Yuzvendra Chahal missed out on the blockbuster conflict towards Punjab Kings in Qualifier 1 of the continuing IPL 2025. The star spinner is nursing a finger damage however was anticipated to be match for the playoffs.

Chandigarh:

Star Punjab Kings spinner Yuvendra Chahal missed the blockbuster conflict towards Royal Challengers Bengaluru in Qualifier 1 of the continuing IPL 2025. He is the main wicket-taker in IPL historical past, however hasn’t been in his common type this yr. He has been out of motion because the match towards Rajasthan Royals on May 18. Explaining the explanation behind it, the Punjab administration revealed that the 34-year-old was nursing a finger damage however was anticipated to be match for the playoffs.

However, Chahal didn’t recuperate on time as Harpreet Brar retained his place within the taking part in XI. Apart from the leg-spinner, Punjab additionally missed the service of Marco Jansen. The South Africa worldwide needed to go away India to hitch the nationwide workforce for the upcoming World Test Championship remaining towards Australia.

In his absence, the workforce administration backed Kyle Jamieson. The New Zealand worldwide was signed rather than Lockie Ferguson, thow was dominated out earlier within the match.

Meanwhile, Royal Challengers Bengaluru received the toss and elected to bowl first in Mullanpur. The excellent news for them is that Josh Hazlewood is again within the taking part in XI, which can increase their likelihood to qualify for the summit conflict, slated to be performed on June 3 on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.

The Australia worldwide changed Nuwan Thushara within the taking part in XI. On the opposite hand, Tim David missed the blockbuster conflict vs PBKS as he’s nonetheless recovering from the hamstring damage he suffered throughout the match towards Sunrisers Hyderabad.

Teams:

Punjab Kings (Playing XI): Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh, Josh Inglis (wk), Shreyas Iyer (c), Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Azmatullah Omarzai, Harpreet Brar, Arshdeep Singh, Kyle Jamieson

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Playing XI): Virat Kohli, Philip Salt, Rajat Patidar (c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Dayal, Josh Hazlewood, Suyash Sharma