In a critical match, Punjab Kings defeated Mumbai Indians and secured a top-two berth in IPL 2025. With the help of 57 of Suryakumar Yadav Mumbai Indians scored 184/7. powered by Priyansh Arya and Josh Inglis’s partnership Punjab Kings achieved the target in 18.3 overs. Punjab Kings will now play in Qualifier 1, while Mumbai Indians will finish in the Eliminator.
At the Sawal Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur in a high-pressure struggle Mumbai Indians and Punjab Kings challenged in the second-to-last-match of the IPL 2025 league stage. The winner of this match secured a place in Qualifier 1 and a place in top-two finish.
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Punjab Kings skipper Shreyas Iyer won the toss, and banking on the advantage of chasing under light, elected to field first. Mumbai Indians scored a competitive total of 184 for seven, thanks to critical contributions from Suryakumar Yadav and Hardik Pandya. Suryakumar Yadav was once again the outstanding performer, scored 57 off 39 balls. Suryakumar Yadav broke the long-standing record of Sachin Tendulkar and become Mumbai Indians’s highest run-scorer in single IPL season. Hardik Pandya cracked with a accelerated 26 off just 15 balls, which was much-needed acceleration in the death overs.
In the MI side, opener Ryan Rickelton gave a encouraging begin with 27 off 20 balls which helps MI to reach 52 for one in the powerplay in spite of facing a probing spell from Arshdeep Singh. Rohit Sharma scored 24 off 21 balls, Harpreet Brar, who filled for the injured Yuzvendra Chahal, continued his grand form by taking the wicket of Rohit Sharma.
Arshdeep Singh bowled the 20th over gave only three runs and taken two wickets to restrict Mumbai Indians to 184.
Punjab Kings chase began on a tremulous, losing Prabhsimran Singh quickly for 13 off 16 balls to Jasprit Bumrah. But a powerplay 109-run partnership between Priyansh Arya and Josh Inglis fully turned the direction of the match. Captain Shreyas Iyer stayed calm and collected, completed the chase with an unbeaten 26 off 15 balls alongside Nehal Wadhera, who scored 2 off 2. Punjab Kings achieved the target in 18.3 overs.
