The finalist of IPL 2025 has been decided. The final match will be held today at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad between Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and Punjab Kings (PBSK).
The RCB entered the final after beating Qualifier-1 PBKS by 8 wickets, while Punjab Kings defeated Qualifier-2 Mumbai Indians on Sunday and entered the final. Analysis of both teams playing the final in the story. For this, 4 dimensions have been fixed.
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1. Punjab Kings
I. One-sided defeat in Qualifier-1, defeating Mumbai and made it to the final
Punjab completed the league stage at the top of the current season's point table, but the team lost Qualifier-1 against Bengaluru on his home ground. Bengaluru won Punjab for 101 runs, then won in 10 overs.
In Punjab Qualifier-2, the Mumbai Indians beat the Indians by 3 wickets. The team chased the target of 204 runs in 19 overs, thwarting the pace invasion like Jasprit Bumrah and Trent Bolt. The Mumbai team lost for the first time in IPL history after scoring 200+ runs.
Punjab finished the league stage by winning 5 of the last 7 matches. The team defeated Mumbai by 7 wickets in the last match and made it to Qualifier-1. Punjab also defended the lowest IPL score against Kolkata this season.
II. The semifinals played in the first season, the title match lost in 2014
PBKS is one of the teams that have been part of all 18 seasons of IPL. Preeti Zinta bought a franchise in 2008. In the first season, in the captaincy of Yuvraj Singh, she reached the semifinals. Chennai Super Kings beat Punjab by 9 wickets in MS Dhoni's captaincy and turned water on his hopes of winning the title.
After the first season, Punjab's performance was average. The team was dropped from the league stage next 5 seasons. Then in 2014, in the captaincy of Australia's George Bailey, he reached the final and raised the hope of the title, but the team lost to Kolkata Knight Riders in Gautam Gambhir's captaincy by 3 wickets. After 2014, Punjab has now reached the playoffs and finals.
Punjab has played 262 IPL so far. The team won 122 and lost 139. One match remained uncertain. Punjab has won 45.41% matches, while 52.67% lost matches.
III. The best players of the season
Iv. Strength and Weeks
Strength
Strong Top Order, 1511 runs with a strike rate of 175.08: Prabhasimran Singh, Priyanka Arya and Shreyas Iyer are a strong top order. Prabhasiman and Priyanka's opening pair scored 974 runs this season with a strike rate of 172.08. Which includes a century and 6 half centuries. Talking about the top-3 batters, the team's top order has scored 1511 runs at a strike rate of 175.08. Which includes a century and 11 half centuries. In Qualifier-2 against Mumbai, Nehal Vadhera gave good support to Captain Shreyas Iyer. Josh English has also played important innings. Shreyas's captaincy, strong think tank: The team has a captain like Shreyas Iyer. Not only that, there is a strong cricket brain like Ricky Ponting as a coach. Iyer made Kolkata a champion last year. Iyer has scored 603 runs this season, with the top scorer of the team with 6 half -centuries. The fit of Yuzvendra Chahal is good news for Punjab. He sent Suryakumar Yadav a pavilion against Mumbai. Chahal has taken 15 wickets in the season.
Wicks
The absence of Marco Jansen is a problem: Punjab will have to find a strong partner for Arshadeep Singh for the final. South African fast bowler Marco Jansen returned to his country after May 26. She is with her national team for the World Test Championship final. Janasen took 16 wickets in 14 matches and gave Arshadeep a good support. Kyle Jemison has now been included in his place. Low Bowling Options in Death Over: Punjab has low bowling options in Death Over. After the departure of Jansan, there is no big bowler to support Arshadeep. However, Kyle Gemis has taken this responsibility. Vijay Kumar Vaisakh will have to take wickets in the death over.
2. Royal Challengers Bangalore
I. Limited to Punjab 101, Kohli Top Scorer
Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated the season table topper Punjab and entered the final. The team beat Punjab by 8 wickets at his own home with 60 balls remaining. This was the biggest win of the IPL Playoff in the context of the ball left. Bengaluru bowlers limited a strong batting lineup like Punjab to 101 runs. Not only that, they also chased the target in 10 overs.
Bengaluru chased his biggest run against Lucknow in the last league match and made it to the top-2. By the end of the half league matches, Bengaluru was only able to win 4 matches and had 8 points. From here the team was unbeaten in 4 consecutive matches. The RCB won 7 matches at home and made it to the playoffs for the second consecutive season. This season, Bengaluru has won all its outdoor matches.
II. Out of the league stage in 2008; 3 final played, zero title
The start of Bengaluru was not special in the IPL. In 2008, the team was dropped from the league stage. However, she reached the final in 2009, but could not win the title. RCB also played the final in 2011 and 2016, but could not become a champion. In 2011, CSK and in 2016, SRH defeated Bengaluru in the title match. Bengaluru has reached the playoffs for the 10th time in the 18th season, the team will now play the fourth final.
Bengaluru has played 270 IPL matches since 2008. He won 133 of them and lost 133, while 4 matches remained uncertain. The team's victory percentage has been 49%.
III. The best players of the season
Iv. Strength and Weeks
Strength
Kohli is in good form, he has scored 8 half centuries: Virat Kohli is appearing in good form. He has scored an average of 55.82 in 14 matches and 614 runs at a strike rate of 146.53. These include 8 half centuries. Phil Salt is also providing good support to Kohli. Salt has 387 runs. At number three, Rajat Patidar is also strengthening the batting order.
Josh Hazelwood's return, he has taken 21 wickets: Bengaluru fast bowler Josh Hazelwood has taken 21 wickets. He sent 3 Punjab batters a pavilion in the last match. These include the wickets of Captain Shreyas Iyer, Josh English and Azmatullah Umarzai. It can also put Punjab into trouble in the final.
Wicks
Tim David's injury problem: Bengaluru captain Rajat Patidar is returning from injury. Due to the injury, his batting form has also deteriorated, which is increasing responsibility for other players. Tim David is also injured. There is no update about it.
Bowling is weak, Suyash-Krunal proves expensive: Bengaluru lacks quality spinners. Suyash Sharma and Karnal Pandya's pair cannot hold runs in mid -overs. The two have given more runs in the last 2 matches of the league stage. Bhubaneswar Kumar, Yash Dayal and Romario Shepherd were also expensive in the last league matches.
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