By Admin 
IPL 2025: Under the captaincy of Shreyas Iyer, Punjab Kings defeated Mumbai Indians by 5 wickets in the second qualifier. Batting first, Hardik Pandya & Team scored 203 runs. Punjab did not find any difficulty with Iyer’s captaincy innings, he achieved the target in 19 overs. For the first time after 2014, the team has reached the final.
Shreyas Iyer also created history as a captain, he played a match winning 87 runs in qualifier-2. In this innings played in 41 balls, he hit 8 sixes and 5 fours. He was adjudged Player of the Match for this brilliant innings. He has become the first captain of IPL history, who has brought 3 teams to the finals under his captaincy.
Shreyas Iyer fined 24 lakhs
However, after this brilliant match, Punjab captain Shreyas Iyer was fined 24 lakhs for maintaining a slow over rate. This was his team’s second violation of this rule. The BCCI issued a statement regarding this.
In the statement, the BCCI wrote, “Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer has been fined by his team after maintaining a slow over speed during the second qualifier of IPL 2025 against Mumbai Indians at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Because it was a second crime of the season under the Cession of IPL related to the minimum over-per-rate crimes, a session of his team under the Code of Conduct of the IPL, a second crime was imposed on the case of 24 lakh rupees. The rest of the members of the playing XI, including the player, were personally fined either 6 lakh rupees or 25 percent of their respective match fees, whichever is less. “
Hardik Pandya was also fined
It was told in this statement that Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya has also been fined after his team maintained a slow over speed. Let us tell you that this match started with a delay of about 2 hours due to rain, although no overs were deducted in it.
Punjab Kings will face RCB in the final. On June 3, this title will fight at Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium in Ahmedabad, both teams have never won the IPL title till date.