Shameful record: Royal Challengers Bangalore reached the final, defeated Punjab Kings by 8 wickets
Shameful record: In the first qualifier of IPL 2025, the bowlers of Royal Challengers Bangalore bowled brilliantly and bundled out Punjab Kings for just 101 runs in 14.1 overs. With this, many unwanted records were also registered in the name of Punjab. It has become the joint second team to score the lowest score in the IPL playoffs.
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Shameful record: Let us tell you that RCB won the toss in the match and decided to bowl first and their bowlers proved this decision absolutely right. No batsman of Punjab Kings could stand in front of RCB bowlers today and the whole team collapsed for 101 runs. Marcus Stoinis played the highest innings of 26 runs for the team.
Shameful record: At the same time, Prabhsimran Singh and Ajatullah Umarzai contributed 18-18 runs. Eight batsmen of Punjab Kings could not even touch the double digit mark. Suyash Sharma and Josh Hazlewood bowled brilliantly for RCB. Both these bowlers took three wickets each. Apart from this, Yash Dayal took two wickets, while Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Romario Shepherd got 1-1 wickets.
With this, the Punjab team has joined the list of teams scoring the lowest in the IPL playoffs. It has become the joint second-lowest scorer in the IPL playoffs. The lowest score is recorded in the name of Delhi, which it made against Rajasthan in 2008. After this, Lucknow made the second lowest score against Mumbai in 2023.
Shameful record: Teams with the lowest scores in IPL playoffs
87/10 Delhi vs Rajasthan (2008)
101/10 Lucknow vs Mumbai (2023)
101/10 Punjab vs Bangalore (2025)
104/10 Deccan vs Chennai (2010)
107/10 Kolkata vs Mumbai (2017)
109/10 Rajasthan vs Bangalore (2015)
In response, RCB chased down the easy target and won by 8 wickets. Phil Salt played a strong innings and scored an unbeaten 56 runs. At the same time, captain Rajat Patidar returned unbeaten after scoring 15 runs. Earlier, Virat Kohli could score only 12 runs, while Mayank Agarwal scored 19 runs. Kyle Jamieson and Mushir Khan got one wicket each for Punjab.
