In the fifth match of IPL 2025, Punjab Kings defeated Gujarat Titans by 11 runs in a thrilling match. At one time Gujarat team was winning this match but Punjab fast bowler Vijay Kumar Vishaq overturned. Vijay Kumar did not take a single wicket in the match. He also looted 28 runs in 3 overs but despite this he became the hero of Punjab's victory. After all, how Vijaykumar became the reason for Punjab's victory even without taking wickets.
Vijay Kumar Vishk came on the field as an impact player. Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer put him on bowling in the 15th over. This player tied Jose Butler and Sherfane Rutherford, who was batting quickly while bowling. Before the arrival of Vijay Kumar, these two batsmen from Gujarat had grown 87 runs in 6 overs, but between 15 to 17 overs, Punjab spent only 18 runs.
Vijay Kumar conceded just five runs in his first over. After this, he gave 6 runs in his next over. The great thing is that he dotted 3 balls in this over against Rutherford. The defeat of Gujarat was decided from here. In his third over, Vijay Kumar conceded 18 runs but he had completed work in the first two overs. The Gujarat batsmen could not score runs against Vijay Kumar because he continued to be a Yorker outside the off stump, which even a stormy batsman like Butler and Rutherford could not withstand and finally Punjab won the match by 11 runs.
15th over - 5 runs. 17th Over - 5 Runs. 19th Over - 18 Runs. The impact, vijayakumar vyshak .. !!! What a spell under pressure by the man from karnataka. pic.twitter.com/isefxkb1h0
- Gufran (@Thegufrankhan) March 25, 2025
Prior to Vijay Kumar, the script of Punjab's victory was written by captain Shreyas Iyer. For this team, he landed on the field for the first time. Iyer scored 97 runs in 42 balls on the basis of 9 sixes. Apart from him, Priyansh Arya scored 47 and Shashank Singh scored an unbeaten 44 runs. Siraj, Rabada, the famous Krishna bowled very poorly for Gujarat, which this team lost.
