Punjab Kings’ skipper Shreyas Iyer and Mumbai Indians’ captain Hardik Pandya copped penalties after their respective teams maintained slow over-rates during their IPL 2025 Qualifier 2 face-off in Ahmedabad on Sunday.
Skipper Shreyas Iyer shined by slamming an unbeaten 87 off 4 balls as Punjab Kings entered the IPL 2025 final with a five-wicket win over Mumbai in Qualifier 2 at the Narendra Modi Stadium.
The former Mumbai Indians skipper stood tall against GT’s bowling attack as he became the second player in IPL history to reach the mark after Virat Kohli.
Suryakumar Yadav blazed his way to a record 13th successive 25-plus T20 score and shattered 'Master Blaster' Sachin Tendulkar's record for the most successful season by a batter for Mumbai Indians (MI).
After Mumbai Indians (MI) stormed to the top of the points table with a 100-run thrashing of Rajasthan Royals (RR), skipper Hardik Pandya said going back to playing cricket with a simpler approach has worked very well for the side.
Addressing a press conference on Wednesday, Jayawardene said that Bumrah "is in good spirits" as he recovers at the BCCI's Centre of Excellence (formerly the National Cricket Academy) in Bengaluru.
Fast-bowling spearhead Jasprit Bumrah is set to miss the initial IPL 2025 matches for five-time champions Mumbai Indians due to his ongoing recovery from a back injury which has kept him out of action since the Sydney Test in January.
However, in the scenario of Hardik being purchased by some other franchise in next year’s IPL mega auction, he will miss that particular team’s first game.
Delhi Capitals (DC) will host Mumbai Indians (MI) in match 43 of the Indian Premier League on Saturday.
While the public sentiment in Ahmedabad could be understood, Pandya faced similar booing during his team’s second outing against the Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium.
