IPL-20125 has finally come to an end. Today is to be played between Punjab Kings (PBKs) and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Both teams remained the top of the table. Punjab, led by Shreyas, was second and Bengaluru in Rajat's second. PBKs reached the final in 11 years, while RCB will play the title match in 9 years.
Punjab's record has been a huge record at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. While Bengaluru's record has been okay. We have taken and analyzed the match statistics after the new stadium became, So let's know how the performance of both teams has been …
The last three matches at Punjab Namo Stadium Punjab has played a total of 7 matches so far at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. In which the team won 5 matches, losing 2 matches. The team's defeat came here in 2021. He lost to Kolkata and Delhi. He played at the stadium in 2021 against the RCB. Where Punjab won 34 runs against him.
Talking about the last three matches, Punjab beat GT twice at Namo Stadium. In the last year, in 2024, the team chase a 200 -run target against Gujarat. Shashank Singh was the hero of the match. He played a 61 -run knockout innings off 29 balls. So this year, Gujarat's first home match was also against Punjab, in which PBKS batted 243 runs. This is the highest score on this ground. In reply, GT was able to score 232 runs and the team lost 11 runs. The hero of the match was Captain Shreyas Iyer. Iyer played a tremendous innings of 97* off 42 balls.
Now come on Qualifier-2, which was a kind of semifinal. Punjab youth team against Mumbai star team. Whoever wins, she was able to make an entry in the final. Mumbai scored 203 runs first and targeted Punjab by 204 runs. The start of the PBKs was not good and both openers lost. Captain Shreyas Iyer then played the playoff's One of the Greatest Innings. Playing an under pressure match, he played 87 off 41 balls and took the team to the final.
RCB's record average, lost 3 matches here Speaking of RCB, their record on this ground has been okay. The team has played a total of 5 matches here. Of which 3 matches are lost, 2 have won. The team lost to Punjab in 2021 on the same ground. Besides, the RCB team has played two playoffs here. One of which was an eliminator and a qualifier-2 match. In which both were defeated against Rajasthan. This means that Bengaluru's record is bad at the playoffs at Namo Stadium. Today, the team will play a big match like the final.
Talking about the victory here, the RCB won one run in a thrilling match against Delhi in 2021. The team then won against the GT in 2024 last year. With the help of Will Jacks, the team chased the target of 201 runs in just 16 overs.
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