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Who will be the new IPL champion today: Punjab or Bengaluru? (Source: Internet)
Ahmedabad: The final leg of the 18th season of IPL match is going to be played today on Tuesday between Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and Punjab Kings (PBKS) at Narendra Modi Stadium here in Ahmedabad at 7.30 pm. Both the teams have not been able to win the title so far, reports Dynamite News correspondent.
Under such circumstances, IPL is going to have a new champion this time. Bengaluru has played the final three times before. It was runners-up in 2009, 2011 and 2016.
On the other hand, Punjab Kings has reached the final for the second time.
On last Sunday, Punjab Kings defeated Mumbai Indians by 5 wickets in the Qualifier-2 of IPL 2025 and made it to the final of the league. Punjab has reached the final of the league for the second time in 18 years and for the first time since 2014.
Unfortunately Mumbai Indians have lost a match after scoring 200 for the first time. Punjab Kings will face Royal Challengers Bangalore in the final. Neither of the two teams has won the final till date and in such a situation, this time someone's title drought is expected to end.
Punjab did not have a good start and the team lost Prabhsimran Singh's score early while chasing the target of 204 runs. However, Josh Inglis hit 20 runs in Bumrah's over. After this Ashwin dismissed Priyansh and Hardik dismissed Josh Inglis. But then Shreyas Iyer and Nehal Wadhera laid the base for victory by sharing 84 runs for the fourth wicket.
Wadhera was dismissed after scoring 48 runs, but Iyer stood till the end and returned to lead the team to victory. Iyer played an unbeaten innings of 87 runs in 41 balls.
Earlier, in the Qualifier-2 being held at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Mumbai Indians scored 203 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs and gave Punjab Kings a target of 204 runs to win. Mumbai, who came to bat first after losing the toss, lost the wicket of Rohit Sharma early, but after that Tilak Verma and Jonny Bairstow shared a 51-run partnership for the second wicket.
Jonny Bairstow was dismissed after scoring 38 runs. Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Verma, who came to the crease after him, shared a 71-run partnership for the fourth wicket. In the end, Naman Dheer played an innings of 37 runs in 18 balls to take the team's score beyond 200.
