Punjab Kings batters Shreyas Iyer and Nehas Wadhera are aiming to rebuild their innings in Qualifier 2 of the IPL 2025 game against the Mumbai Indians on June 1 at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad.
After Josh Inglis’ dismissal, the duo are forging a partnership in a 204-run chase on Sunday’s clash.
The rain-affected game has been crucial for both sides as the winner will be making it to the finals.
In the pursuit of chasing the target, Priyansh Arya and Prabhsimran Singh went on to open the innings while Trent Boult opened the bowling attack.
With the dismissal of Prabhsimran for 6 runs, Priyansh Arya went on to lose his wicket for 20 runs.
However Josh Inglis went on to take on the Mumbai bowlers scoring 38 runs off 21 deliveries before being dismissed by Hardik Pandya.
Anyway, Shreyas Iyer and Nehal Wadhera went on to pick the innings steadily marching towards the target.
— Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL) June 1, 2025
Batting first, Rohit Sharma and Jonny Bairstow opened the innings while Arshdeep Singh opened the bowling attack. After Rohit Sharma‘s dismissal for 8 runs, Tilak Varma joined the opener to post 65 runs in the powerplay.
After Vijaykumar Vyshak went on to bag the wicket of Jonny Bairstow, Suryakumar Yadav joined Tilak Varma, forging a 72-run partnership and scoring 44 runs before being dismissed by Chahal.
With his dismissal, Mumbai lost three wickets for 142 runs in the 14th over. Meanwhile Jamieson picked the wicket of Tilak Varma for 44 runs.
Azmatullah Omarzai picked the wickets of Hardik Pandya and Naman Dhir for 15 and 37 runs. Adding Raj Bawa’s 8* runs, Mumbai Indians went on to score 203 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs.
Punjab Kings Playing 11: 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 Playing 11: Rohit Sharma, Jonny Bairstow(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya(c), Naman Dhir, Mitchell Santner, Raj Bawa, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, Reece Topley
