PBks achieve something that no team was ever done in IPL history, which was with victory over MI. Cricket news
Shreyas Iyer’s unbeaten 87 runs Punjab Kings won five wickets over Mumbai Indians in IPL Qualifier 2 in Ahmedabad on Sunday, only in their second IPL final. In the rain-deedic match, Punjab successfully pursued 203-6 in Mumbai, scoring 207–5 with the rest. In this process, Shreyas -led organization achieved many first in the history of IPL and for franchise.Chasing a target of 204 runs, PBK became the first team to incite such defeat on MI led by Hardik Pandya. Earlier, Mumbai Indians had won all their 18 matches defending such lofty yogas. It is also the biggest pursuit in IPL playoff/knockout history.Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe now!No team has successfully pursued more 200+ yogas than PBK, who will fly a gun for their first title when facing Royal Challengers Bangalore in the final on Tuesday. It is also the ninth 200+ run chase in this IPL season – many successful wells were seen in any version earlier.Mumbai Indians came in the game behind the five -match defeat in Ahmedabad, winning just one encounter at Narendra Modi Stadium in 2014.Meanwhile, Shreyas Iyer had many of his spectacular captaincy achievements, no one greater than the fact that he is now the only captain to take three different franchises in the IPL final. He kept Delhi’s capitals in the final in 2020 and took Kolkata Knight Riders in glory last year.
In the match, it was delayed by more than two hours due to rain, starting at 9:40 pm without any deficiency in the overs. Mumbai Indians, batting first after losing the toss, made a quick start with Johnny Bairstow scoring 38 runs in 24 balls, including two sixes. Rohit Sharma went early for eight runs.Tilak Verma scored 44 runs and formed a significant partnership – for the first 51 runs with Bairstow, then for 72 runs with Suryakumar Yadav. Yadav’s explosives showed three sixes in 26 balls out of 44.The speed of Mumbai was stopped from the success of Yuzvendra Chahal in the 14th over, followed by a double strike in the over of Azmatullah Omarjai’s death. Naman Dhir’s quick 37 helped 203-6 after Mumbai off 18 balls.Punjab’s chase began with early failures as Trent Bault dismissed Prabhasimran Singh for six, and Priyash fell for Arya 20. Josh Iglis gave a significant speed with 38 off 21 balls.Iyer dominated Chase, reaching his sixth half century of the season in 27 balls. To move forward, he scored the next 37 runs, including eight sixes and five fours in just 14 balls. Nehal Wadhera scored 48 runs in 29 balls.
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Mumbai’s leading bowler Jasprit Bumrah was a day of a day, scoring 40 runs without taking any wickets in his four overs.The victory takes Punjab to its first final since 2014, where he finished runner -up for Kolkata Knight Riders. His opponents, Royal Challengers Bangalore, have first reached the finals in 2009, 2011 and 2016, finished second on all occasions.204 runs chased by Punjab kings
- The highest in IPL playoff/knockout
- The first time 200+ successfully pursued vs MI
- PBK has followed 200+ for the eighth time, most by a team in IPL
- The ninth successful 200+ chase in IPL 2025, most in a single version
* Shreyas Iyer has now captained three separate franchisees in the IPL final – Delhi Capital in 2020, Kolkata Knight Riders in 2024 and Punjab Kings in 2025. No other player has done this for more than one team.* Sixth consecutive defeat for Mumbai Indians in Ahmedabad. His only win here came against RR in 2014.
