‘Wait, I remind you …’, Himant Bisw Sarma raging on Rahul Gandhi’s statement of ‘Narendra-Sarender’

IPL photo gallery

IPL web stories

IPL 2025: Punjab Kings’s batting was completely flop in qualifier-1, all the fans of the franchise were disappointed and angry after seeing the wicket falling one after the other. Punjab’s co-owner Preeti Zinta was also sad, although Marcus Stoinis gave happiness to the team for a while and raised hope that the team could still reach a respectable score. But when she was bold while playing an irresponsible shot, a foreign woman sitting in the stand became so angry that she abused.

The entire team of Punjab Kings collapsed for 101 runs in 14.1 overs. Priyansh Arya (7), Prabhasimran Singh (18), Josh English (4) and Shreyas Iyer fell on the score of 38 inside the powerplay. After this, Marcus Stoinis looked good but the process of falling wickets continued at the other end.

This also brought pressure on them. Suyash Sharma dismissed Shashank Singh and Mushir Khan in the same over before dismissing Stoinis. In the 11th over, Stoinis was bold in the process of hitting a big shot off Suyash’s ball, he could not read the ball which went straight to his wicket. This was the 8th wicket of the innings on a score of 78.

pic.twitter.com/a6lzmlroo

– Drizzyat12Kennyat8 (@45Kennyat7PM) May 29, 2025

Marcus Stoinis had a girlfriend

This video is becoming quite viral on social media. People are calling it a girlfriend of Marcus Stoinis. However, it was not Stoinis’s girlfriend Sarah Czarnuch. But this woman was also sitting there, where wives or family of foreign players of Punjab Kings were sitting.

RCB reached final

Royal Challengers Bangalore achieved a big 102 target in 10 overs to win a big win by 8 wickets. RCB has confirmed its place in the finals to be held at Narendra Modi Stadium on 3 June. Punjab Kings will get another chance to reach the finals. He will have to win the qualifier 2, in which he will face the winner of the Eliminator match.

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.

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.

Pbks vs rcb Qualifier-1: In IPL Qualifier-1, Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Punjab Kings by 8 wickets to make it to the finals. Punjab’s performance in this match played in Mullanpur was disappointing, seeing that the team’s co-owner Preity Zinta was very disappointed. His reaction is also becoming viral on social media.

RCB captain Rajat Patidar won the toss and decided to bowl first. Powerplay’s last wicket in Punjab Kings’s innings was taken by Josh Hazlewood as Josh English, this was the fourth wicket of the team on 38. Earlier, Priyansh Arya (7), Prabhasimran Singh (18), Shreyas Iyer (2) had returned to the pavilion cheaply.

After this, Nehal Vadhera (8), Shashank Singh (3) were also dismissed cheaply. Seeing the small score, Punjab fielded Mushir Khan as an impact player, but he continued without opening an account. Marcus Stoinis (26) and Azmatullah Omarzai (18) scored some important runs to bring the team’s score to 100. In a big match like qualifier, the entire team of Punjab was reduced to 101 runs.

Preity Zinta disappointed

This season Preity Zinta looked quite happy in every match because her team was performing brilliantly. But in qualifier-1, it was not felt that this is the performance of the first number team in the points table. In the match, the camera was also going on Preity Zinta again and again, in which her disappointment was clearly visible.

Feeling happy for rcb but sad for preity zinta pic.twitter.com/AGZ7FZFRFY

– Sunanda Roy (@Safffronsunanda) May 29, 2025

Suyash Sharma gets the player of the match award

After the powerplay, Suyash Sharma was ready to bowl, but captain Rajat Patidar took back the ball from him and gave another over to Yash Dayal. This was a good decision because fast bowlers were taking wickets. Suyash was again given the 9th over, and in this over, he took 2 important wickets. On the second ball, he lbw Shashank Singh (3) with a bold and Mushir Khan (0) on the fifth ball.

He also bowled Marcus Stoinis (26) in his next over. Suyash took 3 wickets for 17 runs in 3 overs. Yash Dayal took 2 and Josh Hazlewood took 3 big wickets. Hazelwood made Shreyas Iyer, Josh English and Omarzai their victims.

RCB won the historic victory by achieving the target of 102 runs in 10 overs. Phil Salat scored an unbeaten 56 runs. With this victory, RCB made it to the IPL final for the fourth time.

Pbks vs rcb Qualifier-1: Today, the first qualifier match will be played between Punjab Kings captained by Shreyas Iyer and Royal Challengers Bangalore, captained by Rajat Patidar. The team winning this match to be held at Mullampur Cricket Stadium will enter the finals directly while the losing team will get another chance to go to the title match. Today the weather of Mohali will be, let’s tell you and know how the pitch will be behaved.

In the last match, Rajat Patidar had played but he could not field, so Jitesh Sharma was the captain, it will have to be seen that today RCB is commanded in qualifier-1. Virat Kohli is in good form, he also scored a half -century in the last match. He is at number five in the race for Orange Cap.

Shreyas Iyer & Team has looked great this season, this season, the performance of the top batsmen has been important in his success. If Punjab is to be brought on the backfoot, then its top-3 batsmen will have to be dismissed quickly.

Bengaluru vs Punjab Head to Head Record

A total of 35 matches have been played between Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore so far. There has been a competition between the two. RCB 17 times and Punjab has won the match.

How will the weather be in PBKS vs RCB Qualifier-1

There may be light drizzle during the Punjab vs Bengaluru match but there is no possibility of heavy rains. Today, Mohali will be cloudy, but the good thing is that there is no forecast of heavy rains. There is a possibility that a full game of 20-20 overs will be available here. The match will begin at 7:30 pm. During this time, the temperature here will be up to 37 degrees Celsius. The winds are expected to run at a speed of 14 kilometers per hour.

How will Mullanpur Cricket Stadium pitch for qualifier-1

The pitch of New PCA Stadium is considered to be favorable for the batsmen, but this time the bowlers are dominating here. Even today, it can be difficult in front of batsmen, it will not be very easy to score runs. If the team that batted first reached 190-200, then the team that chased the target will be in trouble. Because only 3 of the 4 matches played here this season have won the team who batted.

Initially the batsmen can get help in the pitch, the team will have to take advantage of this in the powerplay as spinners can get a lot of help here in the middle overs. As the match progresses, the pitch will slow down.

IPL 2025: RCB defeated Lucknow and secured the top 2 in the points table, now it will face Punjab Kings in Ughalifier 1. Under the captaincy of Shreyas Iyer, Punjab traveled to the league stage by finishing number 1 in the points table. He defeated Mumbai Indians to ensure that he remained in the top 2. A video of this match is becoming quite viral, in which Akash is seen talking to Ambani Iyer.

Akash Ambani is the son of Mukesh Ambani, the owner of the Mumbai Indians team. He comes to the ground to support the team in almost every match. He was also located in Jaipur in the Punjab Kings vs Mumbai Indians match. He was sitting on the boundary line. During this time, when Shreyas Iyer went to fielding on that side, he said something to Iyer. Iyer was also standing with the help of the board beyond the boundary and was talking to him. This video is becoming quite viral on social media.

It seems shreyas Iyer wasn’t convined with the deal ambani offered …! pic.twitter.com/4JW2OA9PBZ

– Dinda academy (@academy_dinda) May 26, 2025

Shreyas Iyer’s Mid-Innings Chat With Mi Owner Akash Ambani Goes Viral on Social Media. pic.twitter.com/llaqtc3aoq

– Prashanth Mudhiraj (@P4PRASHANTHH) May 27, 2025

Punjab Kings conquered and ranked in qualifier 1

In this match played in Jaipur, Mumbai Indians scored 184 runs while batting first. Suryakumar Yadav had played a brilliant innings of 57 runs, the Punjab bowlers performed effectively. Chasing the target, Josh English (73), Priyansh Arya (62) got a bang. Shreyas Iyer made a winning shot, Punjab Kings won the match by 7 wickets that he stayed in the top 2.

Now Punjab will face Royal Challengers Bangalore in Qualifier 1, who defeated Lucknow in the last match of the league stage. Punjab and Bengaluru have 14-14 points, but are better than Punjab (0.372) RCB (0.301) on the basis of net run rate. Qualifier 1 will be held at Mullanpur Cricket Stadium.

Mumbai Indians will face Gujarat Titans in the eliminator match. Gujarat has 18 points and Mumbai has 16 points. The eliminator match will be played at Mullanpur Cricket Stadium on 30 May.