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Hindustan Times
2 hours ago
- Sport
- Hindustan Times
Hardik Pandya takes the blame after Mumbai Indians crash out of IPL 2025: ‘Maybe I could have managed troops better'
Mumbai Indians found themselves on the wrong end of one of the greatest IPL playoffs batting performances of all time, as Shreyas Iyer scored a swashbuckling 87* off just 41 deliveries to take his Punjab Kings to the IPL 2025 finals for a date between potential first-time winners against Royal Challengers Bengaluru. MI were unable to defend 204, marking the first time in franchise history that an opposition teams chased down a target in excess of 200. The end of this remarkable streak also marked the end of MI's season, and captain Hardik Pandya reflected on what went wrong for his team. On if PBKS batting, he credited his opposite number for the way in which he handled the chase. 'Yeah definitely, especially Shreyas the way he batted, took his chances and some of the shots he played were outstanding.' Iyer hit 8 towering sixes, many of them straight down the ground, and four coming in the 19th over of Ashwani Kumar. Asked if he thought 203 was enough on an Ahmedabad surface that had seen first innings average scores closer to 220, Hardik stuck by his batting unit, and said the execution was missing in crucial moments. 'I think it was par, but it needed great execution as a bowling unit, matters in a big game, they were really calm, put us under pressure, and we couldn't execute,' explained Hardik. 'I'll not put it on the wicket, if we had to do something better it was to bowl right lengths, or bowl the right bowler at the right time. I'm someone who likes to take it all on me, and maybe I could have managed my troops a little better.' In MI's win over GT, Bumrah bowled out slightly early, but provided the match-changing and momentum-swinging overs despite that fact. In Ahmedabad, Bumrah was saved until the 18th over, when PBKS needed only 31 off 18. While he conceded only 8, Pandya was asked if Bumrah could have bowled even earlier to try and bring an end to Iyer's innings before it truly got going. 'If we bowled Bumrah earlier, it might have been better, but it might have been a little too early instead,' said Hardik, backing his decision. 'Knowing Boom, the situation even if 18 balls are left, Jassi can be Jassi and do something special. Unfortunately didn't happen today.' Bumrah's poor day at the office was a big reason for Punjab hauling down the total with an over to spare, as Josh Inglis' early takedown of the best T20 bowler in the world quickly swung momentum in Punjab's direction. Now, they look forward to a rematch vs RCB, while Mumbai pack things up and look to go one better in 2026.
New Indian Express
4 hours ago
- Sport
- New Indian Express
Captain's knock: Shreyas powers Punjab to IPL final
AHMEDABAD: Shreyas Iyer nonchalantly sent Ashwani Kumar into the stands, removed his helmet, hugged Marcus Stoinis before slowly walking towards a gutted Hardik Pandya on his knees. Shreyas had led Punjab Kings to the final of 2025 Indian Premier League. They beat Mumbai Indians to set up a summit clash with Royal Challengers Bengaluru on Tuesday. In a game of cat and mouse that lasted 39 overs, Punjab prevailed in the end to make it to the summit clash only for the second time in 18 years. Playing a cat and mouse game and taking the chase deep seldom works against Mumbai. They have arguably the greatest T20 bowler in Jasprit Bumrah. Against any other opponent, ten runs per over in the death, in this day and age, is the norm. Not with Mumbai, not against Bumrah. But this is where Punjab stood out. They took the attack to Mumbai's and IPL's premier pacer. Josh Inglis welcomed Bumrah with a 20-run over in the powerplay just when it seemed like PBKS were falling behind. He flicked, lofted him downtown and flicked again as Bumrah conceded 20 runs in an over (T20 format) for the first time since 2021. It was the over that took Punjab from 35/1 to 55/1. When they finished the powerplay with 64/2, it seemed like they were back on track. However, on a pitch that had slowed down thanks to the two and a half hour rain delay after the toss, Hardik Pandya and Mitchell Santner hit the brakes. Pandya used the cutters and slow bouncers while Santner did not bowl a single bad delivery. Inglis fell to a bouncer from Pandya, Ashwani Kumar, and Bumrah backed them up, and Mumbai gave away just 45 runs in the six overs after the powerplay. In a chase where the required run rate was more than ten, it was significant.
Indian Express
6 hours ago
- Sport
- Indian Express
Shreyas Iyer plays an all-time great knock, PBKS set up final against RCB to ensure a new IPL champion
IPL 2025 to have a new winner as a captain's knock from Shreyas Iyer delivers Punjab Kings 5 wicket win over Mumbai Indians. In 18 seasons of the IPL, Mumbai Indians have never lost a game when they had posted a total of 200 and above. On Sunday, extending into early hours of Monday morning, in the Qualifier II, Shreyas Iyer made it a chew-gum-and-spit effort with an unbeaten 87 off 41 that took Punjab Kings to only their second ever IPL final and first since 2014. They will fight it out against Royal Challengers Bengaluru – another team hoping to end their title drought – at the same venue on Tuesday. At the half-way stage, when Punjab headed back to the dugout, they appeared a confident bunch that is capable of overhauling the target of 204 particularly the manner in which the five-time champions bowled in their game against Gujarat. It is an attack that is overtly dependent on Jasprit Bumrah to rescue them time and again. See him off with minimal risks, and Punjab had the resources to pull it off. That is easier said than done in a chase of 200 and above when one has to keep an eye on the asking rate. After losing Prabhsimran Singh early in the third over, it was the fifth over delivered by Bumrah that actually got the chase on track for Punjab. With Priyansh Arya causing early damages, Hardik Pandya turned to Bumrah in the powerplay in the hope of landing more punches on Punjab's top-order which has done all the scoring for them. Instead, Josh Inglis did a calculative assault, taking Bumrah for 20 runs (2×4, 2×6) in the fifth over. Shreyas Iyer Special: Captain aces the chase with 87*(41) ❤️ 🎥🔽 WATCH his brilliant knock | #TATAIPL | #PBKSvMI | #Qualifier2 | #TheLastMile — IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) June 1, 2025 But with Arya perishing in the next over and Inglis in the eighth, it was pretty much neck-and-neck as Mumbai kept three overs of Bumrah for the last 10. Shreyas, though, had other ideas. For a batsman who has enjoyed playing away from home, Sunday was no different. From the time he walked in, he was in the zone as he got going with a boundary off the second ball, then went about pacing his innings to perfection. For the next 9 deliveries, he seemed content enough rotating the strike in the company of Nehal Wadhera. Off his first 15 deliveries he had only 19 and it was in the 13th over delivered by Reece Topley, where the wheels began to come off for Mumbai. Three length balls delivered with just slight deviation in the line disappeared into the stands for a hat-trick of sixes as Shreyas crack opened the chase. With Wadhera, dropped on 13 by Trent Boult, ensuring Shreyas doesn't need to the job all by himself Punjab kept Mumbai under sustained pressure. Having brought forward their death overs against Gujarat Titans, Mumbai wanted to save the best for the last, but with Topley and Boult sending in two expensive overs Bumrah was done with his three by the 15th over. And needing 57 off 30 with 7 wickets in hand, the chase was going just one way. Nehal Wadhera's crucial knock of 48(29) 👏 🔽 WATCH | #TATAIPL | #PBKSvMI | #Qualifier2 | #TheLastMile | @PunjabKingsIPL — IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) June 1, 2025 In between there was a slight wobble when Wadhera and Shashank Singh departed in space off 6 deliveries, but during which time Shreyas had managed to hit a six and a boundary. And the next two boundaries by Shreyas off Boult and Bumrah off the successive deliveries he faced killed the chase. After guiding Boult past short third twice, he saved the best for Bumrah, who dished out another middle-stump, pin-point yorker which most batsmen would have been lucky to play it safe. Shreyas, though, chose to dare as at the point of connection, opened the face of the bat to get it past the third-man fielder who was inside the ring. AB de Villiers later called it the shot of the IPL and it is hard to argue. Bumrah ended up with figures of 4-0-40-0. With 23 needed off 12, Shreyas toyed with Ashwani Kumar, picking spots to hit four sixes in the 19th as Mumbai's wait for a title since 2020 spilled into 2026. If Mumbai look back at the result, they would rue how they missed picking the clues that Punjab provided them in the second half of their innings. Having waited till 9.45 to bat after losing the toss, to make up for their struggling bowling unit, Mumbai batsmen displayed all the intent that was needed. That they made 203/6 with the highest score being 44 (Tilak Varma and Suryakumar Yadav) was a testament to their approach which was definitely the need of the night. After Rohit Sharma perished early, Jonny Bairstow ensured they got another fruitful powerplay as Varma promoted to No 3, brought the urgency that was missing when he was playing lower down the order. Right through the season, despite not showing signs of hitting top gear, Mumbai has effortlessly gone at 10 an over and it repeated once again on the night as they dismantled Punjab attack without breaking sweat. Silky shots. Serious intent 🔥 🎥 Tilak Varma and Surya Kumar Yadav power #MI through the middle overs with classy maximums 🚀 They are 112/2 after 11 overs. Updates ▶ | #PBKSvMI | #Qualifier2 | #TheLastMile | @mipaltan — IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) June 1, 2025 At 102/2 at the end of 10 overs, Mumbai were sailing through for a grand finish. But one thing the Punjab attack has done repeatedly this IPL has been to pull things back when the opposition least expect them to. When Shreyas Iyer called Chahal for his last over in the 14th, a total in excess of 220 was in sight, and when Suryakumar hit a six right away, the wheels appeared to be coming off. But off his penultimate delivery, Chahal – watching Surya prepping up for a sweep – showed the courage to slow it down and deliver one at 85.6, which could be connected only till the fielder at deep mid-wicket. Chahal, though should give the credit to Kyle Jamieson, who in the previous over had shown enough evidence that the slow deliveries were always going to bring rewards as Suryakumar struggled to connect his three cutters that were banged into the pitch. Those deliveries would soon become the norm going forward in the innings. In his next over, Jamieson delivered another slower full delivery which Varma skied to Priyansh Arya running from long-on. Two wickets in the space of three deliveries pegged back Mumbai as by the time the death overs began, there were two new batsmen in – Hardik Pandya and Naman Dhir. Though Mumbai managed to score 57 in the next 5 overs that took them past 200, they never came close to hitting the top gear as Punjab's attack used the long boundaries on either side of the square to good effect.
NDTV
16 hours ago
- Sport
- NDTV
"Panicking...": Jasprit Bumrah's Viral 'Calm Down' Gesture At Mahela Jayawardene In IPL 2025 Eliminator Decoded
Jasprit Bumrah turned out to be Mumbai Indians' saviour in the IPL 2025 Eliminator against Gujarat Titans on Friday. Bumrah took just one wicket but it was a crucial one of Washington Sundar (48, 24b), who stitched an important stand with Sai Sudharshan (80, 49b). Post that dismissal, GT fell short of the 229-run target by 20 runs. During that match, an interaction between MI coach Mahela Jayawardene and Bumrah went viral. However, Bumrah gestured towards him to calm down and take it easy before doing the same gesture to captain Hardik Pandya. Jatin Sapru who was on the Hindi broadcast at that time, said, "Bumrah is basically saying 'I know my job well. I am here. You stay calm and just give me a chance." Former RCB and India pacer Varun Aaron said Jaywardene was 'panicking' because the MI bowlers were getting hit by GT batters. "If you want wickets, he comes and gets you wickets. If you want to stop runs, he stops runs for you. Man, what a bowler," Aaron said on ESPNcricinfo's Time Out. — Nihari Korma (@NihariVsKorma) May 31, 2025 "And the belief he has in his ability. You have an international coach [Mahela Jayawardene] who is obviously panicking because his bowlers have suddenly started to go to the cleaners, and he just turns around and is like 'just calm down, I'll do the job for you'. Comes in, runs in, gets hit for a six and then gets that ball." Tom Moody, who is an IPL-winning coach, called Bumrah pure class. "The challenge every opposition has to Mumbai Indians, and Jasprit Bumrah more importantly, is that the 24 balls he bowls are such a threat," Moody said. "It's not impossible but it's so difficult to get big overs against him. So you're really playing 20 overs versus 16 to a certain extent. And he is so far ahead of the rest, it's ridiculous. "The thing with Bumrah is that he's got that genuine wicket-taking ability just through his pure class. That yorker he bowled to Washington Sundar, you just don't bowl a better ball than that. That is the absolute perfect leg-stump yorker that's gone between his legs. At pace. To a batter that's in. Set. "You see that quite often with a new batter because they still haven't picked up the pace of the game. This is a batter that's in and he's going at 200 strike rate. It just totally blew him away."
Indian Express
16 hours ago
- Sport
- Indian Express
‘Swaad nu barkraar rakhiyo' & ‘mela lut ke liona ae' – Super Sher fan Gurdas Mann uses wrestling analogy of acing the mela dangal to cheer for Punjab Kings
Punjab Kings pulled their biggest, OG superfan Gurdas Mann, who at 68, has kept the vibe around Punjabi music upbeat, ahead of their Qualifier 2 against a star-studded Mumbai side to gee up the team. The Punjab Kings are not particularly known for an aggressive massive fan-base, but the franchise and broadcasters ensured they hooked in one of the most popular Punjabi figures to drum up some last minute excitement and a general glee of balle balle positivity from Mann. In a recorded message, Mann said, 'Punjab Kings de saare sheranu, merewalo that is all the Punjab fans, lots of shubhkaamnaayein for Punjab Kings. Raazi rakh.' He essentially joined all of Punjab in wishing the team the best. Mann evoked a well known prayer, Chardi kalah vich rakhe – willing on the team to stay exuberant and keeps positive mindset. Punjab lost the first qualifiers to Royal Challengers Bangalore but still can make their final after several disappointing seasons and Mann egged them on using a wrestling analogy. Urging them to take the Guru's name and show there is no match to them, he added, '…..baaki galla baad, mela lut ke lioana ae.' It meant, 'forget everything, play like you will steal the top prize.' The reference is to a wrestling mela, an infinitely more popular event than cricket in sporty Punjab, where if you win, they call it 'mela lut liya.' Fortified by the return Yuzi Chahal, PBKS will hope Priyansh Arya and Prabhsimram take off on the day. Mann in what was a promotion for Punjabi commentary clearly, said, 'When I listen to Punjabi commentary na yaar, swaad aa gayaa. Swaad nu barkraar rakhiyo. Rab rakh.' It loosely translated to keep the good run of the season, the Punjab flavour, going.' Mumbai's big guns Rohit Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah fired against Gujarat Titans who exited in the playoff. MI have lost their last five games at Ahmedabad but saw some Bumrah magic against Gujarat which pushed them into the qualifier. The MI SM team leant on the 'Ghaleel lotangan…' Ganpati aarti with lime-chilli warding off evil eye for its own stars, including Bumrah and Mitch Santner.
