This is why Mumbai Indians may not be able to make RCB in IPL 2025 Final – Inside Sport India

After 72 games with a high octangene, we are finally busy with the penultimate match of the current Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 season. While the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) has already sealed their place in the IPL 2025 final and had recently even had a hardcore training session, they are waiting for their opponents. The Mumbai Indians (MI) and the Punjab Kings (PBKs) will fight for a place to deny RCB that lifts their first crown.

Although PBKs also try to have an elusive IPL title, MI are heavyweights. The momentum is also with Mi, with those who enter qualifying 2 on the back of a victory over the Gujarat Titans (GT) in the Eliminator a few days ago. That said, Mi is now confronted with their most difficult task. They are confronted with PBKs, which they have already defeated in the competition phase. And it wasn’t just an ordinary game. It was high-stakes, because the loss deny a top-two entrance! Although the past is now in the past, the future may not have anything special for MI.

Why PBKS mi could beat in qualifying 2

There are several factors that are currently making the Mumbai Indians a reported team. Yes, they might have recorded a pounding victory over GT, but even that was not smooth sailing. PBKs can use meshes, despite the fact that they even endure a fat offense in qualifying 1 themselves. Yes, it was a day off for PBKs, but they will not be bundled for 101, especially with a batting -line -up of the gun they have.

Mi highly dependent on Bumrah

It is difficult not to be dependent on Jasprit Bumrah when he stands in your side. It is not surprising that he has a dream IPL 2025, after he has taken 18 wickets against an economy of 6.37, the best by everyone this season. His bowling average (15.33) is also elite. However, in some games, the will of Deepak Chahar and Trent Boult have not been able to create the same pressure in some games.

Chahar, who stands in line to return for Qualifier 2, has easily leaked runs. In fact, he maintains his worst season (in terms of economics) – 11 Wickets in 14 games, an economy of 9.17. He starts well, but often leaks in his last pair of overs-something that the in-shape and hard PBKS stroke people can exploit.

Even Boult is leaked at almost 9 points per over, where he leaked 56 in the last game itself. Hardik Pandya itself has recently been a big disappointment. In the last 10 games with the ball, the MI skipper has managed only three wickets in an economy of 10.68 and on a terrible average of 67.66. When Mi needs a wicket, they can’t look anywhere else than Bumrah. That is the reality. It is another matter when the world’s best bowler continues to dominate, even when the opposition just tries to play him.

History says that bad news is incoming for Mi

Mumbai Indians (MI) have all the tools to play on a great scoop, a black soil slow track or another well -balanced surface. However, the Narendra Modi Stadium has been their archenemy. They simply do not deliver in the largest cricket stadium in the world, after they have lost all their last five meetings.

The last victory of Mi at the location arrived in 2014 when they defeated the Rajasthan Royals (RR) with 25 points. That remains the only victory of Mi in Ahmedabad. Although Pandya would like to restore the opportunities to his advantage, the franchise really did not succeed in gauling the surface. Rohit Sharma, who hit a flaring 81 in the previous game, also has bad grades when it comes to IPL qualifications. The sample size is also nine games, which is a lot. In 9 onions he only managed 81 – the same score that he insisted in the eliminator alone on Friday.

Rohit Sharma’s statistics in IPL qualifications