Punjab Kings opener Prabhsimran Singh had a career-defining season in the ongoing IPL 2025. The team management backed him for a few years and it resulted in him playing an incredible brand of cricket. The keeper-batter made 517 runs in 15 matches so far in the competition and with that, he surpassed Suryakumar Yadav in the list of most runs by an uncapped player in IPL history.
In 2018, Suryakumar made 512 runs, while Ishan Kishan made 516 in the 2020 edition of the competition. Prabhsimran has already surpassed the figure and currently stands fourth on the list of most runs by an uncapped player in IPL history. Only Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shaun Marsh and Riyan Parag are currently ahead of Prabhsimran on the elite list.
| Runs | Uncapped Player | Year |
| 625 | Yashasvi Jaiswal | 2023 |
| 616 | Shaun Marsh | 2008 |
| 573 | Riyan Parag | 2014 |
| 517* | Prabhsimran Singh | 2025 |
| 516 | Ishan Kishan | 2020 |
| 512 | Suryakumar Yadav | 2018 |
Even though Prabhsimran joined an elite list, his team, Punjab Kings had a horrifying outing against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in Qualifier 1 of the IPL 2025. Batting first, the Shreyas Iyer-led side struggled to get going, being bundled for only 101 runs. Only Marcus Stoinis and Azmatullah Omarzai showed some intent but they too departed after scoring 26 and 18 runs, respectively.
When it came to the chase, Phil Salt won the game for Bengaluru. The England opener smacked a cracking half-century and got the job done. With the win, RCB have now qualified for their fourth IPL final in history. On the other hand, Punjab will play the winner of Mumbai Indians and Gujarat Titans in Qualifier 2. Mumbai will play Gujarat in the Eliminator on May 30 in Mullanpur.
Ahead of that, Punjab will have to sort out their batting approach. Against RCB, they flopped to get going and their approach wasn’t exemplary as well. The captain himself needs to take more responsibility in the middle and so are the senior cricketers.