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Punjab Kings defeated Mumbai Indians by five wickets in the qualifier-2 played on Sunday in Ahmedabad. With this, Punjab made its place in the title match for the second time in IPL history. Earlier, the Punjab team played the IPL final in the year 2014.
The final match of IPL-2025 is to be played on June 3 in Ahmedabad, where Kings will face Royal Challengers Bangalore. RCB’s team has reached the final by defeating Punjab in qualifier-1.
This is going to happen after 9 years, when RCB will play the title match. Earlier, RCB played the finals in the years 2009, 2011 and 2016.
It is a fact that this happened 11 times out of 14, when the Qualifier-1 winning team also won that season title. From 2008 to 2010, the league’s knockout matches were played in the semi -final format. At that time, two semi -finals and a final match were played.
In 2011, the rules changed and the playoff started. Under the new system, the teams living on top-2 in points tables get opportunities to reach the finals twice.
Ever since the new playoff system started, the team that won the qualifier-1 by the year 2024 has captured that season trophy 11 times.
RCB team: Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar (Captain), Swastik Chikara, Jitesh Sharma, Philip Salt, Manoj Bhandage, Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Liam Livingstone, Romio Shepherd, Swapnil Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazelwood, Nuwan Tushhara, Yash Dayal, Suyas Sharma, Suyasha Sharma, Suyasha Singh, Mohiti, Aggarwal, Blessing Mujarbani, Tim Safart
Punjab Kings team: Nehal Vadhera, Haranur Singh, Shreyas Iyer, Mushir Khan, Paila Avinash, Prabhasimran Singh, Vishnu Vinod, Josh English, Marcus Stoinis, Praveen Dubey, Priyansh Arya, Ajmatullah Umarajai, Aaron Hardi, Harpreet Barar, Suryansh Shadege, Shashank Singh, Yujvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Sen, Vijaykumar Vaishakh, Yash Thakur, Mitchell Owen, Kyle Jameson.