'PBKS Will Finish In Top 2': Shashank Singh's 2-Month Old Prediction Comes True

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Last Updated:May 27, 2025, 10:24 IST

Shashank Singh's prediction that Punjab Kings' top-two decorativeness successful the 2025 IPL playoffs came existent aft their seven-wicket triumph implicit Mumbai Indians.

Shashank Singh led Punjab Kings aft Shreyas Iyer was subbed out. (BCCI Photo)

Shashank Singh turned soothsayer connected Monday arsenic helium correctly predicted Punjab Kings securing a top-two decorativeness and a spot successful the 2025 Indian Premier League (IPL) playoffs.

The PBKS batter had gone connected a podcast, hosted by Shubhankar Mishra, connected March 17 to accidental that his broadside would decorativeness successful the apical two. On May 26, his prediction turned retired to beryllium existent aft PBKS’s seven-wicket triumph implicit Mumbai Indians astatine the Sawai Mansingh Stadium successful Jaipur.

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Both teams had already qualified for the playoffs alongside Gujarat Titans and Royal Challengers Bengaluru.

Finishing successful the apical 2 successful the last radical signifier ensures Punjab a spot successful the archetypal qualifier connected May 29, giving them 2 chances to scope the last connected June 3.

Chasing 185 for victory, Punjab relied connected a 109-run second-wicket concern betwixt Josh Inglis and Priyansh Arya to scope their people with 9 balls to spare successful Jaipur.

Left-handed Arya scored 62 earlier being dismissed successful the 15th over, portion Inglis was retired aft achieving his archetypal IPL fifty, with the squad needing conscionable 14 much runs to win.

Inglis, a wicketkeeper-batsman, deed 9 fours and 3 sixes successful his 42-ball innings. Captain Shreyas Iyer remained unbeaten connected 26 disconnected 16 balls to usher the squad to victory.

Five-time champions Mumbai finished astatine the bottommost of the apical 4 teams and volition play successful the eliminator connected May 30. Gujarat’s presumption volition beryllium connected the last league lucifer betwixt Bangalore and Lucknow Super Giants connected Tuesday.

The victor of the archetypal qualifier volition beforehand to the final, portion the loser volition look the victor of the 2nd qualifier for a spot successful the rubric clash.

Mumbai reached 184-7 with Suryakumar Yadav top-scoring with 57 disconnected 39 deliveries. South African opener Ryan Rickelton made a speedy 27 successful a 44-run opening concern with Rohit Sharma, who scored 24.

Wicketkeeper Rickleton, a left-hand batter, was dismissed successful the sixth implicit arsenic wickets fell regularly, including Rohit and England’s Will Jacks, who scored 17.

Suryakumar steadied the innings with a 44-run concern with skipper Hardik Pandya, who scored 26 disconnected 15 balls, hitting 2 fours and 2 sixes earlier being caught down disconnected South African left-arm speedy Marco Jansen.

Number 7 Naman Dhir scored a speedy 20 disconnected 12 balls, adding 23 runs with Suryakumar successful the 19th over. Left-arm speedy Arshdeep Singh dismissed Dhir astatine the commencement of the 20th implicit and past trapped Suryakumar, finishing the implicit with 2 wickets for conscionable 3 runs.

(With inputs from AFP)

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