Shreyas Iyer plays an all-time great knock, PBKS set up final against RCB to ensure a new IPL champion

In 18 seasons of the IPL, Mumbai Indians have never lost a game when they had posted a total of 200 and above.

- GNS News Agency, June 7

On Sunday, extending into early hours of Monday morning, in the Qualifier II, Shreyas Iyer made it a chew-gum-and-spit effort with an unbeaten 87 off 41 that took Punjab Kings to only their second ever IPL final and first since 2014. They will fight it out against Royal Challengers Bengaluru - another team hoping to end their title drought at the same venue on Tuesday. At the half-way stage, when Punjab headed back to the dugout, they appeared a confident bunch that is capable of overhauling the target of 204 particularly the manner in which the five-time champions bowled in their game against Gujarat. It is an attack that is overtly dependent on Jasprit Bumrah to rescue them time and again. See him off with minimal risks, and Punjab had the resources to pull it off. That is easier said than done in a chase of 200 and above when one has to keep an eye on the asking rate. After losing Prabhsimran Singh early in the third over, it was the fifth over delivered by Bumrah that actually got the chase on track for Punjab. With Priyansh Arya causing early damages, Hardik Pandya turned to Bumrah in the powerplay in the hope of landing more punches on Punjab's top-order which has done all the scoring for them. Instead, Josh Inglis did a calculative assault, taking Bumrah for 20 runs (2x4, 2x6) in the fifth over.