Big picture: Holy Trinity break-up

Seven teams have named their names on the IPL Trophy. One of them is no longer present. When it started, there were no part of the two leagues.

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Punjab Kings (PBK) IPL are ever-present. He has made four finals between them, but has neither won the title.

Instead, RCB and PBK are combined with Delhi Capital (DC), another trophy-cum-OG franchise, which refers to the Social Media’s Holy Trinity of the IPL. The surname has a certain amount of ridicule, but it has been feeling a soft, warm, even with fans of three teams, it is used with a sense of irony and solidarity with its fellow victims.

On Tuesday night, Trinity will no longer be Trinity. One of RCB and PBK would finally have won the IPL in its 18th attempt. Other … Okay, you will not want to stay in that camp.

For a PBKS fan, this will be another pre -seson reset – they have lots to keep count – nothing, and one for an antibacide finish Ingredient campaign This will make a rolling sports film: A coach that went out of his way to bring a captain to a captain to prove, both of them created a place for a group of unaccounted, to play the local players unwanted to play the local players, hoping a team that was only known misery.

For an RCB fan, this will be the fourth defeat in the fourth final, and all the promises of a new way – a team that finally get the right balance between the bat and the ball, the top -order flash and the depth of the batting, between the superstar and the support cast – is coming at the same old end.

It will be above all, for another bitter shock Virat KohliThose who have placed another season together with run-scoring-500-Plus run in the eighth record-one tail-end of 12 months, including the T20 World Cup and Champions Trophy Triumphs on one side and a bitwatch test retirement on the other. Destiny, of course, can’t plan the 18th Trophy-cum IPL season, which is on its back with 18?

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Then, two teams, tantalizali, are close to finding the supply that has removed them for 17 years, but will fall into the final stages of a trip. Rarely, an IPL final has promised to be very happy and very heartbroken at once.

In Spotlight: Rajat Patidar and Yuzvendra Chahal

SilverWinning six in qualifier 1 against PBK was a symbolic moment for RCB, because his batting approach IPL 2025 The captain who took over at the beginning of the season is reflected. He also set the tone quickly, with a player-of-the-match performance, which helped RCB defeat Chennai Super Kings (CSK) for the first time in 17 years and for the first time in ten years in Mumbai Indians in Mumbai Indians in Mumbai Indians. However, their returns are closed, and their number for the season – 23.83 runs at an average of 286 and a strike rate of 142.28 – does not capture their impact. However, the dip will not disintegrate it; He will come out to play his shots, and how it may just have to bat against a powerhouse PBKS line-up in Ahmedabad, one of the most scoring places this year.

Yuzvendra Chahal Once the IPL has won, technically, he has played a match for MI when he won the title in 2013. They will not feel that he won it, however: he is in two previous finals, with RCB and Rajasthan Royals (RR), and lost both. On Tuesday, he will be against RCB, with which he played for eight sessions. A hand injury dropped him out of PBK’s defeat in Qualifier 1, but with both of them winning the match against two other old teams. In Chahal’s last game before the injury broke, his middle -over craft helped RR to slow down RR after chasing 220 – PBK eventually won by 10 runs. Then, on his return, he took Suryakumar Yadav’s big wicket in qualifier 2 against MI. Chahal has already hurt RCB once this season, Taking 2 for 11 In low scoring, rain-shorted competition in Bengaluru; Can he do it again in the biggest match of the season?

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Team News and Sambhavna XII: Will David play?

A big injury is suspected from the last around Tim davidWhich missed the last two matches of RCB with a hamstring injury. If she is fit, she is likely to return to her line-up directly at the price of Liam Livingstone.

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Two days after winning the qualifier 2 against Mi in the same ground, PBK is likely to stick to the same combination. Chahal played against MI and bowled all his quota, but PBKS bowling coach James James Hopes revealed after the game that he was less than full fitness. If Chahal’s hand does not allow him to play in the final, PBK can either go with just a spinner or bring it to Harpreet Brar.

Punjab kings Chahal/Harpreet Brar.

Big question

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Pitch and Conditions: There is a reserved day in the final

The Narendra Modi Stadium has been the highest scoring of regular places of this IPL, in which the teams batted for the first time in eight innings and batted in the other innings – and were running the last 220 four times. The first team has won six matches out of eight matches, but the toss -winning team has tried to chase – possibly due to the difficulty of assessing yoga in high scoring situations – doing so in eight matches seven times.

PBK has played here twice this season and won both times. He played his first match of the season here and scored 243 runs for 5 in tone-setting performance, and returned to Qualifier 2, where he reduced RCB a controversial defeat for RCB in Qualifier 1, pursuing a target of 204 with an over against MI.

RCB comes in three meetings to beat PBK twice, but will be denied not being played in Ahmedabad this season yet.

The pitch square for the final will have a mixed -mitti (red and black) surface – this is where PBK opened its season with a win over the Gujarat Titans (GT).

The two -hour magic of unmatched rain delayed the beginning of Qualifier 2. There is a possibility of rain again on the final day, but according to the forecast one. A reserve day is in place, the finals should not be completed on Tuesday.

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Main Statistics and Strategic Points: Hazelwood Danger

Josh hazalwood Although this may not happen, Hazelwood can play an important role in shaping the final yet. He has already taken six wickets in three matches against PBK this season, and Josh England and Shreyas Iyer rejected twice twice. His T20 record against Iyer Unprecedented is: 11 runs in 22 balls, and four wickets.

Suyash Sharma The left -handed batsmen (193.00, 9.81) during IPL 2025 have a marked priority for bowling for right -handed batsmen (an average of 31.57, economy rate), and conversely PBKS (five wickets at 7.40 and five wickets at 7.40 and 5.84 economy at 7.40. Nehal waderaThe only left -handed batsman in the mid -order of PBKS hit Suyash in 21 in 12 balls during a win on RCB in this season of PBKS. He fell for a low score in the other two meetings, beyond which Suyash took a joint 5 for 43 in seven overs.

While Kohli has freed his normal view of T20 batting, he still shows a tendency to slow down in the middle overs – especially the period of immediately after the powerplay. In IPL 2025, out of 28 batsmen facing at least 50 balls in 7-10 overs, Kohli’s 109.61 strike rate is the third lowest, which is just above Ajinkya Rahane (102.97) and KL Rahul (107.31). If Kohli survives the powerplay, his partner at the crease during the early mid -overs, and the PBKS choice of bowlers in that period may be important for the flow of the game.

Patidars can destroy spin on their day, but he goes to the final against Harpreet Brar with a quite quiet record (18 balls, 21 runs, a dismissal) And Yuzvendra Chahal (27 balls, 40 runs, two dismissal,

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Citation

“I think till now I have no information about Tim David. The doctors are there, and we will know this evening.”
RCB captain Silver On the availability of his major finisher

“I can only say that I went back to my room and slept. And then I came here. So I have not received any news about it.”
Is Yuzvendra Chahal’s hand after bowling at less than 100% fitness in qualifier 1? Their captain Shreyas Iyer Do not know, or will not say