Chahal-1/39). Punjab Kings 207/5 in 19 overs (Shreys Iyer 87*, Nehal Wadhawa-48, Josh Inglis-38, Priyanka Arya-20, Ashwini Kumar-2/55, Hardik Pandya-1/19, Trent Boult-1/38).
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