Reasons Punjab Kings Lost Qualifier 1: Royal Challengers Bangalore made it to the final of IPL after 9 years. Bengaluru has registered a historic victory by trampling Punjab Kings by 8 wickets. Despite playing on his home ground in this first qualifier match, Punjab Kings have suffered a huge defeat. Punjab’s batting was neither good nor bowling. Here you can know in 3 points why Punjab got defeat in qualifier-1?

1. Playing fast Punjab was overwhelmed

The first qualifier match was played at the stadium in Mullanpur, where the average score of the first batting team in the IPL is 170 runs. The pitch here is said to be equally helpful for both batting and bowling. Usually, very big scores are not scored here, yet the Punjab batsmen showed such a stance as they had gone for 200+ runs. If the wickets of Punjab Kings are assessed, most of the batsmen were out either in the process of playing fast or playing irresponsible shots.

2. losing the toss of captain Shreyas Iyer

At the time of the toss, captain Shreyas Iyer himself admitted that he also wanted to bowl first. On one side there were a lot of grass on the pitch, while in the evening, a very big factor at Mullanpur Stadium proved to be a big factor. Even if Punjab had scored a score of 170-180 runs here, it would not be easy to defend it due to the ‘Dew Factor’.

3. Punjab lost wickets in bunches

In the T20 match, a team is able to lay the foundation of a big score only when small partnerships are held in the batsmen, but the batting line-up of Punjab was badly flopped. Punjab had scored 27 runs at the loss of one wicket, but 3 more wickets had fallen within the next 11 runs. At the same time, Punjab’s score was 60/5 before Shashank Singh’s wicket fell, but here too the team lost 3 wickets in an interval of 18 runs.

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Shreyas iyer video: Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer got angry at the umpire during the match against Sunrisers Hyderabad when he indicated DRS without seeing him. Shreyas Iyer was desperate because even while defending 245, there was no edge in Punjab’s bowling. With the brilliant innings of Abhishek Sharma’s 141 runs, Hyderabad achieved the target with 9 balls remaining and won by 8 wickets.

This incident is of 5th over during the batting of Sunrisers Hyderabad. Glenn Maxwell was bowling in the powerplay. On the second ball of the 5th over, the ball went to the keeper’s gloves through the leg side of the head, then both the keeper and the bowler appealed. The umpire immediately looked back and indicated DRS to the third umpire. But Shreyas Iyer became very angry here.

The umpire did not ask Shreyas Iyer?

However, the rule says that whether DRS is to be taken or not, the captain makes the decision and the umpire also has to accept the decision of DRS after his decision. But perhaps it did not happen at this time, so while coming towards the pitch, Shreyas Iyer shouted and told the umpire to ask me. During this, Iyer looked angry, although he later decided to take DRS himself. But it remained not out.

Shreyas Iyer’s Angry Reaction Over DRS Call. pic.twitter.com/huzbhbdn4f

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Head scored 66 runs in 37 balls with the help of 3 sixes and 9 fours. Abhishek Sharma played a historic innings of 141 runs. This is the biggest personal innings played by the Indian batsman in the IPL.

Third defeat of Punjab Kings

Under the captaincy of Shreyas Iyer, Punjab Kings started with 2 wins but after that he has to face 2 defeats. The defeat against Sunrisers Hyderabad was the second defeat of Punjab this season. After 3 wins out of 5, the team is at number six in the points table.