IPL 2025 Final: Punjab Kings out? Can they win the IPL trophy now: EXPLAINED

Punjab Kings IPL 2025: IPL season 18 has reached its final stage, today Gujarat Titans vs Mumbai Indians Eliminator (GT vs MI Eliminator) match will be played. Whichever team loses this match, its dream of winning the title will be shattered and that team will be out. Punjab Kings has also lost the first match of the playoffs, so is it out? Let us tell you about the rules of playoff matches and its history.

IPL 2025 Playoff Format

4 teams reach the IPL playoffs, which are in the top 4 positions after all the matches of the league stage are over. Now those 2 teams get more benefit in this, which are in the top 2. This time Punjab Kings were in first place and Royal Challengers Bangalore were in second place.

Punjab Kings has lost Qualifier-1

Qualifier-1 is played between the top 2 teams, which was held on Thursday and in that RCB defeated Punjab by 8 wickets. The winning team directly enters the final while the losing team is not out. This is the advantage we were talking about, while the third and fourth ranked teams do not get this benefit.

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The eliminator match is played between the third and fourth ranked teams in the points table, which will be played today on Friday, 30 May between Gujarat Titans and Mumbai Indians. The losing team will be out of the tournament, while the winning team will also not reach the final.

IPL season 18 has reached its final stage

Before the final, the second qualifier will be played, which is between the winner of the eliminator match and the losing team of Qualifier-1. This match will be held on June 1 at Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium in Ahmedabad. The final will be played on June 3 on the same ground.

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Punjab will get another chance

Now you must have understood that Punjab Kings is not out of IPL 2025, now it will have to win the second qualifier. Whichever team loses this match will be out and the winning team will be the second finalist. Let us tell you how many times the team that lost Qualifier-1 has won and lost since the Qualifier matches are being played in history.

2024: SRH lost Qualifier-1, it also lost to KKR in the final.

2023: GT lost Q-1, it also lost to CSK in the final.

2022: RR lost Q-1, it also lost to GT in the final.

2021: DC lost Q-1, it also lost Q-2.

2020: DC lost Q-1, they lost to MI in the final as well.

2019: MI lost Q-1, they lost to MI in the final as well.

2018: SRH lost Q-1, they lost to CSK in the final as well.

2017: MI lost Q-1, they won the final.

2016: GL lost Q-1, they lost to Q-2 as well.

2015: CSK lost Q-1, they lost to MI in the final as well.

2014: PBKS lost Q-1, they lost to KKR in the final as well.

2013: MI lost Q-1, they won the final.

2012: DC lost Q-1, they lost Q-2 as well.

2011: RCB lost Q-1, they lost the final as well to CSK.