Punjab Kings' skipper Shreyas Iyer won the toss and elected to bat first in the IPL 2025 final against Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Opening the innings, RCB lost the early wicket of their opening batsman Phil Salt. He departed for 16 runs, including two boundaries and a maximum
Coming to bat at number three, Mayank Agarwal amassed 24 runs in 18 balls. His knock was laced with two boundaries and a maximum
Skipper Rajat Patidar, too, was not able to score many runs as he departed on a score of 26 runs
Facing 35 balls, stalwart Virat Kohli garnered 43 runs. His knock was laced with three boundaries
Liam Livingstone, who struggled to find himself among the runs throughout the IPL 2025, delivered a crucial knock in the finale. He returned to the pavilion after scoring 25 runs off just 15 deliveries, including two maximums. From the other end, Jitesh Sharma, too, played a knock of 24 runs in 10 balls. During his knock, he smashed two boundaries and same number of maximums
Completing his quota of four overs, Kyle Jamieson claimed three wickets, but was smashed for 48 runs
Lead spinner Yuzvendra Chahal managed to claim one wicket by leaking 37 runs. Azmatullah Omarzai and Vyshak Vijay Kumar, and Arshdeep Singh too registered one wicket each to their names. Having restricted RCB to 190 runs, the Shreyas Iyer-led Punjab will now need to chase a target of 191 runs to clinch their first-ever IPL title
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