Punjab Kings Claim Top Spot in Style with Win Over Mumbai Indians

Jaipur: Punjab Kings reached the top spot in the points table of Indian Premier league 2025 as they beat Mumbai Indians by 7 wickets at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium on Monday night. With this result PBK finished group campaign with 19 points from 14 matches while MI finished at fourth position with 16 points.

Chasing a challenging total of 184, PBK reached the target in 18.3 overs losing 3 wickets. Young opener Priyansh Arya struck 62 runs from 35 balls while Prabhsimran Singh added 13. Then Australian Josh Inglis took the charge with captain Shreyas Iyer as the duo put on 109 runs in 59 balls. Inglis hit 73 from 42 balls. Iyer remained unbeaten at 26.

Earlier, in an innings where batters failed to make much of a mark, Suryakumar Yadav’s gritty 57 led Mumbai Indians to a total of 184/7. Yadav, who is known for his innovation and aggressive batting, has now certainly added longevity to his innings. His 57 off 39 deliveries saw him bat deep while his teammates struggled to make big scores and launched an all out attack in the death overs.

After being put to bat first, Ryan Rickelton (27) took to an attacking approach, which saw him score three boundaries in the opening two overs, Rohit Sharma (24) struggled to get going and it was not until the fourth over that MI really took the attack to the Punjab bowlers.

At 106/4 in the 13th over, Punjab Kings controlled the proceedings. Hardik would have been out on the first legal ball he faced but Vijaykumar Vyshak missed a regulation return catch.

Suryakumar and Naman Dhir (20 off 12) got the much-needed hits in the death overs. The 20th over from Arshdeep Singh was exactly what Punjab Kings needed to close the innings. The left-arm pacer took two wickets and gave away just three runs.

Brief Score: Mumbai Indian 184/7 in 20 overs (Suryakumar 57,  Rickelton 27,  Pandya 26; Jansen 2-34, Vishak 2-44, Arshdeep2-28) lost to  Punjab Kings 187/3 in 18.3 overs (Priyansh Arya 62, Josh Inglis 73). Agencies

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