The first IPL wicket taken by Musheer Khan was Agarwal (19 off 13). However, “too little, too late” was the situation. At the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in New Chandigarh, RCB defeated Punjab Kings by eight wickets in Qualifier 1 to advance to the IPL Finals.
RCB chose to field first and grabbed control of the game. By the end of the powerplay, PBKS had lost four wickets. The only player to reach double figures among the top five batters was Prabhsimran Singh (18 off 10). With the ball, Suyash Sharma made an impression right away. The leg-spinner took two wickets in his opening over. He got rid of Musheer Khan (0 off 3) and Shashank Singh (3 off 5).
In his subsequent over, Suyash made a comeback to dismiss Punjab’s top scorer, Marcus Stoinis. After scoring 26 runs off of 17 deliveries, the Australian power bat was forced to return to the pavilion. In just 14.1 overs, PBKS were finally bowled out for a pitiful 101.
In addition, the team captained by Shreyas Iyer batted the fewest overs of any team in IPL Playoffs history.
After three overs, Bengaluru scored 30/0 to start the run-chase. Virat Kohli was dismissed for a run-a-ball 12 as part of Kyle Jamieson’s wicket-maiden during the powerplay. Phil Salt was joined in the middle by Mayank Agarwal. At the end of six overs, the team’s score had risen to 61/1 thanks to the latter’s aggressive stroke play. The visitors were well on their way to victory.
Salt scored 56 from 27 deliveries and was still undefeated. For the season, this was his fourth half-century. With half of their overs remaining, Royal Challengers Bengaluru won because to a crisp performance from captain Rajat Patidar, who also remained undefeated with 15 off eight deliveries.
Funny responses to the first qualifier between PBKS and RCB at Mullanpur Cricket Stadium:
Rajat Patidar be like pic.twitter.com/OATyQxUNBY
— Sagar (@sagarcasm) May 29, 2025
#RCBvsPBKS pic.twitter.com/huVVbDTETP
— Raghav Masoom (@comedibanda) May 29, 2025
RCB today. pic.twitter.com/cDRwwYOeQf
— Godman Chikna (@Madan_Chikna) May 29, 2025
Literally RCB 💀💀 https://t.co/GgzynqWQRH
— Prayag (@theprayagtiwari) May 29, 2025
Scene after RCB qualified for IPL 2025 final: #RCBvsPBKS pic.twitter.com/yWF91RKbYD
— Aman_Chain 🇮🇳 (@Amanprabhat9) May 29, 2025
PBKS performance… #RCBvsPBKS
throughout in the
the IPL qualifier 1 pic.twitter.com/ORK2nSj0Za— UmdarTamker (@UmdarTamker) May 29, 2025
Explosive 🧨 pic.twitter.com/gsUdWa0L1x
— v. Jatin (@JatinTweets_) May 29, 2025
Phil Salt with punjab team #RCBvsPBKS pic.twitter.com/8jsTh9OQsD
— Prayag (@theprayagtiwari) May 29, 2025
Viratpaglu for a reason #RCBvsPBKS pic.twitter.com/TJLWH03jCw
— Shikhar Sagar (@crazy__shikhu) May 29, 2025
Home