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  IPL 2025 |Qualifier-2:Shreyas Iyer challenges Hardik's captaincy Ahmedabad: Mumbaikar ShreyasIyer-led Punjab Kings and five-time champions Mumbai Indians will face off in the second qualifier to be held here on Sunday.They will face off in the second qualifier to be held here on Sunday.The winner of this match will advance to the finals and face Royal Challengers Bangalore. That's why the Mumbai-Punjab clash is being called a 'semi-final'. The two teams had faced each other in the league stage, and Punjab had won. Punjab will have to be ready in every way to defeat Mumbai, who defeated Gujarat Titans in the Eliminator. The batsmen had failed in the match against RCB. Due to this, the total was low. Left-arm pacer Marco Janssen and spinner Yuzvendra Chahal were not there to strengthen the team's efforts to defend it. Janssen has returned to his home country. Chahal was suffering from an injury problem. It is not certain whether he will return for this match.Rohit S...

  IPL2025|MI VS GT: IPL Eliminator Mumbai win and enter in Qualifier2, Chandigarh: Mumbai Indians qualified for Qualifier 2 after defeating Gujarat Titans in the IPL Eliminator match held at the Maharaja Yadavendra Singh International Cricket Stadium on Friday.Mumbai won the toss and scored 228 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in 20 overs. In reply, Gujarat Titans, who batted, scored 208 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs and lost. With this, Gujarat Titans have ended their campaign in the 18th edition ,Mumbai Indians, who have qualified for Qualifier 2, will take on Punjab Kings in a match to be held in Ahmedabad on Sunday. Bumrah succumbs to Yorkeer Gujarat, Mumbai indians to Qualifier,  Mumbai Indians emerged victorious in the Eliminator match after overcoming a valiant fight from Gujarat Titans' Sai Sudarshan and Washington Sundar.With that, it entered the second qualifier.Chasing a target of 229 runs to win, Gujarat could only manage 208 runs for the loss of 6 wicke...

  RCB Final | 4th time enter in final, one step away from the award, Chandigarh: Indian premier league in 2025, Royal Challengers Bangalore have entered the final of the Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 cricket tournament after registering a convincing eight-wicket win over Punjab Kings in the first qualifier match held on Thursday.They will now compete in the finals to be held in Ahmedabad on June 3. In the match held in Chandigarh, Punjab lost all their wickets for 101 runs in 14.1 overs, reeling under the lethal attack of RCB bowlers including Josh Hazlewood (3 for 21), Suyash Sharma (3 for 17), and Yash Dayal (2 for 26). Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Romario Shepherd took one wicket each. Marcus Stoinis top-scored for Punjab with 26 runs. Priyansh Arya (7), Prabhasimran (18), Josh Inglis (4), captain Shreyas Iyer (2), Nehal Wadhera (8) and Shashank Singh (3) were the other bowlers who failed to score. Chasing this easy target, RCB reached the target in just 10 overs with the help of Phil ...

  IPL 2025|, RCB vs PBKS ; Today qualifier match, RCB mood Towards the final entry, Chandigarh: Royal Challengers Bangalore and Punjab Kings, two equally strong teams in the eighteenth edition of the Indian Premier League cricket tournament, will face off in the qualifier to be held on Thursday.Both the teams have scored 19 points each in this tournament. However, hosts Punjab, who have achieved a slightly higher net run rate, are in the first and second positions, followed by Bengaluru. They have played 14 matches each. They have lost 4 and won 9. One match each has been abandoned due to rain. Punjab and RCB have faced each other twice in the league stage. Punjab led by Shreyas Iyer won in Bengaluru and RCB led by Rajat Patidar won in Mullanpur. Another special thing is; both these teams have been playing in the IPL since 2008. But they have not won the title till now. Especially the Kings team has made it to the qualifiers after 11 years. Here are the strengths and weaknesses of ...

  IPL 2025 |LSG vs RCB: RCB to the  first qualifiers, Lucknow: Royal Challengers BangaloreCaptain Jitesh Sharma's unbeaten 85 runs (33 balls) helped Bengaluru beat Lucknow Supergiants by six wickets in the final league match of the IPL on Tuesday and secure a place in the first qualifier.Batting first after losing the toss, Lucknow scored 227 runs for the loss of 3 wickets, helped by Pant's brilliant century. Chasing a huge target, RCB scored 230 runs for the loss of just 4 wickets in 18.4 overs and won. Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore, who are currently at the top two spots on the points table, will face each other in the first qualifier to be held on the 29th.Mumbai Indians and Gujarat Titans will face off in the Eliminator match on Friday.   Jitesh sharma A thrilling game: Skipper Rishabh Pant (118 not out, 61 balls) scored a blistering century towards the end of the league but it didn't pay off. Royal Challengers interim captain Jitesh Sharma's unbeaten...

  IPL 2025 |PBKS vs MI:Punjab takes the top spot, Jaipur: Opening batsman Priyansh Arya (62, 35, 4x9, 6x2)  and jos english(73, 42, 4x9, 6x3) Their half-centuries lifted the game at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium on Monday.  With the help of their century partnership, Punjab Kings team achieved an easier than expected seven- wicket victory over Mumbai team in the IPL match on Monday, thereby reaching the top of the league. Punjab captain Shreyas Iyer won the toss and elected to field.Accordingly, Mumbai Indians, who batted first, scored 184 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in the allotted 20 overs.In reply, Punjab batted and scored 187 runs for the loss of 3 wickets in 18.3 overs. With this, Punjab Kings have won 9 out of the 14 matches they have played and have climbed to the top with 19 points.Mumbai, which had a strong batting line-up, was restricted to 184 runs for 7 wickets by Punjab bowlers with a disciplined attack. Apart from the in-form Suryakumar Yadav's half-century ...

  IPL 2025 |SRH vs KKR: Heinrich's Century, Suns win, New Delhi: Heinrich Klaasen (undefeated)105, 395, 4x7, 6x9) A century helped Sunrisers Hyderabad defeat Kolkata Knight Riders by 110 runs in an IPL match on Sunday.The teams, who had faced each other in the final last time, finished their campaign in the league stage this time. The match was not of much significance as both the teams had already exited the playoff race. However, Sunrisers, who defeated Kolkata, moved up to sixth place in the points table.In the match played at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, Sunrisers scored 278 runs for 3 wickets in 20 overs with the batting of Heinrich and Travis Head (76; 402, 4x6, 6x6). Chasing this tough target, Kolkata ended the fight by scoring 168 runs in 18.4 overs. Except for Sunil Narine (31), Manish Pandey (30), Harshit Rana (34), the rest of the batsmen disappointed. Pandey and Rana added 52 runs (22a) for the eighth wicket, but the target of victory was far from being achieved.Sunrisers...

  IPL 2025 | DC VS PBKS: Punjab lose;Delhi ends campaign with victory andPunjab maintained 2nd place despite defeat against Delhi, RCB have a chance, Jaipur: Punjab Kings vs.Delhi Capitals registered a six-wicket victory in the IPL match held on Saturday, ending their campaign with a win.Batting first, Punjab scored 206 runs for the loss of eight wickets with the help of brilliant batting by captain Shreyas Iyer (53) and Marcus Stoinis (44*). Chasing this target, Delhi reached the target for the loss of four wickets in 19.3 overs with three balls to spare, thanks to a blistering half-century by Sameer Rizi (58*). Rizzi remained unbeaten on 58 runs off 25 balls, hitting five sixes and three fours. He was also deservedly named the Man of the Match. For Delhi, Karun Nair (44), KL Rahul (35), captain Faf du Plessis (23) and Tristan Stunners made useful contributions. Delhi chased down the target of 200+ runs... This is the third time in IPL history that Delhi have chased a target of mo...

IPL2025| SRH VS RCB:  RCB suffer first away defeat, Lucknow: Left-handed batter Ishan KishanAnd the Sunrisers Hyderabad team won with a brilliant performance from Sri Lankan pacer IshanMalinga.Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by 42 runs in an IPL match at the Ekana Stadium here on Friday. This was RCB's first away defeat in the tournament.RCB, who were hoping to win this match and move to the top of the points table, have suffered a setback. Bangalore, who have already qualified for the playoffs, have only one more match to play. Chasing a target of 232 runs against Sunrisers, RCB got off to a brilliant start with Phil 3 (62; 322, 4x4, 6x5) 6% (43; 256, 4X7, 6X1). The duo added 80 runs (7 overs) for the first wicket. Harsha Dube celebrated after taking the wicket of Kohli, who was on his way to his half-century. However, Salt continued his promising game. Mayank Agarwal (11; 10a) fought with him for a while. But Nitish Reddy, who took Mayank's wicket, br...