Punjab Kings Secure Top-2 Finish In IPL 2025, Will Play Qualifier One

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Last Updated:May 27, 2025, 00:07 IST

Punjab Kings bushed Mumbai Indians by 7 wickets successful IPL 2025, securing a top-two finish. They volition play the archetypal Qualifier astatine the New PCA Stadium successful Mullanpur connected May 29.

Punjab Kings volition play Qualifier One successful Mullanpur. (Image: Sportzpics)

Punjab Kings bushed Mumbai Indians by 7 wickets successful IPL 2025 astatine the Sawai Mansingh Stadium connected Monday (May 26) to go the archetypal squad to unafraid a top-two decorativeness successful the league. They are present acceptable to play the archetypal Qualifier connected Thursday (May 29) astatine their home, the New PCA Stadium successful Mullanpur.

PBKS came to this lucifer with 17 points. The triumph took them to 19, which tin present lone beryllium outscored by 1 team, Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), who are connected 18 points and person a crippled successful hand. But due to the fact that the different 2 teams successful the playoff spots, MI and Gujarat Titans (GT), can’t surpass 19, PBKS can’t autumn beneath second.

Meanwhile, MI can’t spell further than 4th and volition person to play the Eliminator connected Friday. If RCB bushed Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) connected Tuesday, the erstwhile volition articulation PBKS successful apical 2 (who’ll beryllium archetypal volition trust connected nett run-rate). However, if RCB lose, PBKS volition decorativeness apical of the array and GT second.

In either case, PBKS are acceptable for their champion decorativeness successful the IPL array since 2014, erstwhile they reached the final.

“I personally consciousness everyone stepped up astatine the close time," a delighted skipper Shreyas Iyer said aft the match, arsenic quoted by Cricbuzz. “We person been successful that mindset that we person to triumph nary substance what situation. Kudos to everyone and the management. Ricky has been fantastic, and for maine it was astir gaining the spot of each individual. And that happened by winning matches, and I personally consciousness we request to support that narration throughout. When you are down successful the dumps, it is casual to backstab each other," helium added.

Stunning efforts from Arshdeep Singh and Marco Jansen kept MI down to 184 successful the archetypal innings. Priyansh Arya and Josh Inglis’ fifties helped them pursuit it down successful little than 19 overs.

“The mode (Arya) started was fabulous," Shreyas said. “It was pleasing to the oculus and each idiosyncratic has been fearless. They tick the boxes successful the nett sessions and the reflection of it is seen connected the ground. (On Josh Inglis) He loves playing the caller ball, and I wanted him to play much deliveries. And I cognize helium tin beryllium disruptive, helium is simply a large lucifer player. Hope helium continues the aforesaid way. We person a camaraderie from the past fewer years, helium (Ponting) lets maine beryllium decisive connected the field, each these things person culminated successful a large way. Ecstatic that everything is working," helium added.

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