RJ Mahvash posted a heartfelt tribute for the Punjab Kings (PBKS), with a special mention for star spinner Yuzvendra Chahal, following their tight loss to Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in the IPL 2025 Final. The summit game, staged on Tuesday, June 3 at Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium, saw RCB win by six runs while defending a target of 190, claiming their first IPL title after 18 years.
On Thursday, June 5, Mahvash uploaded an Instagram picture with many photos from the IPL 2025 campaign. In her caption, she complimented Yuzvendra Chahal’s resilience, mentioning how he overcome three fractures to give his all for the squad. She wrote:
“They fought, stayed and played till the last match! And special post to @yuzi_chahal23 because what people don’t know is that his ribs got fractured in the second match only and his bowling finger got fractured later, this guy played the entire season with 3 fractures! We all have seen him screaming and crying in pain but have never seen him giving up!”
RJ Mahvash
“I mean what warrior spirit you have, man. The team kept fighting till the last ball! It was nothing but an honour to be a supporter of this team this year! Well played boys. All the people in these pictures have my heart. See you next year! Also, many congratulations to RCB and fans for winning the title. Everyone played and worked hard! Cricket , and IPL ..my God again! Truly a festival for us Indians.”
RJ Mahvash
Meanwhile, this was Punjab’s second IPL final appearance, the first since the 2014 season, when they were defeated by the Kolkata Knight Riders.
A look at Yuzvendra Chahal’s numbers in IPL 2025
Yuzvendra Chahal’s IPL 2025 campaign had injury disruptions and missed three games. But he was involved in 14 games and took 16 wickets at 26.87 and economy of 9.55. His standout game was perhaps the two four wicket hauls in which one of those also included a hat trick against the Chennai Super Kings.
Currently, 34-year-old Chahal is at the top of the all-time IPL wicket chart with 221 legacies in 174 matches, having an average of 22.76 and an economy rate of 7.96 while his best stats remain 5/40.
