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The top order of Punjab Kings in the qualifier 1 of IPL 2025 was badly shattered against RCB. Virat Kohli’s strategy and experience stopped Punjab for 50 runs.

Punjab Kings killed just 101 runs in front of RCB in IPL qualifier
New Delhi. In this season of the Indian Premier League 2025, the Punjab Kings team made the game their crazy. Leaving everyone behind in the two -end, the team qualified while staying at the top in the points table in the playoffs. All this was fine, but in IPL qualifiers 1, when Punjab Kings came out against Royal Challengers Bangalore, Virat Kohli’s experience was overshadowed by him. Captain Rajat Patidar won the toss and decided to bowl and in front of the strategy, the entire team was reduced to 101 runs in just 14.1 overs.
The confident Punjab Kings stepped into the qualifier against Royal Challengers Bangalore, but no one expected what happened. After losing the toss, Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer said that the team batting first is winning and we will not have any problem in doing so here. Why the RCB captain won the toss and chose bowling, it came to know in the game of Powerplay. Half the team had settled 50 runs.
A 𝐃𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 start in their pursuit of 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 ❤
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