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“If I cast my mind back to how poorly I captained when I was his age, I’ve got tremendous respect for how he’s held himself with all that scrutiny and captained some big players,” Royal Challengers Bengaluru head coach Andy Flower said

Punjab Kings head coach Ponting said that a little bit of inexperience in the middle overs cost the team and that a little bit of experience would have helped the team

RCB finally got to lift the trophy after finishing runners-up on three occasions previously. It was a heartbreaking loss for Punjab Kings who were playing only their second final and first since 2014.

RCB have decided to go ahead without Tim David, who had missed their last two matches with an injury.

The match RCB Vs PBKS is at Narendra Modi Stadium on June 3

“We had our opportunities getting to the playoffs and we had a really good game first up. And even today, I thought we played some good cricket, except for Kings playing better cricket than us, especially with the bat. They were solid, especially chasing 200,” he said

Punjab Kings are now in a do-or-die situation as they dream of winning a maiden IPL trophy. On the other hand, Mumbai Indians look title favourites after beating Gujarat Titans, in the Eliminator.

Punjab Kings will get another crack to make it to their second IPL final if they can win Qualifier 2 where they meet the winner of the Eliminator between Gujarat Titans and Mumbai Indians

"We’ve been playing good cricket but didn’t tonight, that cost us. We’ve won five trophies, it’s always been tough,” Hardik said after losing to Punjab Kings

“Starting from game one, we’ve been in the mindset of wanting to win despite the situation. We’ve had players putting their hands up when we were in the dumps. Kudos to support staff and management too,” Shreyas said at the post-match presentation.

Punjab's Inglis (73 off 42 balls) and Arya (62 off 35) more than made up for a sluggish start with a match-winning 109-run partnership off 59 balls to get their team home

As the four teams -- Gujarat Titans, Royal Challengers Bengaluru, MI and PBKS -- have sealed the IPL playoff spots much earlier than ever before, the remaining league matches will determine the final standings

If we are playing on a big platform like the IPL, we can't think of anything tough. Because on one hand, we have to keep a winning mindset that we can score any chaseable score in the IPL, said Rizvi, who plays for Uttar Pradesh in domestic cricket

Set a stiff target of 207, DC completed the task in 19.3 overs with the 21-year-old Rizvi remaining unbeaten on 58 off 25 balls

The match Punjab Kings (PBKS) Vs Delhi Capitals (DC) is on May 24, 2025

The match starts at 3:30 pm IST on May 18

“I think the total was too big but it was chaseable because the wicket was very good. But our power-play was not good. So, if it would have gone well, I think the result could have been anything,” Badoni said

Prabhsimran's 48-ball 91 formed the cornerstone of Punjab Kings' unassailable 236 for 5 and any hopes of a remarkable chase was nipped in the bud by Arshdeep's 3/16 in 4 overs

As this was his team’s first offence of the season under Article 2.22 of the IPL Code of Conduct, which pertains to minimum over-rate offences, Iyer, who was also the ‘player of the match’ for his brilliant half-century, was fined Rs 12 lakhs

I feel we need to take some catches because that really helps to take wickets, you can slow down the opposition. Other than that, I feel from the batting unit as a whole, I felt it was a good effort, Dhoni explained