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Today we will get the answer to whom will the title of IPL 2025 be named. The final match is to be played between Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Punjab Kings (PBSK) at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
RCB defeated PBKS by 8 wickets in Qualifier-1 to make it to the finals. At the same time, Punjab Kings defeated Mumbai Indians in Qualifier-2 on Sunday and entered the title match. Read further, the performance analysis of both the teams playing the final. For this, 4 parameters have been fixed.
- Travel to reach the final in IPL 2025
- Overall performance in IPL history
- Best players of this season
- Strength and weeks
Performance Analysis of finalist teams
1. Punjab Kings
i. Lost in qualifier-1 unilaterally, defeated Mumbai and made it to the finals
Punjab did the league stage finish while finishing first in the points table of the current season, but the team lost a qualifier-1 against Bengaluru at their own home ground. Bengaluru all out of Punjab for 101 runs, then won in 10 overs.
Punjab made a strong comeback by defeating Mumbai Indians by 5 wickets in Qualifier-2. The team thwarted the target of 204 runs in 19 overs, thwarting pace attacks like Jaspreet Bumrah and Trent Bolt. The Mumbai team lost for the first time in IPL history after scoring 200+.
Punjab won 5 out of the last 7 matches and finished the league stage by finishing first. The team defeated Mumbai by 7 wickets in the last match to make it to Qualifier-1. Punjab also defended the smallest IPL score against Kolkata this season.
Ii. First season semifinal played, the title match lost in 2014
PBks are among the teams that were part of all 18 seasons of IPL. In 2008, Preity Zinta bought the franchise. The first season traveled to the semi -finals under the captaincy of Yuvraj Singh. Chennai Super Kings, captained by MS Dhoni then defeated Punjab by 9 wickets to win the title.
After the first season, Punjab performed average. The team was out of the next 5 season league stage. Then in 2014, under the captaincy of George Bailey of Australia, reached the finals, but the team was defeated by 3 wickets by Kolkata Knight Riders, captained by Gautam Gambhir. After 2014, Punjab has now made it to the playoffs and finals.
Punjab has played 262 IPL matches so far. The team won 122 and lost 139. One match remained inconclusive. Punjab won 45.41% matches, while 52.67% have lost matches.
Iii. Best players of the season
Iv. Strength and weeks
Strength
- Strong top order, scored 1511 runs at a strike rate of 175.08: Prabhasimran Singh, Priyansh Arya and Shreyas Iyer are strong top orders. The opening pair of Prabhasimran and Priyansh have scored 974 runs at a strike rate of 172.08 this season. These include a century and 6 half -centuries. Talking about the top-3 batters, the top order of the team has scored 1511 runs at a strike rate of 175.08. These included a century and 11 half -centuries. Nehal Vaidhera supported captain Shreyas Iyer in qualifier-2 against Mumbai. Josh English has also played important innings.
- Shreyas captaincy, strong think tank: The team has a captain like Shreyas Iyer. Not only this, there is also a strong cricketing brain like Ricky Ponting as a coach. Iyer made Kolkata the champion last year. Iyer has scored 603 runs this season, he is the top scorer of the team by setting 6 fifty. Yuzvendra Chahal’s fit is good news for Punjab. He sent Suryakumar Yadav to the pavilion against Mumbai. Chahal has taken 15 wickets in the season.
Weeks
- Marco Jesan’s not having trouble: Punjab will have to find Arshdeep Singh’s strong pair for the final. South African fast bowler Marco Janson returned to his country from 26 May. He is with his national team for the World Test Championship Final. Jansan took 16 wickets in 14 matches and played Arshadeep well. Kyle Jamison was now replaced by Kyle.
- Bowling options less in death overs: Punjab has less bowling options in the death overs. There is no big bowler to support Arshdeep after Jansan’s departure. However, Kyle Jeemison has held this responsibility. Vijayakumar Vaishakh will have to take wickets in the death overs.
2. Royal Challengers Bangalore
I. Punjab included 101, Kohli top scorer
Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated the season table topper Punjab and entered the finals. The team defeated Punjab by 8 wickets with 60 balls left in his house. This ball was the biggest win of the IPL playoffs in terms of remaining. Bangalore bowlers covered a strong batting lineup like Punjab for 101 runs. Not only this, he also chased target in 10 overs.
In the last league match, Bangalore had decided his biggest run against Lucknow and set a place in the top-2. By the end of the half league match, Bangalore could win 4 matches and had 8 points. The team was invincible in 4 consecutive matches from here. RCB won 7 matches out of the house and secured a place in the second consecutive season playoffs. This season, Bengaluru has also won all its good matches.
Ii. Out of league stage in 2008; 3 finals played, title zero
Bengaluru’s start in IPL was not special. The team dropped out of the league stage in 2008. Although he traveled to the final in 2009, but could not win the title. RCB also played finals in 2011 and 2016, but could not become the champion. CSK in 2011 and SRH in 2016 defeated Bengaluru in the title match. Bengaluru has made it to the playoffs for the 10th time in the 18 season, the team will now play their fourth final.
Bangalore has played 270 IPL matches since 2008. Of these, 133 won and 133 were lost, while 4 matches were inconclusive. The team’s winning percentage has been 49%.
Iii. Best players of the season
Iv. Strength and weeks
Strength
- Kohli in good form, has put 8 fifty: Virat Kohli is seen in good form. He has scored 614 runs in 14 matches of the season at 55.82 averages and a strike rate of 146.53. These include 8 half -centuries. Phil Salt is also supporting Kohli well. Salt has 387 runs. Rajat Patidar is also strengthening the batting order at number three.
- Josh Hazlewood’s return, he has taken 21 wickets: Bengaluru fast bowler Josh Hazlewood has taken 21 wickets. He sent 3 batters of Punjab to the pavilion in the last match. These included the wickets of captain Shreyas Iyer, Josh English and Ajmatullah Umarjai. They can also bother Punjab in the finals.
Weeks
- Tim David’s injury trouble: Bangalore captain Rajat Patidar is making a comeback from Inzari. Due to injury, his batting form has also deteriorated, due to this, the responsibility of the rest of the players is increasing. Tim David is also Inzard. There is no update about them.
- Bowling is weakening, Suyash-Krunal proved to be expensive: Bangalore lacks quality spinners. The pair of Suyash Sharma and Krunal Pandya are unable to stop the run in the middle overs. Both spent more runs in the last 2 matches of the league stage. Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Dayal and Romario Shepherd were also expensive in the last league matches.
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