Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru IPL 2025 Final: In the final of IPL 2025, Royal Challengers Bangalore gave a target of 191 runs to Punjab Kings. He scored 190 runs for 9 wickets in 20 overs, batting first on Tuesday (June 3) at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. The eyes of both teams are on winning the title for the first time. Punjab and RCB have been playing in IPL since 2008, but have not won the trophy till now.
Punjab Kings can equal KKR
If the Punjab Kings team achieves the target of 191 runs, then it will be the second largest run chase in the history of the final. Shreyas Iyer’s team will match Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). He achieved the target of 191 runs against Chennai Super Kings in 2012. Kolkata is also in the name of Kolkata’s record of the highest run chase in the IPL final. In 2014, he achieved the target of 200 runs against Punjab Kings.
The biggest run chase in IPL final
2014: Kolkata Knight-to-Shittders- Punjab Kings- 200 runs
2012: Kolkata Knightrightders- Chennai Super Kings- 191 runs
2018: Chennai Super Kings- Sunrisers Hyderabad- 179 runs
2008: Rajasthan Royals- Chennai Super Kings against- 164 runs
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Virat scored the most runs
In the match, Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer won the toss and decided to bowl first. RCB scored 190 runs for 9 wickets in 20 overs. Virat Kohli scored the highest 43 runs for the team. Rajat Patidar scored 26, Liam Livingstone 25, Jitesh Sharma and Mayank Agarwal scored 24-24 runs. The Romario Shepherd’s bat scored 17 runs and Philip Salt’s bat scored 16 runs. For Punjab, Arshdeep Singh and Kayel Zamison took 3-3 wickets. Yuzvendra Chahal, Vijaykumar Vaishakh and Ajmatullah Umarjai took 1-1 wickets.
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Punjab Kings stood first
After the league round in IPL 2025, Punjab Kings were ranked first in the points table. He had 19 points in 14 matches. RCB finished second. He had so many points in so many matches, but Punjab won in net runrates. Gujarat Titans in third place and Mumbai Indians at number four. The first qualifier was played between Punjab and RCB. By winning this match, RCB had confirmed its place in the final directly. The Punjab team reached qualifier-2 after the defeat. Mumbai had made it to the second qualifier by defeating Gujarat in the eliminator match. There Punjab defeated him and confirmed his place in the title match.
Source: https://zeenews.india.com/hindi/sports/cricket/rcb-vs-pbks-punjab-kings-vs-royal-challengers-bengaluru-ipl-2025-final-run-chase-record-kkr-csk-rr/2785646
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