Shreyas Iyer Indernated 87 off 41 Balls propelled the Kings of Punjab to a five -countered victory against the Mumbai Indians in IPL qualify 2 Sunday in Ahmedabad, guaranteeing their place in their second IPL final. The match delayed by the rain saw the Punjab successfully chased the 203-6 of Mumbai, marking 207-5 with a sur-sur-sur. In the process, the outfit by Shreyas made several first in the history of the IPL and for the franchise itself.By pursuing the target of 204 points, PBKS only became the first team to inflict such a defeat on the Mi Hhelik Pandya-Dirigé. Before that, the Mumbai Indians won the 18 games when they defend such high totals. It is also the greatest pursuit of the history of the IPL -KNOCK covers / KNOCKOUTS.Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe now!No team has driven more than 200 totals successfully than the PBKs who will be able for their first title when they face the Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the final on Tuesday. It is also the ninth 200+ Run Chase This Ipl Season – no edition had witnessed many successful coups before.The Mumbai Indians entered the match in the back of a sequence of five defeats in Ahmedabad, winning a single meeting at the Narendra Modi stadium in 2014.Meanwhile, Shreyas Iyer has had several achievements as a superlative captain, no bigger than the fact that he is now the only captain to take three different franchises to the IPL final. He had led the Capitals of Delhi to the final in 2020 and took Kolkata Knight Riders to Glory last year.
In the match, delayed by more than two hours due to the rain, started at 9:40 p.m. without any reduction in the Overs. The Mumbai Indians, first striking after losing the draw, left to start quickly with Jonny Bairstow marking 38 out of 24 balls, including two. Rohit Sharma left early for eight points.Tilak Varma contributed 44 points and trained crucial partnerships – first with Bairstow for 51 points, then with Suryakumar Yadav for 72 points. Yadav’s explosive 44 off 26 balls presented three six.The momentum of Mumbai was interrupted by the breakthrough of Yuzvendra Chahal in the 14th, followed by the double strike of Azmatullah Omarzai in the dead. The rapid 37 Bales by Naman Dhir helped Mumbai to publish 203-6.Punjab’s pursuit began with the first setbacks while Trent Boult rejected Prabhsimran Singh for six, and Priyansh Arya fell for 20. Josh Inglis provided a crucial momentum with 38 on 21 balls.Iyer dominated the pursuit, reaching his sixth half-century of the season in 27 bullets. He accelerated more, scoring the next 37 points in just 14 bullets, including eight six and five four in total. Nehal Wadhera supported 48 out of 29 balls.
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The first Mumbai player player, Jasprit Bumrah, had a day off, conceding 40 points without taking a counters in his four overs.This victory brings the Punjab to their first final since 2014, where they finished the finalists of Kolkata Knight Riders. Their opponents, Royal Challengers Bengaluru, have already reached the final in 2009, 2011 and 2016, finishing second on all occasions.The pursuit of 204 points by the kings of Punjab
- The highest of all time in playoffs / Knock-out
- First time over 200+ successfully hunted vs mi
- Eighth time, PBKs have driven 200+, the most by a team of IPL
- Ninth success 200+ in IPL 2025, most in a single edition
* Shreyas Iyer has now captured three different franchises at the IPL – Delhi Capital final in 2020, Kolkata Knight Riders in 2024 and Punjab Kings in 2025. No other player did it for more than one team.* Sixth consecutive defeat for Mumbai Indians in Ahmedabad. Their only victory here came against RR in 2014.