Sports Desk. This time a new champion will be found in the Indian Premier League. Punjab Kings, captained by Shreyas Iyer, have entered the finals by defeating Mumbai Indians by 5 wickets in the qualifier-2 of IPL 2025. Now Punjab Kings will face RCB in the title match on Tuesday. Both these teams reached the finals have never won the title before. With the victory against Mumbai Indians in qualifier-2, Shreyas Iyer has a big record.

Shreyas Iyer has now become the first captain to take three teams to the finals in the IPL. Earlier, Delhi Capitals made it to the finals in IPL 2020 and Kolkata Knight Riders under the captaincy of Shreyas Iyer in IPL 2024. Under the captaincy of Shreyas Iyer, Kolkata Knight Riders won Khilatab last year.

Shreyas Iyer played captaincy innings

In the match, Shreyas Iyer took his team to the final. He scored 87 runs in 41 balls. In this innings, he hit five fours and 8 sixes. Earlier, Mumbai Indians scored 203 runs losing six wickets in the scheduled overs. In response, Punjab lost five wickets and achieved the target in 19 overs. For Mumbai Indians, Johnny Bairstow scored 38 runs, Suryakumar Yadav scored 44 runs, Tilak Verma scored 44 runs and Naman Dhir scored 37 runs. At the same time, Jose English, Shreyas Iyer and Nehal Vadhera played brilliant innings from Punjab.

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