Punjab Kings will play Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the IPL 2025 final on Tuesday, June 3, in Ahmedabad. It is PBKS’s second final in the IPL and their first in 2014. Interestingly, their present captain Shreyas Iyer played his IPL debut only in 2015, a year later after their previous final. Though PBKS might be quite inexperienced as a franchise in pinnacle confrontations, some of the players in their team have the experience of reaching IPL finals for other franchises.
IPL title-winning and final experience, Key members
| Player | Titles and finals |
|---|---|
| Shreyas Iyer | 1 (Kolkata Knight Riders – 2024), 3rd IPL final |
| Prabhsimran Singh | 0 (Played all seasons for PBKS) |
| Priyansh Arya | 0 (Maiden IPL season) |
| Josh Inglis | 0 (Maiden IPL season) |
| Nehal Wadhera | 0 (Maiden IPL final) |
| Shashank Singh | 0 (Maiden IPL final) |
| Marcus Stoinis | 0 (2nd IPL final) |
| Azmatullah Omarzai | 0 (Maiden IPL final) |
| Arshdeep Singh | 0 (Played all seasons for PBKS) |
| Vysakh Vijaykumar | 0 (Maiden IPL final) |
| Kyle Jamieson | 0 (Maiden IPL final) |
| Harpreet Brar | 0 (Played all seasons for PBKS) |
| Yuzvendra Chahal | 1 (Mumbai Indians – 2013), 3rd IPL final |
Trump cards
Yuzvendra Chahal made his IPL debut in 2013 with the Mumbai Indians and featured in only one league game. He appeared in two IPL finals, for RCB in 2016 and for RR in 2022. He took one wicket apiece in both the finals.
Shreyas Iyer scored an unbeaten 65 for Delhi Capitals against Mumbai Indians in a losing cause in the 2020 final. He was at the non-striker’s end when Venkatesh Iyer hit the winning run for Kolkata Knight Riders against Sunrisers Hyderabad in last year’s final.
Former RCB players
Yuzvendra Chahal, Vysakh Vijaykumar, Kyle Jamieson and Marcus Stoinis played for RCB in the past.