Phil Soult showed the pavilion’s path to Shreyas Iyer, Punjab captains rose after a catch; VIDEO
In the final of IPL 2025, Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer got the first big success of the match by catching a brilliant catch of Phil Salt. Usually, Iyer, who was calm, was so excited after this catch that he was seen roaring on the field.
The start of the IPL 2025 finals being played at Narendra Modi Stadium was a great for Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer. He won the toss and chose bowling and adopted an aggressive strategy from the first over itself. In the first over, Phil Salt had cleared his intention by hitting sixes and four off the balls of Arshdeep Singh. Even on the second ball of the second over, he hit Kyle Jaymison and felt that he was going to score big.
But the match overturned on the next ball. Salt tried to elevate the length ball of the jamison, but the ball was completely missing. Shreyas Iyer, standing on the mid-on, kept himself calm under pressure and flying in the air and caught a great catch.
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Iyer’s enthusiasm was worth seeing as soon as the catch was caught. Iyer, who usually did not show emotion, could not stop himself this time and encouraged his team with a strong roar. Salt returned to the pavilion after scoring 16 runs in 9 balls and Punjab got his initial success.
Talking about the match, two such teams are face to face in the historic final of IPL 2025, who have been waiting for their first title for the last 17 years. The final match between Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore is being played at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad. Punjab Kings have won the toss and decided to bowl first. The special thing is that both teams have not made any changes in their playing eleven. Both teams have fielded with the intention of winning their first IPL title with victory.
Teams for this match
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Philip Soult, Virat Kohli, Mayank Agarwal, Rajat Patidar (Captain), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Dayal, Josh Hazlewood.
Impact Substitute: Rasikh Salam, Manoj Bhandage, Tim Cifart, Swapnil Singh, Suyash Sharma.
Punjab Kings: Priyansh Arya, Josh English (wicketkeeper), Shreyas Iyer (Captain), Nehal Vadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Ajmatullah Omrajai, Kail Jamison, Vijayakumar Vishwa, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal.
Impact Substitute: Prabhasimran Singh, Praveen Dubey, Suryansh Shedge, Xavier Bartlet, Harpreet Brar.
