🏏IPL 2025 - Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers, Final, N M Stadium🏏 - Page 9

Rain playing spoil sport again..

Originally posted by: SlatePencil

history does not repeat always

I said either RCB will win Or they will witness another heart break

But my choice of words were different

I saw a comment I was like wtf

Everyone is jealous of Rcb so they want them to lose toh kabse chal raha hain

But what the f is poori duniya ka intrest RCB se hain agar RCB jeet gayi toh log ipl ur cricket main intrest kam karenge as unka sapna poora huya Ur koyi nahi cahata cricket ki popularity kam ho isliye sab RCB ko harwa rahe

5.40pm Plenty to discuss, plenty to write about. First thing's first. How's the weather in Ahmedabad? It's clear. Sidharth Monga informs that it barely rained for two minutes, and as things stand, there are bright blue skies above. The forecast is for no rain interruptions, so we should be fine on that point.

And then there were two. After 70 league games, two qualifiers and one eliminator, there remain two teams. Two teams who have been around from the inaugural season. Two teams who have never lifted the IPL trophy. Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and Punjab Kings (PBKS). The IPL ever-presents. The OGs. They've been here before - PBKS once, RCB three times - but the feeling of being IPL champions has eluded them. Until today. One of these two IPLs OGs will finally not be trophyless. One of these two teams will finally be able to etch their names on that glittering trophy.

5.35pm local: 17 years! 17 loooong, painful, agonising, trophyless years. Legends have come and gone, generations of fans have learnt how to cope, but the title has remained a distant dream. Not anymore, though. RCB and PBKS are one step away from making it their reality as they go head to head in Ahmedabad this evening. If ever there was all to play for, it's here. Winning will change everything, while losing will feel familiar but worse than before. At the end of the day, the IPL will crown a new champion and won't that be a moment for the ages. Join us then as we get going for one final time this season - one which has thrown up surprises, new stars and two captains who are on the cusp of doing something very special for their respective teams

PBKS have been in one IPL final before, while RCB have been in three. In 18 seasons, PBKS have had 17 different captains, while RCB have had 9. No wonder then that both Shreyas Iyer and Rajat Patidar are going to be viewed very differently irrespective of what happens tonight. They've come in and had immediate success, leading two of the most underperforming sides in IPL history to the top two spots in the league table.

Incidentally, it was these two captains who faced off in the Syed Mushtaq Ali trophy final late last year, and Iyer's Mumbai team came out on top. However, so far this season, Patidar's RCB have had the edge over PBKS, leading 2-1, including a thumping win in the first Qualifier. But Iyer has already ensured to point out how this will be a "different wicket" compared to that game. Indeed, the final will be played on the same pitch where PBKS started their campaign and smashed a total of 243 against the Gujarat Titans. In contrast, RCB haven't played a single match at this venue so far. The pitch in question will be a mixture of black and red soil, and six of the eight matches have been won by the team batting first in Ahmedabad.

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Originally posted by: WildestDreams

https://x.com/mufaddal_vohra/status/1929853965748846830?s=46

Faltu me they changed the venue

https://x.com/itzshreyas07/status/1929747764675748155?s=46