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Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Punjab Kings in the finals to enter the finals. He made it to the finals in the IPL after 9 years. He last reached the final in 2016.

RCB reached the final by defeating Punjab.
Highlights
- RCB made it to the IPL final after 9 years.
- RCB defeated Punjab Kings in qualifier 1.
- Punjab Kings have another chance to reach the finals.
New Delhi. Punjab Kings lost by 8 wickets in qualifier 1 played between Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore (PBKS Vs RCB). With this victory of RCB, she has become the first team to make it to the IPL 2025 finals. She managed to reach the IPL final after 9 years. Earlier in 2016, he made it to the finals. RCB won the toss and decided to bowl first. When the Punjab Kings team landed to bat, their team was all out for 101 runs. While chasing, RCB achieved this score in the 10th over itself.
Priyansh Arya, who came out to bat first for Punjab, was dismissed for 7 runs. On the ball of Yash Dayal, he caught Krunal Pandya. After this, Prabhasimran Singh was dismissed for 18 runs. Shreyas Iyer’s bat remained silent in this match. He was dismissed for just 2 runs. Marcus Stoinis scored the most runs for Punjab. He made 26 in 17 balls.
Apart from this, Shashank Singh 3, Ajmatullah Umarzai scored 18 runs. Jose Hazlewood and Suyash Sharma bowled amazing for RCB and both took 3-3 wickets. Yash Dayal took 2, Romario Shepherd 1 and Bhuvneshwar Kumar also took 1 wicket. In this way, Punjab scored 101 runs in 20 overs. Which RCB chased in the 10th over itself.
Shreyas Iyer and Philip Soult landed to open 102 runs for RCB. Kohli was batting well but he was dismissed by Kail Jamison after scoring 12 runs. After this, Phil Salt created a storm and took the fifty match closer in 23 balls. Mayank Agarwal was dismissed by making 19. Apart from this, Rajat Patidar scored 15 runs.
Punjab Kings have another chance
This is not the end of the journey of Punjab Kings. The eliminator match between Mumbai Indians and Gujarat will be played on 30 May. Whoever wins in this match will take on another qualifier against Punjab Kings. Then the winning team will take on RCB in the final match.
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