The match to decide who will play in the first Qualifier of the IPL 2025 season was held yesterday. In this, mumbai Indians and punjab Kings teams held a tough test. There was a crisis that the winning team would qualify for the first Qualifier match. In this situation, the punjab team won the toss and elected to bat first in this important match held in Jaipur. After this, opener Ryan Rickelton scored 27 runs and rohit sharma scored 24 runs for the mumbai Indians team that came out on the field. The mumbai team was stumped when the much-awaited Tilak Verma was dismissed for one run. Similarly, Will Jacks scored 17 runs in 8 balls, which the fans believed would make a big impact, but he also lost his footing. As usual, when the mumbai team was stumped, suryakumar yadav saved the team once again.
Hardik Pandya and Naman Dhir were supporting him to play a responsible game. At one point, Suryakumar showed his action. All this led to mumbai Indians' score rising rapidly. Suryakumar scored 57 runs in 39 balls, including six fours and two sixes. hardik pandya scored 26 runs in 15 balls to lose the game, while Naman Dhir added 20 runs in 12 balls. With this, the mumbai team scored 184 runs for the loss of seven wickets at the end of 20 overs. mumbai, who struggled in the first 10 overs, scored 101 runs in the last 10 overs and reached a respectable target. punjab came on the field with a target of 185 runs to win. Young opener Priyansh arya showed his usual talent. He scored 62 runs in 35 balls with nine fours and two sixes. Although Prabsimran Singh was out for 13 runs, josh Inglis, who came in last for punjab, showed a tremendous performance. He scored 73 runs in 42 balls with nine fours and three sixes and ended the story of the mumbai team alone. However, in the end, shreyas iyer put the final nail in the coffin of the mumbai team with his bat. He added 26 runs in 16 balls.
 
This included two sixes and a four. With this, punjab reached 157 runs for the loss of three wickets in 18.3 overs. punjab won by seven wickets and took first place. With this, the punjab team got a place in the first qualifier match of the play-off round. The mumbai team has now been relegated to fourth place and is in a situation to play in the eliminator match.
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