The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 season is currently underway, with all 10 teams having completed at least four or five games. With each game carrying crucial points, the competition for the top four spots remains intense. Teams will be looking for consistency and improving their net run rate (NRR) to stay in contention for the playoffs.
The latest fixture of IPL 2025 witnessed one of the dramatic games in the league’s history, with Punjab Kings setting a new record for the lowest total successfully defended, bowling Kolkata Knight Riders out for 95 after setting them a modest 112 to win at their home ground in Mullanpur on Tuesday.
Yuzvendra Chahal was the architect of KKR’s spectacular capitulation on Tuesday, collecting 4/28 in a game-changing post-powerplay spell as the defending champions lost their last seven wickets for just 23 runs after sitting pretty at 72/3 close to the halfway mark.
KKR could have jumped to the top of the points table had they chased down the 112-run target in 14.1 overs or less; instead they slipped to the sixth spot while PBKS moved into the top-four with their fourth win in six outings.
Here’s a look at the updated points table after the PBKS vs KKR match:
Orange Cap: Nicholas Pooran (LSG) — 357 runs in 7 innings at a strike rate of 208.77.
Purple Cap: Noor Ahmad (CSK) – 12 wickets in 7 innings at an economy of 7.12
The final IPL 2024 league standings saw eventual champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) finish on top with 20 points from 14 matches, thanks to 9 wins, 3 losses, and 2 no-results. They were followed by Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Rajasthan Royals (RR), both with 17 points, securing second and third positions respectively.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) completed a remarkable turnaround to clinch the fourth playoff spot. They won five matches in a row to finish with 14 points and edging out Chennai Super Kings (CSK), Delhi Capitals (DC), and Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), all of whom also ended with 14 points but had inferior NRRs.
Gujarat Titans (GT) suffered due to two no-results and a poor NRR, finishing 8th with 12 points, while Punjab Kings (PBKS) and Mumbai Indians (MI) rounded out the bottom two.
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