In the IPL 2025 final, Punjab Kings bowling players seemed to have come with a complete list of weaknesses of Bengaluru (RCB) in their pocket.

First Kyle Jamieson surpassed Phil Salt Phil Salt with a length delivery that was skired to the middle and was brilliantly caught by Pbks captain Shreyas Iyer.

While Yuzvendra Chahal obtained her regular scalp from former PBK captain and Karnataka Mayank Agarwal batter with her second ball, Jamieson put more mella when sending the captain of the RCB Rajat Patidar, who was just warming up with a six.

Jamieson threw three slower balls below 120 kmph and then sent a floating Yorker to Patidar that he could do nothing.

Azmatullah Omarzai obtains the kohli virat wickt in IPL 2025 final

The great wickt arrived when Azmatullah Omarzai ran diagonally after Virat Kohli embroidered a short ball and completed an excellent diving capture. As a result, RCB was limping at 132/4 after 15 overs in a batting shelter at the Narendra Modi stadium.

The legendary Chennai Super Kings opener, Matthew Hayden, in the comment box, seized Pbks’s tactics and pointed out the “Australian” of the bowling plans that led to Kohli’s dismissal.

“Set plans absolutely without a doubt about that. Very different plans for other batters. Star Sports.

“This is largely an Australian plan. You see it in BBL (Big Bash League) all the time. You have greater square limits (as in Ahmedabad here) and on the ground it is short The old Australian Opener.

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