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7 hours ago
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RCB vs PBKS, IPL 2025 Final: Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer opts to bowl, both teams unchanged
Royal Challengers Bengaluru face Punjab Kings in the final of the 2025 Indian Premier League at Ahmedabad's Narendra Modi Stadium on Tuesday, with the world's biggest T20 league set to crown a first-time champion regardless of the result. read more Punjab Kings have opted to field in the final of the 2025 Indian Premier League against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in Ahmedabad on Tuesday, 3 June. PTI Punjab Kings won the toss, and skipper Shreyas Iyer opted to field in the final of the 2025 Indian Premier League (IPL) at Ahmedabad's Narendra Modi Stadium on Tuesday. Neither RCB nor PBKS have ever won the world's biggest T20 league in the past, meaning the IPL is set to crown a first-time champion regardless of the result on Tuesday evening. LIVE | Both RCB and PBKS named unchanged XIs for the final, sticking to the combination that helped them win Qualifier 1 and Qualifier 2 respectively. Which means Bengaluru's Tim David and Punjab's Harpreet Brar miss out after being expected to feature in the XI. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD PBKS and RCB had finished among the top-two teams at the end of the group stage, earning two shots at reaching the final in the process. Bengaluru stormed into the final after thrashing Punjab in Qualifier 1 in Mullanpur, bundling the home team out for just 101 and chasing the target down with 8 wickets and half of their overs to spare. PBKS, however, bounced back from the defeat just two days later, with captain Shreyas Iyer smashing a magnificent 87 not out to steer his team to a five-wicket victory in their chase of 204 against Mumbai Indians in Qualifier 2 in Ahmedabad. PBKS' only appearance in an IPL final was in Bengaluru in 2014, in which the George Bailey-led side lost to Gautam Gambhir's Kolkata Knight Riders in the final. RCB, on the other hand, have finished runners-up thrice, each time with a different captain – Anil Kumble in 2009, Daniel Vettori in 2011 and Virat Kohli in 2016. IPL 2025 Final, RCB and PBKS playing XIs RCB: Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Mayank Agarawal, Rajat Patidar(c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma(wk), Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Dayal, Josh Hazlewood; Impact Subs: Rasikh Salam, Manoj Bhandage, Tim Seifert, Swapnil Singh, Suyash Sharma. PBKS: Priyansh Arya, Josh Inglis(w), Shreyas Iyer(c), Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Azmatullah Omarzai, Kyle Jamieson, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal; Impact Subs: Prabhsimran Singh, Praveen Dubey, Suryansh Shedge, Xavier Bartlet, Harpreet Brar.
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8 hours ago
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Six-time IPL winner Ambati Rayudu backs RCB to end title drought: 'Time for the great city of Bangalore to win'
Three-time runners-up Royal Challengers Bengaluru face 2014 finalists Punjab Kings in the final of the 2025 Indian Premier League at Ahmedabad's Narendra Modi Stadium on Tuesday, with the world's biggest T20 league set to crown a first-time champion regardless of the result. read more Ambati Rayudu has backed Royal Challengers Bengaluru to end their title drought in the final of the 2025 Indian Premier League in Ahmedabad on Tuesday. AP/PTI Former India batter Ambati Rayudu is among those backing Royal Challengers Bengaluru to finally end their 18-year wait for an Indian Premier League (IPL) title as they face Punjab Kings in the final in Ahmedabad on Tuesday. Neither RCB nor PBKS have won a season despite being part of the world's biggest T20 league since its inception in 2008, meaning the IPL will witness a first-time champion on Tuesday regardless of which team ends up on the winning side. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD LIVE | RCB 'truly deserve this season', says six-time IPL winner Rayudu 'There has always been an amazing cricketing rivalry between the three great southern cities… I think it's time for the great city of Bangalore to win their first ever IPL trophy tonight, which they truly deserve this season… Go RCB… bring it home,' Rayudu, who won three titles each with Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings, wrote on X. After finishing second on the points table with a victory over Lucknow Super Giants in the final league match of the season, RCB stormed into the final after outplaying PBKS in Qualifier in Mullanpur. Suyash Sharma and Josh Hazlewood collected three wickets each while opener Phil Salt struck an unbeaten 56 as Bengaluru bundled Punjab out for just 101 before chasing the target down with 8 wickets and half of their overs to spare. Punjab, however, bounced back in the subsequent match, with skipper Shreyas Iyer smashing an unbeaten 87 to steer his team to a five-wicket victory over Mumbai Indians in Qualifier 2 in Ahmedabad. MI had defeated Gujarat Titans in the Eliminator in Mullanpur, but stumbled in the penultimate game of the season for the second time in three seasons. While PBKS have made it to the final just once, losing to Kolkata Knight Riders in the 2014 final, RCB have finished runners-up thrice – each time with a different captain. While the Anil Kumble-led side lost to Deccan Chargers in 2009, the team led by Daniel Vettori were vanquished by MS Dhoni's Chennai Super Kings two years later. The only time batting superstar Virat Kohli led the franchise into the final was in 2016, the season in which he amassed a record 973 runs. Despite their outstanding performance that season, RCB ended up losing to Sunrisers Hyderabad in the final.
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a day ago
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Harbhajan slams MI support staff after Qualifier 2 loss against PBKS: 'Too much involvement from outside'
Spin legend Harbhajan Singh, who had won three titles with Mumbai Indians from 2008 to 2017, slammed the Mahela Jayawardene-led support staff for excessive interference in their Qualifier 2 meeting with Punjab Kings in Ahmedabad, which they ended up losing by five wickets. read more Former India and Mumbai Indians off-spinner Harbhajan Singh directed his ire towards the Mahela Jayawardene-led support staff following the Hardik Pandya-led side's five-wicket defeat at the hands of Punjab Kings in Qualifier 2 of the 2025 Indian Premier League. PTI Indian spin legend Harbhajan Singh has slammed the Mumbai Indians team support staff, including head coach Mahela Jayawardene, for 'interfering' after the five-time champions bowed out of the 2025 Indian Premier League with a five-wicket defeat against Punjab Kings in Qualifier 2 on Sunday. PBKS captain Shreyas Iyer producing a chasing masterclass at Ahmedabad's Narendra Modi Stadium to propel his team into an IPL final for the first time in 11 years, setting up a date with the Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the summit clash at the same venue on Tuesday. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD MI, on the other hand, have now lost the penultimate match of the season for the second time in three years, having lost to Gujarat Titans at the same venue in 2023, and have not reached an IPL final since they won their fifth title in 2020. 'Coaches are telling a bowler like Jasprit Bumrah what to do' In a video posted on his YouTube channel after Qualifier 2, Harbhajan – who had represented Mumbai Indians from the inaugural season in 2008 to 2017 and won three titles with them – directed his ire at the Jayawardene-led MI support staff for their behaviour during the game, stating that the team's performance was affected by 'too much involvement from the outside'. 'Look at the Mumbai Indians dugout. When they were leaking runs, there was too much involvement from the outside,' Harbhajan said in the video. 'The coaches are telling a bowler like Jasprit Bumrah what to do and what not. A dressing room needs to remain calm and composed. Coaches should only give advice. Don't show desperation. So somewhere I felt that when this happens way too much, it breaks the player's spirit,' he added. Harbhajan added that skipper Pandya, former captain Rohit Sharma, pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah and others know what it takes to win matches and titles and urged the franchise to 'let them do what they need to do' instead of getting into micromanagement. 'Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, they are all big players. And when they are playing, let them do what they need to do to get the right result for the team. They have won many trophies together. They needed to be shown a lot more faith, but the coaching staff time and again was interfering and gesturing with their hands,' 'Bhajji' added in the video. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD Sri Lankan batting legend and former captain Jayawardene had coached MI for six seasons from 2017 to 2022, helping them win three titles during this period, and returned to the franchise ahead of the 18th season, replacing legendary South African wicketkeeper Mark Boucher who had occupied the role for the 2023 and 2024 seasons.
News18
2 days ago
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Shreyas' Answer To A Bumrah Yorker Called 'Shot Of IPL', ABD Says 'If I Faced..'
Last Updated: Shreyas Iyer smashed an unbeaten 87 as AB de Villiers praised the Punjab Kings captain's shot off a Jasprit Bumrah yorker. Shreyas Iyer put on a flawless masterclass in the 2025 Indian Premier League (IPL) Qualifier 2 against Mumbai Indians (MI) on Sunday, smashing an unbeaten 87 to lead Punjab Kings to a five-wicket victory. Such was Shreyas's brilliance that even Jasprit Bumrah struggled to contain him. Former South African captain AB de Villiers was impressed with Shreyas's batting, especially his incredible shot off a Bumrah yorker. In the 18th over, Bumrah delivered arguably the most perfect yorker, but Shreyas masterfully stayed low and opened the face of the bat, guiding the ball past a fielder at short third-man for a boundary. Some fans even pointed out that this was not the first time that Shreyas has played such a shot to Bumrah. De Villiers said that if he had tried something similar to such a delivery, his stumps would have been shattered. 'That's the shot of the IPL for me. A perfect yorker, hitting the middle stump, would break the toe of the bat and maybe my stumps," de Villiers said on JioStar. Fans, too, were impressed by Shreyas's shot against Bumrah, calling it the best of IPL 2025. Against Bumrah's yorker. In the Qualifier. Shreyas Iyer, you magician 🎩 — Emon Mukherjee (@EmonMukherjee21) June 2, 2025 Pressure situation and he calmly guides bumrahs yorkers to boundaries….King Shreyas 👑 — ????????????????_???????? T V K (@ThalapathyAsif2) June 1, 2025 How many aura points to Shreyas Iyer for playing this shot against Bumrah! — Nikhil Gupta (@Nikhilgupta1104) June 1, 2025 Shreyas hit five boundaries and eight maximums in his unbeaten 81 off 41 balls, helping Punjab Kings (PBKS) chase down 204 with six balls to spare and five wickets in hand. In fact, the PBKS captain has been in excellent form throughout IPL 2025, scoring over 600 runs at an average exceeding fifty. De Villiers lauded Shreyas for his consistency. 'His sixes were a joy to watch. His head was still, his positioning perfect. He's calm and level-headed, not arrogant, and I love that about him. Many more runs will come from this guy in the future. Shreyas Iyer, I salute you. What a knock," de Villiers added. Punjab Kings will take on Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in the IPL 2025 final at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad, on June 3. First Published: June 02, 2025, 09:19 IST
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3 days ago
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PBKS vs MI Playing 11 Live Updates, IPL 2025 Qualifier 2: Punjab face upbeat Mumbai in Ahmedabad
PBKS vs MI, IPL 2025 Qualifier 2 LIVE Updates: Punjab Kings will be hoping to put their humiliating 8-wicket loss against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in Qualifier 1 behind when they face Mumbai Indians, who had defeated Gujarat Titans by 20 runs in the Eliminator, in Qualifier 2 on Sunday. Follow our live blog for more updates. read more Both Punjab Kings captain Hardik Pandya and his Mumbai Indians counterpart Hardik Pandya have won the Indian Premier League as captain in the past, albeit with different franchises. AP PBKS vs MI, IPL 2025 Today Qualifier 2 Match LIVE Updates : Punjab Kings face Mumbai Indians in Qualifier 2 of the 2025 Indian Premier League (IPL) in Ahmedabad on Sunday. The winner of Sunday's clash at the Narendra Modi Stadium will face Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the final at the same venue on Tuesday. PBKS had lost to RCB by 8 wickets in Qualifier 1 in Mullanpur on Thursday while MI defeated Gujarat Titans by 20 runs in the Eliminator that took place at the same venue the following day. Follow our live blog for more updates on the PBKS vs MI Qualifier 2 match Punjab Kings face Mumbai Indians at the Narendra Modi Stadium later today, with the winner set to face Royal Challengers Bengaluru at the same venue two days from now. Stay tuned to our live blog for more updates. The match between Punjab Kings and Mumbai Indians will get underway at 7.30 pm IST, with the toss taking place half-an-hour earlier. Qualifier 2 of the 2025 Indian Premier League will take place at Ahmedabad's Narendra Modi Stadium, the venue that will also host the final on Tuesday. PBKS vs MI, IPL 2025 Today Qualifier 2 Match: Punjab Kings will be hoping to put their demoralising defeat against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in Qualifier 1 behind when they face an upbeat Mumbai Indians in Qualifier 2 of the 2025 Indian Premier League (IPL) at Ahmedabad's Narendra Modi Stadium on Sunday. PBKS earned two shots at reaching the final after finishing top of the table at the end of the league phase, with the top two teams participating in Qualifier 1. And despite suffering an eight-wicket thrashing at the hands of a rampaging RCB at Mullanpur's Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Stadium, their home ground, PBKS' quest to end a 17-year wait for a maiden title remains alive. MI, on the other hand, have been clinical in the second half of the 18th IPL season, finishing fourth on the table with 16 points after collecting six consecutive wins and knocking the Shubman Gill-led Gujarat Titans with a 20-run victory in the Eliminator in Mullanpur on Friday. The Hardik Pandya-led side will be hoping for another clinical performance to setup a maiden IPL final with RCB, which will be their seventh final overall. PBKS vs MI Predicted Playing 11 Punjab Kings: Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh, Josh Inglis (WK), Shreyas Iyer (C), Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Azmatullah Omarzai, Harpreet Brar, Kyle Jamieson, Arshdeep Singh; Impact Sub: Vijaykumar Vyshak Mumbai Indians: Jonny Bairstow (WK), Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya (C), Naman Dhir, Mitchell Santner, Raj Bawa, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, Richard Gleeson; Impact Sub: Ashwani Kumar
