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'One who plays badly stays behind': Virender Sehwag singles out Josh Inglis, Nehal Wadhera while discussing Punjab Kings' defeat
Discussing Punjab Kings' defeat in the IPL 2025 final, legendary cricketer Virender Sehwag singled out the knocks of Josh Inglis and Nehal Wadhera as the key reason. read more Legendary Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag did not mince his words as he singled out Josh Inglis and Nehal Wadhera for Punjab Kings' (PBKS) narrow defeat in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 final on Tuesday. The IPL 2025 points table leader, PBKS, agonisingly fell short by just six runs in the 191-run chase against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad as their top-order failed to fire at the biggest stage. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD Also Read | PBKS' strength turns into weakness as RCB brutally expose their batting in IPL final On a slightly slowish track, RCB did well to post 190 despite most of their batters failing to convert the starts into a fifty. Virat Kohli was the top run-getter with 43 while Mayank Agarawal, Rajat Patidar, Liam Livingstone and Jitesh Sharma scored in the 20s. PBKS faced the same issue as openers Priyansh Arya and Prabhsimran Singh scored 24 and 26 respectively, while Inglis made 39 and Wadhera struggled big time with a knock of 15 off 18 balls. Shreyas Iyer got out for 1. Also Read | IPL 2025 Award Winners List: Orange Cap, Purple Cap, Emerging Player and others winners While the Punjab openers did not stay in the middle for long, they set the foundation, but Inglis and the middle-order failed to capitalise. The 30-year-old Australian Inglis scored an attacking 39 off 23 but paid the price for playing one too many shots, while uncapped Indian batter Wadhera struggled to get going in the middle, which took away the momentum from PBKS. Also Read | Full list of Indian Premier League winners following Bengaluru's historic triumph in Ahmedabad Shashank Singh hit 61 not out off 30 balls from the No.6 slot, but the acceleration came very late as RCB won their maiden IPL title. Sehwag slams Inglis, underlines Wadhera's struggles under IPL final pressure Sehwag pointed out that someone from the top three needed to score a match-winning knock for PBSK to win the IPL final and he felt Inglis was the batter who should have done that. He also highlighted how the pressure of a final match made Wadhera completely ineffective in the chase. 'Every RCB batter got starts, but no one played a big innings. The same happened with PBKS,' Sehwag told Cricbuzz. 'If Inglis had scored 60-70, then the job was done. If what Shashank did at the end had been done earlier by Inglis, then there would have been no slowdown. He would not have been out and somebody from the other end would have also played, runs would have come, the pressure would not have come. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD 'The pressure comes when you lose wickets. Your hands start shaking, thinking if I get out. That's why you are not able to connect. That's why Nehal Wadera made 15 off 18 balls. If only he had made 26 off 18 balls, PBKS could have won. This is the pressure of the final, the pressure created by the fall of wickets. The one who plays well in such pressure blossoms and the one who plays badly stays behind. Maybe it was his first final, he doesn't have experience, first time such a situation came. It's different to bat in this situation in a normal match than in the final. I think that was what they lacked.' Sehwag also felt that a few runs from the openers could have also completed the job for PBKS. 'If they had at least one batter from the top three (playing good). The start wasn't poor, they scored 52 in powerplay, which was eight less than 60. If only they had got those eight runs at the start, then they would not have been required to chase that eight runs at the end.' STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD
Observer
3 days ago
- Sport
- Observer
Punjab past Mumbai to book IPL final with Bengaluru
AHMEDABAD: Punjab Kings batter Shreyas Iyer played a captain's knock as the Indian Premier League (IPL) table toppers beat Mumbai Indians by five wickets in the second qualifier on Sunday to set up a tantalising final with Royal Challengers Bengaluru. Punjab had won the toss and opted to field before the rain came down and delayed the start of the game by more than two hours. But they did not lose any overs, with the match eventually finishing at well past 1:30 a.m. Chasing a target of 204 for victory, Iyer smashed an unbeaten 87 off 41 balls with eight clean sixes as Punjab returned to the final for the first time in 11 years. The result means Tuesday's final at the same venue will crown a new IPL champion, with Bengaluru also falling short in the summit clash in 2009, 2011 and 2016. Punjab lost to Bengaluru in the first playoff match on Thursday, but they will now have another shot at winning their maiden trophy. "I love big occasions. I always tell my team, the bigger the occasion, the calmer you are," said Iyer, who captained Kolkata to the title last year before moving to Punjab. "We shouldn't think about where we went wrong (against Bengaluru) because throughout the season we've been playing amazing... One match cannot define us as a team." GOOD START Punjab had a good start when Rohit Sharma fell cheaply in the third over but Jonny Bairstow (38) and Tilak Varma (44) went after the bowling before Suryakumar Yadav smashed three sixes and four boundaries in his quick-fire knock of 44. A mammoth total looked on the cards but Yuzvendra Chahal dismissed Suryakumar while Azmatullah Omarzai picked up two wickets, including skipper Hardik Pandya, to restrict Mumbai to 203-6. In response, Punjab scored 64 runs in the powerplay with Josh Inglis (38) leading the charge before Iyer and Nehal Wadhera stitched together an 84-run partnership for the fourth wicket to frustrate Mumbai. While Iyer effortlessly accelerated the run rate with three consecutive sixes in an expensive Reece Topley over, Wadhera rode his luck with some loose shots that found the boundary to put the pressure back on Mumbai. Wadhera fell for 48 but Iyer notched up his half-century in 27 balls before denying Jasprit Bumrah a wicket with a fine boundary off a yorker. Iyer then welcomed Ashwani Kumar back into the attack with a high and handsome six before clearing the ropes three more times as the 19th over went for 26 runs and Punjab won the game with an over to spare. "The way he batted, he took his chances. Some of the shots he played were really outstanding," a bitterly disappointed Hardik said. — AFP
Dubai Eye
3 days ago
- Sport
- Dubai Eye
Shreyas Iyer's heroic knock guides Punjab Kings past Mumbai Indians
Punjab Kings batter Shreyas Iyer played a captain's knock as the Indian Premier League (IPL) table toppers beat Mumbai Indians by five wickets in the second qualifier on Sunday. Punjab had won the toss and opted to field before the rain came down and delayed the start of the game by more than two hours. But they did not lose any overs, with the match eventually finishing at well past 1:30 AM. Chasing a target of 204 for victory, Iyer smashed an unbeaten 87 off 41 balls with eight clean sixes as Punjab returned to the final for the first time in 11 years. The result means Tuesday's final with Royal Challengers Bengaluru at the same venue will crown a new IPL champion, with Bengaluru also falling short in the summit clash in 2009, 2011 and 2016. Punjab lost to Bengaluru in the first playoff match on Thursday, but they will now have another shot at winning their maiden trophy. "I love big occasions. I always tell my team, the bigger the occasion, the calmer you are," said Iyer, who captained Kolkata to the title last year before moving to Punjab. "We shouldn't think about where we went wrong (against Bengaluru) because throughout the season we've been playing match cannot define us as a team." Punjab had a good start when Rohit Sharma fell cheaply in the third over but Jonny Bairstow (38) and Tilak Varma (44) went after the bowling before Suryakumar Yadav smashed three sixes and four boundaries in his quick-fire knock of 44. A mammoth total looked on the cards but Yuzvendra Chahal dismissed Suryakumar while Azmatullah Omarzai picked up two wickets, including skipper Hardik Pandya, to restrict Mumbai to 203-6. In response, Punjab scored 64 runs in the powerplay with Josh Inglis (38) leading the charge before Iyer and Nehal Wadhera stitched together an 84-run partnership for the fourth wicket to frustrate Mumbai. While Iyer effortlessly accelerated the run rate with three consecutive sixes in an expensive Reece Topley over, Wadhera rode his luck with some loose shots that found the boundary to put the pressure back on Mumbai. Wadhera fell for 48 but Iyer notched up his half-century in 27 balls before denying Jasprit Bumrah a wicket with a fine boundary off a yorker. Iyer then welcomed Ashwani Kumar back into the attack with a high and handsome six before clearing the ropes three more times as the 19th over went for 26 runs and Punjab won the game with an over to spare. "The way he batted, he took his chances. Some of the shots he played were really outstanding," a bitterly disappointed Hardik said.
Time of India
3 days ago
- Sport
- Time of India
"I just wait for such games": Nehal Wadhera shines with crucial knock in IPL Qualifier 2
Ahmedabad: Shreyas Iyer rose to the occasion with a captain's knock that will be etched in Punjab Kings ' (PBKS) history, as his unbeaten 87 off just 41 balls guided the franchise to a five-wicket win over Mumbai Indians (MI) in the second qualifier of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 at Ahmedabad on Monday. With this result, PBKS stormed into their second-ever IPL final, their first since 2014, ending an 11-year wait. Chasing a challenging total of 204 against the five-time champions, Iyer remained the fulcrum of the innings, showing poise and power in equal measure but equally important was the contribution from Nehal Wadhera , who played a vital hand in the middle overs with a composed 48 off 29 deliveries, striking four boundaries and two sixes, and more importantly, forming a match-defining 84-run stand with his skipper. Reflecting on his performance, Wadhera revealed his mindset heading into the high-stakes clash, "I just wait for such games, couldn't be more eager to play such a knock in a crucial game like the semi-final (Qualifier 2). This will be close to my heart." by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like São Paulo: Quanto vale a sua casa? Descubra agora! Valor da casa | Anúncios de pesquisa Saiba Mais Undo Having been part of the Mumbai Indians setup in the past, Wadhera admitted that prior knowledge of the opposition helped him tailor his approach, "I have been with MI for two years and I have played them before, so I know what they could try and I changed a few things in my batting accordingly." The southpaw was full of praise for Iyer's clarity and calm during the chase. Live Events "He (Shreyas) was pretty clear that I just should see and hit the ball accordingly," Wadhera noted. "If it was on my radar, I would just go for it. I needed to convert the balls into boundaries and it turned out to be good," he noted. His strategic hitting helped Punjab maintain the tempo of the chase. By the time AshwKumar dismissed him, PBKS had already crossed the 150-run mark, with the equation well in their favour. Wadhera also lauded his captain's ability to steer the innings under pressure, "He (Shreyas) is a chase master and proved it today as well. A lot of learnings from him and I hope we carry forward the momentum and win against RCB as well." With Iyer finishing things off in style and the middle order contributing around him, PBKS crossed the finish line with an over to spare, setting up a title clash against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) on Tuesday in Ahmedabad.
India Gazette
3 days ago
- Sport
- India Gazette
"I just wait for such games": Nehal Wadhera shines with crucial knock in IPL Qualifier 2
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], June 2 (ANI): Shreyas Iyer rose to the occasion with a captain's knock that will be etched in Punjab Kings' (PBKS) history, as his unbeaten 87 off just 41 balls guided the franchise to a five-wicket win over Mumbai Indians (MI) in the second qualifier of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 at Ahmedabad on Monday. With this result, PBKS stormed into their second-ever IPL final, their first since 2014, ending an 11-year wait. Chasing a challenging total of 204 against the five-time champions, Iyer remained the fulcrum of the innings, showing poise and power in equal measure but equally important was the contribution from Nehal Wadhera, who played a vital hand in the middle overs with a composed 48 off 29 deliveries, striking four boundaries and two sixes, and more importantly, forming a match-defining 84-run stand with his skipper. Reflecting on his performance, Wadhera revealed his mindset heading into the high-stakes clash, 'I just wait for such games, couldn't be more eager to play such a knock in a crucial game like the semi-final (Qualifier 2). This will be close to my heart.' Having been part of the Mumbai Indians setup in the past, Wadhera admitted that prior knowledge of the opposition helped him tailor his approach, 'I have been with MI for two years and I have played them before, so I know what they could try and I changed a few things in my batting accordingly.' The southpaw was full of praise for Iyer's clarity and calm during the chase. 'He (Shreyas) was pretty clear that I just should see and hit the ball accordingly,' Wadhera noted. 'If it was on my radar, I would just go for it. I needed to convert the balls into boundaries and it turned out to be good,' he noted. His strategic hitting helped Punjab maintain the tempo of the chase. By the time Ashwani Kumar dismissed him, PBKS had already crossed the 150-run mark, with the equation well in their favour. Wadhera also lauded his captain's ability to steer the innings under pressure, 'He (Shreyas) is a chase master and proved it today as well. A lot of learnings from him and I hope we carry forward the momentum and win against RCB as well.' With Iyer finishing things off in style and the middle order contributing around him, PBKS crossed the finish line with an over to spare, setting up a title clash against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) on Tuesday in Ahmedabad. (ANI)
