New Delhi: Opener Phil Salt tightened 23 balls fifty-Indian Premier League (IPL), his fastest-like Royal Challengers Bangalore made a storm in the 2025 season finals, with Maharaja Yadvindra Singh International Cricket Stadium on Thursday a major eight wicket win in Punjab Kings.RCB bowlers founded a loud win, in which Suyash Sharma and Josh Hazelwood took three wickets, to end the line-up for just 101 runs in 14.1 overs to a star-stamped PBK. The salt then dazzled with a cheerful of a clean hit to finish an unbeaten at 56 off 27 balls, a shocking for 10 overs to steer the RCB house.With this win, RCB achieved its fourth presence in the IPL final, which will be played on June 3 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Meanwhile, Punjab Kings still have a chance to make the title clash when they play qualifier 2 at the same place on Sunday, which is against the winner of the eliminator.
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After the RCB’s clinical win, former franchise pacer and legendary bowler Dale Stan took an electrification on social media with a prediction.“Can you believe it?Chasing a minor target of 102, Virat Kohli left for a fast start, pulling Arshdeep Singh for a limit before seeing Kyle Jaimisson for another. At the other end, Phil Salat capitally captivated at additional bounce, sent to Arshdeep for one four and six. However, Kohli’s innings was cut in a wicket-direction fourth. Jaimisson took a back-off-a-round delivery around the sixth stump, which was in a distant shape and took Kohli’s stay and moved to the outside.With the ball walking around, Jaimison harassed Mayank Agarwal by beating him three times in an over. At the fourth delivery, Agarwal was given, but a successful DRS review reversed the decision. Salt stabilized RCB’s chase, cutting and steering Azmatullah Omrajai for a pair of a pair.
Aggarwal then played a fluent on-drive, while salt followed it with an elegant cover drive. He punished Jaimisson by pulling them for two fours and one six in the final of Powerplay, which scored 21 runs. RCB reached 61/1 at the end of the powerplay.Salt continued his attack by cleaning his front leg for six Hammer Harpreet Brar, while Aggarwal took Mushir Khan for sixes and a four. But Mushir hit back, Agarwal broke the 54 -run partnership by obtaining Aggarwal to take an edge over the flick, which was well taken into slip.The salt remained unaffected and reached its fifty in just 23 balls, celebrating a milestone with a slash through the point for four. From there, RCB’s victory was sealed. Captain Rajat Patidar attended the party, first run Musheer for a border and then a major win with a major win-win-sweep with a major win-sweep-and ahead of the final on June 3 to seal some well-earned days.
