By Ravi - May 29, 2025 01:12 PM
In IPL 2025, Royal Challengers Bangalore will face Punjab Kings in Qualifier-1 today. This match will be played at Mullanpur in New Chandigarh from 7.30 pm today.
At the beginning of the Punjab King season, no one had thought that Shreyas Iyer's captaincy would take the team to new heights of success. The team made it to the playoffs after 11 years and that too in such a spectacular manner. The team reached the playoffs by finishing at the top position like in 2014. In the eyes of coach Ponting, the team has not achieved anything yet and according to him there are big matches ahead.
Punjab Kings team has a chance to reach the final directly by winning Qualifier-1. If the team loses in Qualifier-1, then it will also have a chance to reach the final by winning Qualifier-2. Before the Qualifier-1 match between Punjab and RCB in Mulanpur, let's know about Punjab's record in the playoffs
Punjab has played Qualifier-1 only once so far and has faced defeat. In 2014, under the captaincy of George Bailey, Punjab's team faced Kolkata Knight Riders in Qualifier-1, but had to face defeat. After this, Punjab's team reached the final by winning Qualifier-2, but had to face defeat there too.
Punjab has played four matches in the playoffs. Out of this, the team has won only one match and lost three. Apart from 2014, two semi-finals were played in the Eliminator held in 2008 and in the semi-final eliminator match, Chennai Super Kings defeated Punjab by nine wickets.
Wriddhiman Saha has scored the most runs in the playoffs for Punjab. He scored 156 runs in three innings. After this Virender Sehwag is second with 131 runs and Manan Vohra is third with 127 runs.
Karanveer Singh has taken the most wickets in the playoffs for Punjab. He took seven wickets in three innings. Mitchell Johnson is second with five wickets and Akshar Patel is third with three wickets.
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