Punjab Kings have assured a top-two finish in the league stage of the Indian Premier League 2025 after making light work of Mumbai Indians in their last group game on Monday, May 26. PBKS pipped MI in the clash for the top-two finish as they chased down the 185-run target with seven wickets in hand and nine balls to spare.
Josh Inglis and Priyansh Arya played masterful knocks on what seemed like a bit sticky pitch at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium during the first innings. While PBKS lost a struggling Prabhsimran Singh early, Priyansh and Inglis put up a match-winning 109-run stand for the second wicket. Mumbai Indians tried making a comeback as they got a couple of wickets but it was too late.
Jasprit Bumrah removed Priyansh in the 15th over on 62. Mitchell Santner also got a wicket when he removed the other set batter Josh Inglis. However, with not much needed, Shreyas Iyer and Nehal Wadhera took the team home. Befittingly, Shreyas Iyer hit the winning six as his team won with ease.
PBKS had qualified for the playoffs for the third time and they finished the league stage all three times in the top two.
Earlier Mumbai Indians had made 184 on the back of a stellar 57 from Suryakumar Yadav. SKY, who has been unbelievably consistent in IPL 2025, has now hit the 14th consecutive score of over 25 in T20 cricket. He has shattered the world record for most consecutive scores of over 25 in the format, going past the previous record of Temba Bavuma, who had 13 such consecutive scores.
SKY reached the milestone in the ninth over when he sliced Kyle Jamieson for a four on the last ball of the over. SKY struck 14 runs from five balls in the over and the last one took him to the milestone.
