40Photo© hindustantimes.comPBKS, RCB chase their first IPL crown
Welcome to the IPL 2025 Final, where it is RCB vs PBKS to decide which team gives their city a reason to spend the night celebrating, and which one will spend another year of disappointment, wondering when it will be their turn to taste that kind of joy. The stakes couldn’t be higher, with two teams who have never lifted the trophy, finally trying to get over that hump, and with no promise of being back at this stage any time soon. Hope you have your popcorn ready.
When it comes down to the game itself, the Narendra Modi Stadium will once again host the IPL final, the third time in four years. In the first two finals, in 2022 and 2023, the team chasing lifted the trophy, going against the wisdom that runs on the board do the trick.
This year, despite six of the seven games in the regular season having been won by the team first, the wet conditions and presence of dew after Ahmedabad’s rain meant that Punjab successfully chased a target in excess of 200 against a strong Mumbai Indians bowling unit.