Shreyas finishes off in style! PBKS seal the deal and heading to the final. They win by five wickets. Shreyas Iyer finishes unbeaten on 87 off 41 balls. Out of this world! What a knock from the skipper. Credit goes to Wadhera and Inglis as well! Clinical chase from PBKS.

RCB await them in the final on Tuesday!

Bang! Shreyas has put the result beyond doubt now. PBKS have a foot in the final. Only a miracle can help MI now. 3 sixes off from the first four balls. Just 4 needed off 8

PBKS: 200/5 (18.4)

Bumrah goes wicketless as he finishes with figures of 40/0. 23 needed off 12 . It's PBKS' game to lose from here. Both Ashwani and Topley have an over left. 

Looks more close than it seemed! Shashank is well short! Excellent direct hit from Hardik. Shashank should have been quicker there.

Shashank Singh run out (Pandya) 2 (3)

PBKS: 169/5 (16.4)

27-ball fifty up for the PBKS skipper! What a knock this has been. He is single-handedly carrying PBKS to the deep.

Shreyas is playing a captain's knock here! This was in the slot from Ashwani and he plays a lovely pickup shot over fine leg and deposits this into the stands once again

PBKS: 163/4 (16)

Breakthrough! Wide yorker from Ashwani, and Wadhera fails to get the apt elevation. He couldn't get the elevation and distance he would have needed. Santner takes a good catch

PBKS: 156/4 (15.4)

Bumrah has just bowled an incredible over, save that last ball. Just five off it. The RRR is now over 11 once again. Shreyas and Wadher have to target the bowler from the other end.

PBKS: 147/3 (15)

Wadhera is doing his bit to support his captain. Another 10 plus over. 14 off it. The equation is now 62 off 36, with Stoinis and Shashank to come in after this. 

6,6,6 - Shreyas Iyer goes berserk! 19 off that over and the run comes down to under 11 from 12. Poor bowling from Topley. This over might just come back to haunt MI, in hindsight

PBKS: 128/3 (19)

Shreyas picks it up off the back foot and deposits this into the stands. Just times this to perfection. Heaved over backward square. PBKS need a big over

PBKS: 116/3 (12.2)

100 up for PBKS in the 11th over! 101 needed off the last nine. Very much gettable. Hardik has given the ball back to Bumrah. Crucial period in this game.

PBKS: 103/3 (11)

Butter fingers! Boult took it and then dropped it. Excellent ball from Hardik, took the pace off. He found the top edge off the pull but Boult fails to hold on to it

PBKS: 98/3 (10)

Pulled over backward square leg! Lands on the front tier. Short ball was well directed, Wadhera stood his ground and swung across cleanly. No chance for the fielder

PBKS: 88/3 (9.2)

What an impact! Has Hardik turned this game around? A half-hearted appeal for caught behind. Umpire raises his finger straightaway. Inglis reviews. There is a big spike when the ball is passing close to the bat. Excellent decision

Josh Inglis c Bairstow b Pandya 38 (21)

PBKS: 72/3 (7.5)

GONE! Ashwani strikes off his very first ball. Both openers have now walked back for PBKS. Priyansh tried to club it across the line, got a top edge to Pandya, running in from mid-off. Hardik is over the moon.

Priyansh Arya c Pandya b Ashwani Kumar 20 (10)
PBKS: 55/2 (5.1)

4,6,4,6 - Inglis is on the charge! He has decided to attack Bumrah right from the offing. 20 off the over. How often do you see Bumrah getting toyed by someone? Inglis has done exactly that

PBKS: 55/1 (5)

Inglis welcomes Bumrah with a boundary! A freebie from Boom! The length ball was angling in towards middle, he timed it through midwicket.

PBKS: 39/1 (4.1)

Back-to-back boundaries for the little Aussie! Played a blinder when these two sides met last month. Need a similar knock from Inglis, if not better.

PBKS: 21/1 (2.4)

WICKET! Boult strikes. Prabh got a top edge by being early into the shot. Reece Topley covers plenty of ground, does ever so well to grab the ball. Almost collided with Santner in the process

Prabhsimran Singh c Topley b Boult 6 (9)

PBKS: 13/1 (2.1)

Flicked away off the back foot! Ends the over with a boundary. All about the timing from Priyansh. First over in MI colours for Topley. Starts off with just seven

PBKS: 13/0 (2)

Boult starts off with a decent over after conceding a boundary on the first ball. Just six off it in the end. Prabhsimran targetted the off side a couple of times but the MI fielders did their job

PBKS: 6/0

Rohit has been subbed out with Ashwani Kumar joining what is now a four-man pace attack. Priyansh will face Boult with a slip.

Mumbai Indians mamag to cross the 200-run mark finally. 10 runs came off the over from Azmatullah Omarzai. He finished with figures of 2 for 43 in four overs. Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Varma scored 44 each for MI while Naman Dhir's fiery 37 too helped the team's cause.

Big blow to Mumbai Indians with three balls still left in the innings. Naman Dhir is out for 37 off just 18 balls. This was such a crucial knock from the right-handed batter. His knock ended as he hit the ball straight into the hands of the fielder at extra cover.

Arshdeep Singh bowled poorly in his final over and ended up leaking 13 runs in it. Naman Dhir slammed the pacer for two fours in the over. Arshdeep ended his quota of four overs with figures of 0 for 44. Naman Dhir is playing a crucial knock for MI here.

Hardik Pandya is OUT! It was a short ball from Azmatullah Omarzai and Hardik ended up hitting it high in the air. Wicketkeeper Josh Inglis settled under it and took the catch quite comfortably. He got out for 15 off 13 balls. 

Smart batting from Naman Dhir. He smashed three fours to Arshdeep Singh in the over that fetched Mumbai Indians a total of 14 runs. The first two boundaries from Naman were hit over the short fine leg, while the final one was hit through the backward square leg.

Poor fielding this is! Hardik Pandya tapped the Vijaykumar Vyshak delivery on the leg side and tried to steal a couple. There was a throw at the non-stiker's end but the backup failed to stop the throw and it ran away for a four. 10 runs came off the over.

Only four runs came off the over from Kyle Jamieson and a wicket. He ended his quota of four overs with figures of 1 for 30. Two new batters Hardik Pandya and Naman Dhir are in the middle for Mumbai Indians and they need to propel the side over 200 to give a fight to Punjab Kings.

Kyle Jamieson has struck and Mumbai Indians are in some trouble here. They have lost two wickets in just three balls. This is quite a quick turnaround from Punjab Kings. They are back in the game. Tilak miscued and ended up hitting the ball in the air behind the bowler. Priyansh Arya ran from the leg side and took a brilliant catch. Tilak fell for 44 off 39 balls.

A desperate attempt to slog-sweep the ball on the leg side got the better of Suryakumar Yadav as he ended up hitting a Yuzvendra Chahal delivery into the hands of the fielder at deep mid-wicket. Suryakumar departed for 44 off 26 balls. Meanwhile, Chahal ended his quota of four overs with figures of 1 for 39. 

Eight runs came off Kyle Jamieson's third over. Suryakumar Yadav hit a four over the backward point and another one at square leg. He is batting at the score of 34 off 22 balls. On the other hand, Tilak Varma is close to his fifty and he needs noly 7 runs to get there.

11 runs came off the over from Yuzvendra Chahal. Suryakumar Yadav hit the flighted delivery on the first ball of the over from Chahal over the long-off for a six. The ball narrowly missed the fielder there on the edge of the boundary. Chahal has so far leaked 28 runs in his three overs. 

As Suryakumar Yadav reached the mark of 15 in this innings, he became the non-opener with most runs in an IPL season. Suryakumar surpassed the record of AB de Villiers, who held the record since 2016 with the tally of 687.

A short ball from Yuzvendra Chahal and Suryakumar Yadav finds the gap on the off-side for a four. He hit it through the backward point for the boundary. 14 runs came off the over from Chahal. Mumbai Indians are on the move! 

MI 102/2 (10)

Wow! That is a beautiful shot from Tilak Varma. Vijaykumar Vyshak bowled a fuller ball away from Tilak with the mid-off inside the ring and the batter lofted it over the fielder for a six. A dot ball followed. 15 runs came off the over.

MI 88/2 (9)

Yuzvendra Chahal was brought into the attack and he conceded only three runs in his first over. The bowling changes and field placements from PBKS captain Shreyas Iyer have been spot on tonight. This has helped the side keep the Mumbai Indians' batters in check.

Massive blow for Mumbai Indians this is! Vijaykumar Vyshak has got the wicket of Jonny Bairstow. The right-handed MI opener tried to play a scoop shot but Vyshak bowled a slower ball to deceive him. Bairstow ended up handing a catch to PBKS wicketkeeper Josh Inglis. He is gone for 38 off 24 balls.

15 runs came off the over of Azmatullah Omarzai. That is the end of the first powerplay. Mumbai Indians lost the wicket of Rohit Sharma but Jonny Bairstow kept the side going. He is batting at the score of 36 off 21 balls. Tilak Varma, the number 3 batter, is also off to a quick start (14 off 9).

5.4 - That has been clobbered away by Jonny Bairstow for a six into the crowd. Azmatullah Omarzai bowled a short of length off-cutter and Bairstow spotted it well. He hammered it into the stands over the deep mid-wicket for a biggie. The MI opener has been smashing PBKS bowlers really well.

Punjab Kings bowler Kyle Jamieson seems to have done his homework well. He had good strategy against both Tilak Varma and Jonny Bairstow in the over. While a slower bouncer outside off-stump was the plan against Bairstow, the pacer bowled tight good length ball into the body to Tilak. Only 7 runs came off the over.

Runs keep coming for Mumbai Indians. An uppish drive from Jonny Bairstow on the third ball of the over helped him fetch a four through the cover region. On the final delivery, Bairstow got a top edge on his pull shot but luckily for him, the ball went over the wicketkeeper's head for a four.

MI 43/1 (4) 

While the wicket of Rohit Sharma came in it, Marcus Stoinis leaked 15 runs in the over. Tilak Varma slammed the all-rounder for a six down the ground. It was a no-ball. However, Tilak failed to take advantage of the free-hit and ended up hitting the ball into the hands of mid-on for just a single. 

Rohit Sharma is not lucky for the second time and he is out for 8 runs off 7 balls. He hit the previous delivery of Marcus Stoinis for a four but this time he hsa found the fielder at deep square leg. Vijaykumar Vyshak took the catch quite comfortably.

Rohit Sharma continues to ride his luck from the previous game. He was dropped twice in MI's Eliminator game vs Gujarat Titans and he gets an early life here against Punjab Kings too. Kyle Jamieson produced an outside edge high in the air. The short third ran behind but failed to take the catch.

First boundary of the night and it is a big six into the crowd! That comes from the bat of Jonny Bairstow. Kyle Jamieson bowled a short of length ball and Bairstow whipped it over the long-leg for a biggie.  

MI 13/0 (1.3)

Arshdeep Singh got some good swing in the first over. He kept both Rohit Sharma and Jonny Bairstow in check. Only four runs came in the over through three singles and a wide. The ball is not coming nicely to the bat. MI openers need to be a bit patient here.

MI 4/0 (1)

Rohit Sharma is on the strike, Jonny Bairstow is at the other end. Arshdeep Singh has the new ball in hand. Here we go... Arshdeep starts with an inswinging delivery outside off-stump to Rohit. It was a back of a length ball and Rohit defended it on the front foot.

The match is set to start at 9:45 PM IST and interestingly, there will no loss of overs. This means that it will be a 20-overs-a-side match. We have hearly 15 minutes left for the match to begin. The groundstaff are working in full throttle. Let's hope there is no more rain tonight!

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The rain has stopped completely it seems. The covers are being taken off. The umpires, groundstaff and players of both the teams are there on the ground. MI captain Hardik Pandya and head coach Mahela Jayawardene are close to the pitch, having some discussions with umpires. Punjab Kings players are also around.

As per the official broadcaster, 9:40 PM IST is the maximum time for 20-overs-a-side game to start. Initially, the broadcaster had informed that 9:30 PM was the time time, but now they have quoted a new time. This means that the game has 16 minutes before it starts losing overs.

It seems that the drizzle has not stopped but the super sopper is still in action as it tries to dry the outfield. The cover is still on and the umpires are inspecting the condistions at the moment. The groundstaff are on the edge of the covers and one of them shows a lot of water stored over it.

The game is only 22 minutes away from starting to lose overs. Once the clock crosses 9:30 PM IST, the overs will start getting reduced. Meanwhile, the maximum time for five-overs-a-side match to start is 11:56 PM IST.

The rain has gotten heavier at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad. The fans close to the boundary line are now forced to leave their seats and run for shelter as the rain is making it tough for them to stay there. This is not a good sight.

Just forget what I said in the previous post and excuse me for it as the rain is back again! It is not heavy at the moment, but good enough to put a halt to the proceedings. The broadcaster's equipments on the edge of the boundary are being covered by plastic to save it from water drops.

It has stopped raining at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad. The covers are being taken off. Meanwhile, the Punjab Kings players are already out of the ground now. They have done enough warm-up but the rain has frustrated them too.

The rain continues and the wait for the game to start continues. The match will start losing overs from 9:30 PM IST. It is the maximum time for a 20-overs-a-side game to start. Keep your fingers crossed, folks!

It has started drizzling again. For a moment, it seemed that it was all clear but now one could easily spot the drizzle on the ground. Surprisingly, the Punjab Kings players are unfazed by all of that and they continue to warm-up.

This is really frustrating! The rain is back and the covers have been put on. The Punjab Kings players, however, stay on the ground doing their warm-up. They are practising with the football. It is a drizzle but enough to force the groundstaff to put the big square cover at the centre.

The match will start at 8:25 PM IST. If it rains no more, this is the official time for the game to start. The PBKS players are warming up with full energy and the groundstaff are also in action.

The umpires are inspecting the ground at the moment. The super soppers are in action. The groundstaff and umpires all are close to the pitch now. They must be figuring out by when it could be dried completely to start a game. Their are manu wet patches and it will take some time for sure.

It has stopped raining! The covers are coming off and one could see Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal and other Punjab Kings players warming up. We might see a start of the game soon.

There is no more heavy rain as it has turned down to drizzle. The fans, meanwhile, are having a good time there in the stands. They are dancing to the tunes of the DJ. The groundstaff are out there with umbrellas and the covers are still on.

"Pitch No. 7 being used for this game tonight. Dimensions - 61m and 67m square, a hit down the ground is 73m. This venue has been one of the best venues when it comes to batting - very very even paced and consistent. It looks very good. You don't want to be a bowler on nights like tonight. It's a batter's paradise. Both teams look forward to batting, it's a high-scoring venue. You want over 200, there's no doubt about it. It's flat, it's even, it's rock hard. For the bowlers, your only hope is your change-ups and your execution has to be perfect. It's a tough night for the bowlers unfortunately. Pitch 7 being used - 224 is the average score here. At this venue, 221 the average score," said Murali Kartik and Michael Clarke while talking about the pitch.

In the event that the match is washed out, PBKS will be declared the winners and will enter the final of IPL 2025. The reason is that Shreyas Iyer and co finished at the top of the points table of the league stage while MI finished at fourth spot.

So, by virtue of the higher position in the points table. PBKS will reach the final to face RCB and fight for their maiden IPL title. This will end the campaign for MI.

The ground umpires are walking in and so do the Punjab Kings players. Yuzvendra Chahal leads the PBKS players into the ground. Oh, no! The rain has arrived and the covers are being put on the pitch and the ground. The PBKS players are walking back.

Okay, here is the good news, folks! The covers are being taken off the ground and we shall have a start soon. Another good news is that there is no rain at the moment despite dark clouds threatening to impact the game tonight.

The pich has been put under covers as there is heavy breeze at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. There are dark clouds over the stadium and it seems we are set for a delay in the start of the game.

Punjab Kings Impact Subs: Prabhsimran Singh, Praveen Dubey, Suryansh Shedge, Xavier Bartlet, Harpreet Brar

Mumbai Indians Impact Subs: Ashwani Kumar, Krishnan Shrijith, Raghu Sharma, Robin Minz, Bevon Jacobs

Punjab Kings (Starting XI): Priyansh Arya, Josh Inglis(w), Shreyas Iyer(c), Nehal Wadhera, Marcus Stoinis, Shashank Singh, Azmatullah Omarzai, Kyle Jamieson, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal

Mumbai Indians (Starting XI): Rohit Sharma, Jonny Bairstow(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya(c), Naman Dhir, Mitchell Santner, Raj Bawa, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, Reece Topley

"We also would have bowled first. Looks like a decent track, just need to bat well, assess the conditions early and I think we'll be okay. It (pitch) has gotten much flatter, the balls have stopped doing as much as it used to do. If you bowl well, fast bowlers tend to get some help. At the same point of time, if you bat well, you can score a lot of runs. There are a lot of areas where we could have got better in the last game. Playing a tight crucial game, one day break, it's tough but we are into a rhythm and we know what we need to execute. We came very early morning after the game, we needed some rest, most of the guys focused on recovery and being fresh for today. The intensity will be very important and we're looking forward to it. We had to make one change. Reece comes in place of Gleeson who has a niggle. Reece Topley comes in," said MI captain Hardik Pandya.

"We are going to bowl first. Slightly overcast and the wicket was under the covers yesterday. Based on these, we are going to bowl first. It's a fresh day, we've recovered pretty well, rejuvenated and our mindset is to go out there and win. Boys are in high spirits, everyone's thinking positive. The environment in the dressing room is top-notch at the moment, so I can't complain much. Yuzi comes in," said Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer.

Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer has won the toss and opted to bowl first against Mumbai Indians in the Qualifier 2 game of IPL 2025 in Ahmedabad. Yuzvendra Chahal is back in the PBKS squad, informed Iyer at the toss.

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Punjab Kings' star spinner Yuzvendra Chahal has been missing from action after he played a match against Rajasthan Royals on May 18. Since then, a finger injury has seen him missing from action. As per a report, Chahal is "ready to take injections" in order to play tonight's game.

Suryakumar Yadav is the top run-getter for MI with 673 runs in 15 innings at an average of 67.30 and a strike rate of 167.83. If he scores 15 more runs, he will go past AB de Villiers to become the non-opening batter with the most runs in a single IPL edition.

It was a horrible display of batting from Punjab Kings in the Qualifier 1 match against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in Mullanpur. Majority of their batters lost their wickets while playing rash shots and a result PBKS were bundled out for 101. RCB chased down the paltry total with 60 balls to spare.

Punjab Kings and Mumbai Indians come up against each other tonight. The winner of the match will face Royal Challengers Bengaluru while the loser will be eliminated from the tournament. PBKS lost to RCB and they get another chance to get an entry into the finale.

Hello everyone, welcome to the live blog of Qualifier 2 of Indian Premier League 2025. Punjab Kings take on Mumbai Indians tonight at Ahmedabad. Stay connected for the live score and updates related to the game.