A century partnership between Priyansh Arya and Josh Inglis helped Punjab Kings ease to a seven-wicket win over Mumbai Indians in Jaipur on Monday (May 26, 2025), and seal its place in Qualifier 1 of IPL 2025.
The duo mixed for a 109-run affiliation off 59 balls, placing Kings answerable for the 185-run goal, which they managed with 9 balls to spare. The loss additionally pushed five-time champion MI into Friday’s (May 30, 2025) Eliminator.
MI’s new-ball efficacy ensured that the openers Priyansh (62, 35b, 9×4, 2×6) and Prabhsimran Singh didn’t get off to a flier.
The latter, particularly, failed to attach his tried lofted pictures, finally falling to Jasprit Bumrah for lower than a run-a-ball. Priyansh peppered the duvet boundary early on earlier than taking over MI’s back-of-a-length strategy to offer impetus.
Maiden fifty
Inglis (73, 42b, 9×4, 3×6), on the different finish, ensured the aspect didn’t get slowed down by the accuracy of Mitchell Santner, gathering 19 runs off 11 balls in opposition to the left-arm spinner on the way in which to his maiden IPL fifty.
Santner managed to scalp each the half-centurions in his second spell, however the harm was achieved by then.
Earlier, after being put in to bat, opener Ryan Rickelton gave MI a brisk begin. The southpaw lofted over-pitched balls down the bottom, and adjusted nicely to drag Arshdeep Singh’s tried bouncers to the boundary. But MI’s makes an attempt to maximise the PowerPlay was reduce quick when Marco Jansen used the additional bounce he extracts to take away his compatriot.
The staff’s main scorer, Suryakumar Yadav, injected some tempo with three boundaries off Kyle Jamieson. But Harpreet Brar’s elimination of Rohit Sharma, courtesy a surprising diving catch by Nehal Wadhera, set the innings backwards once more.
The returning V. Vyshak then delivered a frugal opening spell, conceding simply eight in his first two, earlier than prising out each Tilak Varma and Will Jacks to assist his aspect take management.
A 44-run stand between Suryakumar, who eclipsed Sachin Tendulkar’s file of 618 runs in a season for MI with one other half-century, and skipper Hardik Pandya arrange what Mumbai hoped can be a grandstand end.
However, regardless of just a few hits throughout the fence, Arshdeep’s double strike on the loss of life restricted it to 184. Priyansh and Inglis then took over.
Published – May 27, 2025 12:17 am IST
