Punjab Kings face Mumbai Indians in Qualifier 2 of the Indian Premier League 2025 with the winner advancing to the final where Royal Challengers Bengaluru await them.
This is not the first meeting of PBKS and MI this season. The two teams had faced off less than a week back in Jaipur in another high-stakes clash. PBKS were up against MI last Tuesday with the winner of the match getting an assured top two finish. With the two sides clashing again, the mistakes and the good work of that much would be in mind of both these sides.
Ahead of the crucial PBKS vs MI, Qualifier 2, let us check out what happened the last time these two sides met this season.
MI vs PBKS, IPL 2025 Match 69 Highlights
A Yuzvendra Chahal-less PBKS won the toss and Shreyas Iyer chose to bowl first. MI scored 184 for seven batting first. Suryakumar Yadav top-scored for MI with 57 off 39 balls while there were two wickets apiece for Marco Jansen, Arshdeep Singh and Vijaykumar Vyshak
Priyansh Arya (62 off 35 balls) and Josh Inglis (73 off 42) struck sparkling half-centuries to lead Punjab Kings' chase which was completed with nine balls to spare. This thumping win helped the Iyer-led side to finish top of the table for the first time since 2014.
The win will also help PBKS enter the match with some confidence after they were dismantled by RCB in Qualifier 1. Meanwhile, MI enter the game on the back of a 20-run win over Gujarat Titans in the Eliminator.