June 2, IPL 2025: The excitement of IPL 2025 has reached its peak. The title match of this season will be played between Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) on Tuesday. Even if any team wins this match, IPL fans are sure to get a new winning team. Before the title match, we will tell you about a strange coincidence about which you will also be surprised to know. Let’s find out…
Shreyas-Patidar clashed in the final of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy
Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore are the two IPL teams who have not won a single IPL title so far. Both the teams are waiting for their first title. Punjab is led by Shreyas Iyer while RCB is led by Rajat Patidar. Interestingly, the two captains are facing each other again within seven months in the final of a tournament. Earlier, the two captains clashed in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2024 final.
Shreyas gave Mumbai the win
The title match of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2024 was played in December last year. In the match played on December 15, under the leadership of Shreyas Iyer, Mumbai won the title by defeating Madhya Pradesh led by Rajat Patidar by five wickets. The right-handed batsman won this title for the second time for Mumbai. Earlier, the team won the title in 2022/23 under the leadership of Ajinkya Rahane.
In this match played at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore, Mumbai won the toss and invited Madhya Pradesh to bat. Thanks to Rajat Patidar’s half-century, the team scored 174 runs for eight wickets in 20 overs. In reply, Mumbai scored 180 runs for five wickets in 17.5 overs thanks to Suryakumar Yadav’s tremendous innings of 48 runs and won the match. Tripuresh Singh took two wickets for MP while Shivam Shukla, Venkatesh Iyer and Kumar Karthikeya took one wicket each.
A new champion will be found on June 3
Now both the captains will face each other in the final of IPL 2025. RCB defeated Punjab in the Qualifier-1 match and made it to the final. At the same time, Punjab Kings entered the final by defeating the winner of the eliminator, Mumbai Indians. Punjab and RCB have never won the IPL trophy so far, so it is certain that the tournament will now have a new champion. The title match of the 18th season will be played on June 3 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
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