The performances of Punjab Kings (PBKs) have been exceptional in India Premier League (IPL) 2025. Under the captaincy of Shreyas Iyer and the training of Ricky Ponting, the twice IPL finalists have finished a 11 -year -old drought to qualify for the playoffs.
In the process of doing so, they have also matched a unique T20 record that batting units rarely achieve. The PBKs have obtained seven scores of more than 200 while they hit for the first time in IPL 2025.
Punjab Kings Equal Warwickshire Bears and GT with 206/8 on PBK vs dc shock
To put that record in perspective, only the Gujarat Titans this season and the England County team Warwickshire Bears in T20 Blast 2022, the National T20 T20 tournament of the United Kingdom, have achieved this feat to date.
Against Capitals de Delhi on Saturday at the Sawai Mansingh stadium in Jaipur, Punjab Kings recorded a total of 206/8 in 20 overs, which is its seventh more than 200 total this season.
After being put first by the Captain of DC Faf du plessis, the PBKs Piyansh Arya and Prabhsimran Singh openers could not continue their form, since Arya was fired for six races in the second by Mustafizur Rahman.
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However, the collective efforts of the rest of the batters and 53 of 34 balls of Captain Shreyas maintained their score rate at 10 races for more.
Marcus Stainis finally found his rhythm in the tournament and was up to his reputation as a great batter with a 44 not out of 16 balls that had three limits and four six to send to PBK beyond the score of more than 200 for the seventh time.
PBKS ‘FINE RUN WITH THE BAT IN IPL 2025
Of these seven instances, PBKs has tried the victory four times, while its game against KKR was dragged due to bad weather. The only time they lost was against Sunrisers Hyderabad when the incredible 141 of 55 balls of Abhishek Sharma of 55 balls flew them in the Uppal stadium despite establishing a gigantic objective of 246. SRH had cut the total with nine spare balls and eight WICKETS in his hand.
While they have incredibles with the bat, PBK showed that they were difficult with the ball when they defended a miserable 111 against KKR to win in 18 races, which is the lowest successful defense of a total in the history of the IPL.
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