Punjab Kings played the IPL 2025 Final against Royal Challengers Bengaluru at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad and faced a defeat despite being so close to the title. Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer was left “dejected” and clearly upset after losing the match by just 6 runs.
“Dejected, but the way our came up to the occasion… a lot of credit goes to the management and each and every player. Considering the last game we played here, I felt 200 was par personally. They bowled excellently. Krunal was phenomenal, used his experience, that was the turning point. Proud of each individual in our team, a lot of youngsters played their first season. Their fearlessness was phenomenal. Job is still half done, we have to win it next year. The way we turned up to every game was a positive, they’ve gained a lot of experience and we can build on that next year.”
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Shreyas Iyer hailed Krunal Pandya as the game-changer for RCB who completely turned the tables around. He took two crucial wickets by just giving away 17 runs. Krunal was also named as the ‘Player of the Match’ and this was the second time he has received this award in an IPL Final.
PBKS played exceptionally well and restricted RCB at the target of 190 but the RCB bowlers outshined everyone with Krunal Pandya, Yash Dayal and Bhuvneshwar Kumar taking the charge at the right time. The Challengers clinched the title with a narrow margin of 6 runs as Shashank Singh’s efforts were in vain despite hitting Josh Hazlewood for 6,4,6,6 in the last over of the match.
