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Sunil Gavaskar on Punjab Kings Batting: In the first qualifier of IPL 2025 played at Mullanpur Cricket Stadium, RCB defeated Punjab Kings badly by 8 wickets. Shreyas Iyer & Team’s batting flopped completely, in this big match, the team collapsed for just 101 runs. RCB had no difficulty in achieving the target. Former cricketer Sunil Gavaskar narrated a lot to the captain and Punjab team.
RCB won the toss and decided to bowl first. Punjab Kings batsmen lost 4 wickets at a score of 38 in the powerplay, half of their team had returned to the pavilion on a score of 50. Shreyas Iyer (2) was also dismissed cheaply after Priyansh Arya (7), Prabhasimran Singh (18). Josh English (4), the hero of the last match, was also caught out by Josh Hazlewood, who took a total of 3 wickets in the match. Even after this, no batsman could put a big shot except Stoinis nor could it stand at the crease. Stoinis also continued to score 26 runs under pressure.
Sunil Gavaskar gets angry at Iyer
Gavaskar criticized the shot selection of Punjab Kings batsmen. According to a media report, he said during the commentary, “This is like suicide.”
Gavaskar also narrated a lot to Punjab captain Shreyas Iyer. In the fourth over, when he was dismissed for 2 runs, this was the third wicket of the innings. He was caught by Josh Hazlewood behind the wicket.
Gavaskar said about the captain, “This is not a good shot selection. One can understand if you are trying to kill it over the long off. But it is a wild swing. 2 wickets have fallen and the fourth over is going on.”
RCB, Punjab Kings have another chance in IPL final
RCB completed the target of 102 in 10 overs and registered a historic victory. With this, the team has reached the IPL final for the fourth time, although the team has lost the first 3 times in the final. Talking about Punjab Kings, he will get another chance to go to the finals, he will take on the eliminator’s winning team in qualifier-2. The second qualifier will be played in Ahmedabad on 1 June.