Mumbai will be able to finish 11 years waiting? (Photo- PTI)
In the qualifier 2 of IPL 2025, today, on 1 June 2025, Mumbai Indians will face the Punjab Kings team at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. The winning team will take on RCB in the final. This match is very important for Mumbai Indians, because they will try to break the process of defeat in this stadium. The record of Mumbai Indians was very bad on this ground, if he has to confirm his place in the finals, then a wait will have to be finished for years.
Mumbai will be able to finish 11 years waiting?
Mumbai Indians’ performance at Narendra Modi Stadium has been very disappointing for some time. The team has lost its last five matches on this ground, including the defeat against the Gujarat Titans in Qualifier 2 of IPL 2023. In that match, Gujarat scored 233 runs while batting first, and the Mumbai team was piled on 171 runs. Let me tell you, Mumbai won the only match at this ground in the year 2014. That is, he has not won a single match here for the last 11 years. For team captain Hardik Pandya and coach Mahela Jayawardene, it is a big challenge to break the process of defeat.
This qualifier is 2 compete or die. Mumbai has made it to the Eliminator by defeating Gujarat Titans and made it to the qualifier 2. In that match, Rohit Sharma and Jaspreet Bumrah performed brilliantly, on which the team won by 20 runs. At the same time, after losing in Punjab Kings Qualifier 1, it is coming down in this match. Both teams will make a living to make it to the finals, where they will face the team RCB, which has already reached the finals.
Head to head record between both teams
In the IPL, there has been a fight between Mumbai Indians and Punjab Kings. So far 33 matches have been played between the two teams. During this time, the team of Mumbai Indians has turned in 17 matches. At the same time, 16 matches have been the names of Punjab team. At the same time, a match was played between the two teams in the league stage this season. In this match, the Punjab team managed to win.