Punjab Kings suffered a crushing 8-wicket defeat at the hands of Royal Challengers Bangalore in the first qualifier of IPL 2025 on Thursday. Punjab Kings, who performed brilliantly throughout the tournament, faltered in a crucial match and were forced to play the second qualifier due to poor performance.
In the first qualifier played in Mullanpur, Punjab Kings batted first and the entire team collapsed for just 101 runs in 14.1 overs. In response, RCB achieved the target by losing two wickets in 10 overs. Punjab Kings will now take on the winner of Gujarat Titans and Mumbai Indians in the second qualifier on Sunday.
Anger erupted in the batsmen.
Captain Shreyas Iyer looked quite disappointed with the defeat of Punjab Kings. He vented his anger on his team's batsmen and said that it will have to be fixed soon. Talking to the broadcaster after the match, Iyer said, 'It is not a day to forget. We have to go to the dressing room and look at our mistakes. We lost a lot of wickets.'
We have to go to the dressing room and learn a lesson. There is no doubt about our decision in terms of planning. If we look outside the field, things are going well. We did not follow the plans properly. We cannot blame our bowlers. The score was so small. We have to work on our batting.
No excuse will work
Shreyas Iyer also said that the bounce was different in all the matches here. He also said that we cannot give any kind of excuse because we are professionals and we have to live according to it.
Shreyas Iyer said, 'The bounce was different in all the matches here. We cannot give any such reason or excuse because we are professionals and we have to live with it. We have lost the battle, not the war.' Let us remind you that at the end of the group stage, the Punjab Kings team was at number-1 in the points table.
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