On Monday, May 26, the Punjab Kings (PBKS) defeated the Mumbai Indians (MI) by a commanding seven wickets in the penultimate league game of the 2025 Indian Premier League. The match took place in Jaipur’s Sawai Mansingh Stadium. As a result, PBKS secured a top-two finish and raced to the top of the points table.
Suryakumar Yadav (57) continued his prolific form this season, scoring another half-century to help MI reach a solid total of 184/7 after being asked to bat first. In the first inning, several batters supported him with small contributions. Vijaykumar Vyshak, Marco Jansen, and Arshdeep Singh each took two wickets for PBKS with the ball.
PBKS won the chase easily thanks to outstanding half-centuries from Josh Inglis (73) and Priyansh Arya (62). Shreyas Iyer completed the formalities after the two left by making a brief appearance and scoring 26* (16), which put his team over the finish line in 18.3 overs.
Fans expressed their enjoyment of Monday’s IPL 2025 match between the Mumbai Indians and Punjab Kings by posting amusing memes on X, the platform that was formerly known as Twitter. The top memes are as follows:
Shashank Singh said they will finish in the top 2 in this season
PBKS current position – 1st pic.twitter.com/WlhUb9VwFa
— Sagar (@sagarcasm) May 26, 2025Every team helped MI to qualify for Top 2 except MI themselves pic.twitter.com/pfeS0w0CZ8
— Dinda Academy (@academy_dinda) May 26, 2025Mumbai Indians 😂#MIvsPBKS pic.twitter.com/tIRuUKbpkS
— Rajabets 🇮🇳👑 (@rajabetsindia) May 26, 2025If Preity Zinta is happy, three generations of men are happy pic.twitter.com/m8znIZlUup
— Sagar (@sagarcasm) May 26, 2025Who is Rohit Sharma? 😍
For Photosynthesis he is mesophyll cell,
For RBC he is Bone marrow,
For Pyruvate he is Glucose,
For Glucagon he is alpha cell,
For Insulin he is beta cell,
For origin of life he is a long story of “Evolution” 🙈
GOAT Hitman🐐 pic.twitter.com/OLI76bQ2qp
— TukTuk Academy (@TukTuk_Academy) May 26, 2025Blud bottled a rigged Top 2 spot 💀 pic.twitter.com/pdTA3BO855
— Dinda Academy (@academy_dinda) May 26, 2025#MIvsPBKS pic.twitter.com/8KpGa4pmVW
— Raja Babu (@GaurangBhardwa1) May 26, 2025Last 6 din ke matches waste karwa diye Ben Stokes pic.twitter.com/pBH8CZrkfL
— Sagar (@sagarcasm) May 26, 2025Leaked Conversation#MIvsPBKS | #PBKSvsMI pic.twitter.com/GlbTnXYwPt
— Sagar (@sagarcasm) May 26, 2025“We were not up to the mark, and that cost us” – Hardik Pandya reflects on MI’s loss vs PBKS in IPL 2025 clash in Jaipur
At the post-match presentation, Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya commented on the defeat, saying:
“The way the wicket played, we haven’t been up to the mark on that one and missed it. It has always been very tough, and if you take the leg off the accelerator, then the other teams are keen to win games. The message is clear: to get ready for the knockouts. As an overall batting unit, we were 20 runs short, and we will figure it out post-game. We backed Ashwani, we felt that it would work today, but that is fine.”
Hardik Pandya
“It would have been the same; the second wicket stand was outstanding, where they took on certain deliveries and got the runs. Overall, we were not up to the mark, and that cost us. We need to play good cricket. What template will work as a batting group. The bowling has been great throughout the season. We are in the same situation as four days ago and we are looking forward to the Eliminator.”
Hardik Pandya
On Tuesday, May 27, at Lucknow’s Ekana Stadium, RCB and LSG will square off in the IPL 2025 final league encounter.
