PBKS vs MI | Twitter in awe as Shreyas Iyer special sends Punjab to second final in IPL history

06/02/2025

794

Shreyas Iyer during his unbeaten knock for PBKS against Mi in Qualifier 2 of IPL 2025

Shreyas Iyer played a captain’s knock to power Punjab Kings to the final of the Indian Premier League 2025 with a five-wicket win over Mumbai Indians in the second qualifier in Ahmedabad. The PBKS skipper remained unbeaten on 87 off 41 balls to see his side to the second final in the history of IPL.

‌Mumbai Indians started their innings, after being put in, with a delay of two hours due to persistent rains at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Sunday. With the ball moving in seamer-friendly conditions, the openers started cautiously. However, Jonny Bairstow continued from where he left off in the last match hitting two sixes and three fours as MI powered to 65/1, despite losing Rohit Sharma, at the end of the powerplay. After he departed for a 24-ball 38, Tilak Varma (44) and Suryakumar Yadav dominated proceedings in the middle phase with a 72-run partnership in seven overs. Surya hit three sixes and four fours during his knock of 44 in 26 balls, going past the 25-run mark for the 16th consecutive time this season. But their departure in consecutive overs put MI on the backfoot with six overs left to play and the score reading 142. However, Naman Dhir’s entertaining cameo of 37 off 18 balls, which included seven fours, pushed MI to 203/6 with medium-pacer Azmatullah Omarzai picking up 2/43 for PBKS.

In reply, PBKS got off to a shaky start with in-form batter Prabhsimran Singh getting dismissed in the third over with the score reading just 13. But Josh Inglis set the tone for the chase plundering 20 runs, including two sixes and two fours, off Jasprit Bumrah’s first over as PBKS ended the powerplay at 64/2. After Inglis’s departure for a 21-ball 38, captain Shreyas Iyer and Nehal Wadhera continued the scoring momentum with a game-changing partnership of 84 off just 47 balls for the fourth wicket bringing the equation down to 48 off 26 balls. Shreyas finished the chase single-handedly as his unbeaten knock of 87 off 41 balls, which included eight monstrous sixes and five fours, saw Punjab progressing to their second-ever final of IPL with an over to spare.

Boys being boys

look at my beautiful team 😭😭😭
— tak 🍉 (@_takila_)

Wow

"Royal Challengers Bangalore"

VS

"Kings 11 Punjab"

Will be playing INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE Final 🤩
— Waqas Anjum thoughts (@WaqasAnjum86415)

Failure

Mumbai Indians fail to defend a 200-plus total for the first time in IPL history.

Needed an all-time great innings from Shreyas Iyer to break that fortress down.

He's just been incredibly, magnificently awesome all through
— Saurabh Somani (@saurabh_42)

Rockstar

Shreyas Iyer - you're a rockstar!

* Delhi made you captain, you took them to the final.

* KKR made you captain, you took them to the final & won.

* Punjab made you captain, you've brought them to the final.

And this time, a team with just 5 uncapped players. Well done man!
— KSR (@KShriniwasRao)

Yes please

Requesting BCCI to conduct Punjab matches at venues with better AQI. Thank you.
— Heisenberg ☢ (@internetumpire)

One man army

Shreyas Iyer is not in Indian team.

He single handedly turned the game in favour of Punjab.

All because he followed Dhruv Rathee, didn't give attention to Modi & is not in the good books of Jay shah.

This is unfortunate & sh@meful.
— Tarun Gautam (@TARUNspeakss)

Win the war

During the last match When Punjab lost to RCB. Shreyas Iyer said" Definitely, we have lost the battle but not the war"

1st time Punjab Kings into Final✌️
— Akashdeep Thind (@thind_akashdeep)

The greatest

IPL Final with Delhi Capitals.

- IPL Trophy with KKR.

- IPL Final with Punjab Kings*.

SHREYAS IYER - ONE OF THE GREATEST EVER LEADERS OF THE IPL. 🔥🔥🔥🔥
— Καʀαƞ 🎖️ (@JDKaranGOAT)

Party