PBKS vs MI Qualifier 2: The excitement of IPL 2025 is in its last phase. In the IPL 2025, today on June 1, the Qualifier 2 match will be played between Shreyas Iyer’s Punjab Kings and Hardik Pandya’s Mumbai Indians. This match is to be played at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Whichever team wins this match will get a ticket to the IPL 2025 Final on June 3. Where either Hardik’s or Shreyas’s team will meet Rajat Patidar’s Royal Challengers Bengaluru. PBKS was defeated by RCB in Qualifier 1. Now they have come to play Qualifier 2. At the same time, Mumbai Indians crushed Gujarat Titans in the eliminator match.
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This will be the Equation if it Rains in Ahmedabad
If the match between Punjab Kings and Mumbai Indiansis canceled due to rain, then the Punjab team will reach the final without playing. Punjab’s team is the topper in the IPL points table. They won 9 out of 14 matches, they have 19 points, in this way Punjab will make it with a net run rate of +0.372. At the same time, Mumbai’s team secured a place in the playoffs with 18 points in 14 matches. In this sense, Punjab is the table topper and will reach the final. The same rule applies to IPL playoffs, because there is no provision for reserve day.
If the match is canceled due to rain, then who will get the ticket to the final?
These days, reports of sporadic rains are coming from many parts of the country. Monsoon has knocked in Kerala about eight days ago. In such a situation, the fans are scared that if rain knocks in today’s match as well and the result of the match is not out, then which team will enter the final? As there is no reserve day for the qualifier 2. That’s why even if the match is called off due to such circumstances, still the match result will be given.
As per the rules of IPL, if any playoff match is canceled due to rain, then the team that performs best in the league stage and is ahead in the points table will be given preference. For example, if today’s match is washed away by rain, then the Punjab Kings will get the ticket to the final. Because Punjab Kings (19) topped the points table by performing well in the league stage, while Mumbai Indians (16) finished their journey at the fourth position.
There is also a provision of extra time for Qualifier 2
There have always been some different rules for big matches. This time also, the board has made a provision of extra time for Qualifier 2. If rain interrupts the MI vs PBKS match, then extra time has been kept to complete the match. The board has kept the limit of extra time at 120 minutes i.e. two full hours. If the match is not completed even in this time limit, then the match will be declared cancelled and the team leading in the points table will be given the ticket to the final. There is no provision of reserve day for the match.
What Does IPL Playoffs Rules Says?
According to IPL playing conditions, if any of the matches in final, eliminator, qualifier 1 or 2 is tied or there is no result, then these rules will apply.
16.11.1: In this, these teams will compete with each other in the super over, when the winner has to be decided in the final.
1611.2: If the super over is not possible in the match, then the winner will be decided under Appendix F of IPL’s playing conditions. That is, the procedure of super over in Appendix F will be applicable to decide the winner. This is for the match to be cancelled due to rain, to get the result of a tied match.
If not even a single ball is bowled in the match, then Appendix F applies. At the same time, in case of cancellation of playoff match, the team which is at the top of the points table will be declared the winner.
How will the weather be in Ahmedabad?
The weather in Ahmedabad is expected to be bad during the Punjab Kings vs Mumbai Indians Qualifier 2 match. The temperature can reach 38 degrees, while in the evening it can drop to 31 degrees Celsius. There is a 10 percent chance of rain.
How is the record of Mumbai Indians and Punjab Kings in IPL Qualifier 2?
Mumbai Indians Record in Qualifier 2
Mumbai Indians is the most successful team in IPL history. Along with winning the title 5 times, Mumbai has also won the most matches. This is the 5th time that the Mumbai team will play the second qualifier of IPL. Before that, the team has also participated in Qualifier 2 in 2011, 2013, 2017 and 2023. The team won in 2013 and 2017 while it had to face defeat in 2011 and 2023.
Punjab Kings Record in Qualifier 2
Punjab Kings have played Qualifier 2 only once so far. In 2014, the team entered Qualifier 2 after losing in Qualifier 1. It faced the challenge of Chennai Super Kings. Virender Sehwag scored 122 runs in 58 balls in that match. Suresh Raina scored 87 runs in 25 balls for Chennai Super Kings but even after this Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings) won the match by 24 runs.