Punjab Kings dishonor with a crushing defeat in qualifier, the most embarrassing in IPL play -off history

Cricket News Desk. Punjab Kings, led by Shreyas Iyer, lost in the first qualifier of IPL 2025 by 8 wickets at RCB. With this defeat, Punjab Kings also lost their first chance to make the final. Punjab now has to face the winner of the Eliminator. The Eliminator match is played between Mumbai Indians and Gujarat Titans. In such a situation, Punjab has another chance to make the final. Punjab Kings’ batting struck badly in the match played against RCB at Mullanpur Cricket Stadium. In this match, RCB captain Rajat Patidar won the throw and decided to bowl first. RCB rejected Punjab Kings for 101 runs in 14.1 overs. With this, Punjab Kings made a record that the franchise would never remember. In fact, Punjab recorded the record of the lowest innings in the history of IPL play -offs, ie 14.1 overs. In this case, Punjab exceeded Delhi’s capitals. In the IPL play -off match, the Delhi team scored 83 runs in 16.3 overs. RCB bowlers did Kamal against Punjab against Punjab Kings in this match by RCB Bowlers who performed brilliantly. Especially for Punjab Kings, Suyash Sharma and Josh Hazlewood each took three wickets. For RCB, Suyash took 3 wickets for 17 runs in just 3 overs. In addition, Yash Dayal also took two wickets. For RCB, Phil Salat did wonders to bat and bat. Phil Salat scored an unbeaten turn of 57 runs in 27 balls. In addition, Vir Kohli scored 12 runs, while Mayank Agarwal was rejected with 19, while Rajat Patidar scored 15 runs. Share this story -tags