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.

Pbks vs mi Qualifier-2: Today we will get the second finalist team of IPL 2025, Punjab Kings and Mumbai Indians will be face to face in UGLIFIRE-2. The team that won this match to be held at Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium in Ahmedabad will go to the final and the dream of the losing team will be broken. However, if the match is canceled due to rain, then a team will be out without playing.

According to the IPL 2025 format, the number 1 and 2 teams in the points table have 2 opportunities to go to the finals, only then Punjab Kings did not get out after losing the first qualifier, while the third and fourth number teams have to win 3 consecutive matches to win the title. Mumbai has defeated Gujarat in eliminator. Now qualifier-2 will be played in Ahmedabad, there is a possibility of rain in this match.

IPL Qualifier-2 is not in Reserve Day

Punjab Kings vs Mumbai Indians is not Reserve Day for the second qualifier. Let us tell you that Reserve Day is kept so that no big match will be inconclusive due to rain. Under this, if there is no match on the due date, then the next day the match can be started from where it was stopped. But there is no reserve day in the qualifier-2 of IPL 2025.

Yes, but to ensure that the match was not canceled due to rain, BCCI had changed the rules related to IPL 2025. Now the extra time has extended 2 hours. But even after this, if the match is canceled then what?

Which team will be outside the match due to rain?

If the match can be canceled due to the qualifier-2 rain, then the team above in the points table will benefit from it. Here the Punjab Kings were at number one in the points table and Mumbai Indians at number four. In such a situation, if this match is canceled, then the final Punjab will play with RCB and Mumbai will be out.

Punjab Kings Players List

Haranur Singh, Nehal Vadhera, Priyansh Arya, Yellow Avinash, Shashank Singh, Shreyas Iyer (Captain), Aaron Hardy, Marco Jansen, Marcus Stoinis, Michel Owen, Musheer Khan, Suryash Shej, Josh English (wicket keeper), Prabhasimran Singh (wicket keeper), Vishnu Vinod (wicket -keepers), Azammatullah Vinod (wicket keeper) Singh, Harpreet Brar, Kuldeep Sen, Kyle Jamison, Praveen Dubey, Vaishakh Vijay Kumar, Javier Bartlet, Yash Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal.

Mumbai Indians Players List

Bewon Jacobs, Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma, Charith Asanka, Hardik Pandya (Captain), Michel Santner, Naman Dhir, Richard Glison, Robin Minj (wicket keeper), Johnny Bairstow (wicket keeper), Krishnan Sreejith (wicket keeper), wicket keeper, Allah Ghaznafar, Arjun Ghaznafar, Ashwani Kumar, Deepak Bumrah, Karn Sharma, Lijad Williams, Mujib ur Rehman, Raghu Sharma, Rece Toplay, Satyanarayan Raju, Trent Bolt, Vignesh Puthur.

Punjab Kings IPL 2025: IPL season 18 has reached its final stop, today the Gujarat Titans vs Mumbai Indians Eliminator will be played. Whatever team will lose this match, the dream of winning the title will be broken and that team will be out. The first match of the playoff has also lost Punjab Kings, so have it been out? Let us tell you about the rule of playoff matches and its history.

IPL 2025 playoff format

4 teams reach the IPL playoffs, which remain in the top 4 position after all the matches of the league stage are over. Now it gives more benefits to those 2 teams, which are on the top 2. This time Punjab Kings were first and Royal Challengers Bangalore was in second place.

Qualifier-1 is played between the top 2 teams, which took place on Thursday and RCB defeated Punjab by 8 wickets. The winning team enters the finals directly while the losing team is not out. We were talking about this benefit, while the third and fourth teams do not get this benefit.

Eliminator matches are played between the third and fourth team in the points table, which will be played between Gujarat Titans and Mumbai Indians on Friday, 30 May. The losing team will be out of the tournament, while the winning team will not reach the finals.

The second qualifier will be played before the final, which is between the winner of the eliminator match and the lost team of qualifier-1. The match will be held on June 1 at Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium in Ahmedabad. The final will be played on this ground on June 3.

Punjab will get another chance

Now you must have understood that Punjab Kings have not been out of IPL 2025, now it will have to win another qualifier. Whatever team will lose this match, it will be out and the winning team will be the second finalist. Let us tell you how many times the qualifier matches are being played in history, how many times the qualifier-1 losing team has won and how many times has lost.

• 2024: Srh Qualifier-1 lost, she lost to KKR in the final as well.
• 2023: Gt Q-1 lost, she lost to CSK in the final as well.
• 2022: Rr Q-1 lost, she lost to GT in the final as well.
• 2021: Dc Q-1 was lost, she also lost Q-2.
• 2020: Dc Q-1 was lost, she lost to Mi in the final as well.
• 2019: Mi Q-1 was lost, she lost to Mi in the final as well.
• 2018: Srh Q-1 lost, she lost to CSK in the final as well.
• 2017: Mi Q-1 lost, she won the final.
• 2016: Gl Q-1 was lost, she also lost Q-2.
• 2015: CSK Q-1 lost, she lost to Mi in the final as well.
• 2014: Pbks Q-1 was lost, she lost to Kakar in the final as well.
• 2013: Mi Q-1 lost, she won in the final.
• 2012: Dc Q-1 was lost, she also lost Q-2.
• 2011: RCB Q-1 was lost, that final was also lost to CSK.