IPL 2025 Today Match, PBKS vs MI Predicted Playing 11 LIVE Updates: Punjab Kings take on Mumbai Indians for place in Top 2
If Mumbai win, they will be guaranteed of a top 2 spot after overtaking GT on net run rate while Punjab will not finish in the top 2. Meanwhile, if Punjab win, they'll go on top of the table as well with 19 points. They can be dethroned from No.1 only if RCB beat Lucknow by a particular margin on Tuesday.
Delhi Capitals' Karun Nair and Sameer Rizvi in action against Punjab Kings in Jaipur. (Sportzpics)
IPL 2025: Sameer Rizvi, Karun Nair shine for DC against PBKS as another eliminated team throws spanner in the works for top-two race
For a third straight game, an eliminated team thrashed an already qualified team in the Indian Premier League to spice up the race for the top-two in an otherwise humdrum business end of the tournament. Delhi Capitals ended their IPL 2025 campaign on a high, handing Punjab Kings a 6-wicket loss at Jaipur's Sawai Mansingh Stadium on Saturday in what was a repeat clash of the abandoned match in Dharamsala.
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