🏏IPL 2025 - Qualifier 2: PBKS vs MI at Ahmedabad @ 7:30pm🏏 - Page 2

Narendra Modi Stadium Pitch Report:

Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad has produced some fantastic batting surfaces in IPL 2025. 200-plus totals have come in plenty, and chasing teams have also done well as the pitches have remained the same for the full duration of the matches. The captain who wins the toss should opt to bowl first.

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Win toss and bat first?

PBKS vs MI Live Score: Previous record suggest that teams batting first have dominated at this venue. If we look at the number, six times out of the seven games here have been won by teams batting first. The only time a chasing side won was a day game. The trend may tempt a captain winning the toss tonight to opt to bat.

History at the venue suggest that a high-scoring contest should be anticipated when PBKS and MI lock horns. Out of the 14 innings played at the Narendra Modi Stadium this season, nine times teams have breached the 200 mark, which is the most at any single venue in an IPL edition.

PBKS's record at the Narendra Modi stadium in the IPL

Total matches played: 6

Wins: 3

Losses: 2

Ties: 1

Highest Score: 243/5 vs Gujarat Titans (March, 2025)

Lowest Score: 123/9 vs Kolkata Knight Riders (April, 2021)

MI's record at the Narendra Modi stadium in the IPL

Total matches played: 6

Wins: 1

Losses: 5

Highest Score: 178/3 vs Rajasthan Royals (May, 2014)

Lowest Score: 160/6 vs Gujarat Titans (March, 2025)

PBKS vs MI: Most Runs

Rohit Sharma (MI) - Innings: 25, Runs: 626, Average: 27.21, Strike Rate: 131.78, Highest Score: 79*

PBKS vs MI: Most Wickets

Bowler Inns. Wkts. Econ. Avg. BBI

Jasprit Bumrah (MI) - Innings: 17, Wickets: 24, Economy Rate: 6.23, Average: 16.79, Best Figures: 3/15

Thanks for the tag and thread Parm

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May the best team win.

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Although weather forecasts suggest clear skies over Ahmedabad, the unpredictability of weather has often impacted key matches in the past. If rain does make an unexpected appearance during match hours, it could lead to delays or a shortened game. According to IPL rules, a minimum of five overs per side must be bowled for the match to be considered valid.

However, if persistent rain prevents even a 5-over-per-side match, the game will be declared abandoned. Notably, there is no reserve day scheduled for this crucial Qualifier 2 clash.

Punjab Kings, who topped the points table with 19 points, are in a favorable position in the event of a washout. Despite their heavy defeat to RCB in Qualifier 1, their consistency throughout the season gives them the edge over MI, who finished fourth with 16 points. MI may have triumphed over Gujarat Titans in the Eliminator, but PBKS' higher standing in the league stage would see them progress if Qualifier 2 is abandoned.

Who holds the advantage?

Punjab know how to beat this MI team in important games, having done so in their contest in the league stage. However, MI in the playoffs are an entirely different prospect, so clinical and a unit that tends to come alive in the pressure moments. Hardik Pandya will captain at a ground he is intimately familiar with, and with a win under their belt already, MI will feel they have much of the momentum heading into this contest. More needed from PBKS to overturn their disappointing result against RCB, and it might be an uphill battle for them.

What did Mahela Jaywardena say?

"The game against Delhi, when we got those three run outs and won was the turning point of our season. Because we were at that time five games, four losses, one win. That was a crucial match and Delhi was the top-of-the-table team. We did get a decent score but we didn't bowl well. It was a team win and that just gave us a lot of momentum."

IPL 2025 Qualifier 2: What did James Hopes say?

"Historically, Ahmedabad is a very good pitch and we know we're going to have to go quite hard and score quite quickly. It's not back to the drawing board by any means. We've worked two and a half months to get into a position where we get a second opportunity and we're going to have to use that second opportunity now."