Priety Zinta gives a big shoutout to Punjab Kings ahead of IPL 2025 final with RCB: 'Punjabi aa gaye oye'

Actor Preity Zinta is overjoyed as her IPL team, Punjab Kings, has qualified for the finals after 11 years. On Sunday, they beat Mumbai Indians by 5 wickets in a thrilling Qualifier 2 match at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.

With this win, Punjab Kings have secured a spot in the final, where they will face Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB). On Monday evening, Preity celebrated the big win by sharing a special post on X. "Wow what a win Punjabi aa gaye oye @PunjabKingsIPL IPL2025 | SaddaPunjab | BasJeetnaHai," she exclaimed.

In another Insitagram post, Preity wrote, "All smiles as Punjab Kings make it to the final after a SUPER TEAM EFFORT led by our dynamic sarpanch Shreyas Iyer, our passionate coach Ricky Ponting & the entire coaching staff & everyone at PBKS. Today will be incomplete without mentioning Lockie Ferguson, Glenn Maxwell & Marco Jansen for making this final possible. One more game to go.

 

 

 

 

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Recapping Qualifier 2 match, PBKS won the toss and opted to bowl first. After losing Rohit Sharma early, a 51-run stand between Jonny Bairstow (38 in 24 balls, with three fours and two sixes) and Tilak Varma (44 in 29 balls, with two fours and two sixes) pushed MI forward.

A 72-run partnership for the third wicket between Tilak and Suryakumar Yadav (44 in 26 balls, with four boundaries and three sixes) helped MI keep a healthy run rate. All MI needed was a final push from Naman Dhir (37 in 18 balls, with seven fours) to take MI to 203/6 in 20 overs.Azmatullah Omarzai (2/43) was the pick of the bowlers for PBKS. Kyle Jamieson, Marcus Stoinis, Yuzi Chahal and Vijaykumar Vyshak took a wicket each.

In the run chase, PBKS had some stumbles initially despite a blitz from Josh Inglis (38 in 21 balls, with five fours and a six), who took down Jasprit Bumrah for 20 runs in an over. An 84-run stand between Nehal Wadhera (48 in 29 balls, with four boundaries and two sixes) and skipper Shreyas Iyer helped PBKS maintain the required tempo for the chase.

After quick dismissals of Wadhera and Shashank reduced PBKS to 169/5 in 16.4 overs, a ruthless Shreyas (87* in 41 balls, with five fours and eight sixes) took down pace to guide his team to five five-wicket win with an over left.

Ashwani Kumar (2/55) was the top bowler for MI. Trent Boult (1/38) and Hardik Pandya (1/19) took one wicket each. Bumrah was wicketless for 40 runs in four overs. Iyer was given the 'Player of the Match' honour for his clutch knock. The final between Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bengaluru is set for Tuesday at Ahmedabad's Narendra Modi Stadium.

(With inputs from ANI)