May 29,PBKS Playoff Stats: In IPL 2025, Royal Challengers Bangalore will face Punjab Kings in Qualifier-1 today. This match will be played at Mullanpur in New Chandigarh from 7.30 pm today. At the beginning of the season, no one had thought that the Jugalbandi of Ricky Ponting and Shreyas Iyer would take the team to new heights of success. The team made it to the playoffs after 11 years and in what a wonderful style. The team reached the playoffs by finishing at the top position like in 2014. However, in the eyes of coach Ponting, the team has not achieved anything yet and according to him there are big matches ahead.
The team has a chance to reach the final directly by winning Qualifier-1. If the team loses in Qualifier-1, then they will also have a chance to reach the final by winning Qualifier-2. Let us know about Punjab’s record in the playoffs before the Qualifier-1 match between Punjab and RCB to be held in Mullanpur. Also, let’s know who scored the most runs and who took the most wickets for them in the playoffs…
Played one match in Qualifier-1 and lost
Punjab has played Qualifier-1 only once and has a record of 100 percent defeat. In 2014, under the captaincy of George Bailey, Punjab team clashed with Kolkata Knight Riders in Qualifier-1, but lost. After this, Punjab team reached the final by winning Qualifier-2, but they had to face defeat there too. In total, Punjab has played four matches in the playoffs. Out of this, the team could win only one match and had to face defeat in three. Apart from 2014, in the team eliminator in 2008 (then two semi-finals were played and the semi-finals are called eliminator matches), Chennai Super Kings defeated Punjab by nine wickets.
Saha was the star for Punjab in the playoffs
Wriddhiman Saha has scored the most runs in the playoffs for Punjab. He scored 156 runs in three innings. After this Virender Sehwag is second with 131 runs and Manan Vohra is third with 127 runs. At the same time, Karanveer Singh has taken the most wickets in the playoffs for Punjab. He took seven wickets in three innings. Mitchell Johnson is second with five wickets and Axar Patel is third with three wickets.
Punjab Kings team
Shreyas Iyer (captain), Nehal Wadhera, Harnoor Singh, Mushir Khan, P Avinash, Prabhsimran Singh, Vishnu Vinod, Josh Inglis, Marcus Stoinis, Praveen Dubey, Priyansh Arya, Azmatullah Omarzai, Aaron Hardy, Marco Jansen, Harpreet Brar, Suryansh Shedge, Shashank Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Xavier Bartlett, Kuldeep Sen, Vijaykumar Vishak, Yash Thakur, Mitchell Owen, Kyle Jamieson.
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