IPL 2025: Pandjab Kings got the right to play qualification 2, says James Hopes

Kings Panjab earned the right to get a second shot in the IPL final, said bowling coach James Hopes. On Thursday, Panjab, Royal Challengers Bengalur was demolished on Thursday, May 29 in qualifying 1 Indian Premier League. Although they played in their home location, Panjab has tallen and lost his match on a massive edge 8 goal.

The team will now play on Sunday at the Narendra Modi stadium in Ahmedabad qualification 2 against the winners of the Indians Bombay and Gujarat Titans. Bowling coach James Hopes spoke at a press conference only a few minutes after a horror loss against the RCB and said it was difficult to spend the loss, but had to get it out of their system.

“It is hard to spend that the game ended 20 minutes ago (before it should). But it is also important to spend it and continue tonight. We will have to do it hard, but hopefully we will meet RCB on Tuesday evening,” Hopes said after the match.

The former Australian versatile said that Panjab probably went too aggressive with the bat in the first shifts, on the pitch that had sufficient help for the pitch. Hope argued that Punjab probably needed to see a new ball and an attack outside the powerplay, something Phil Salt did Kyle Jamieson in the second exchange of the game.

“We probably went a little too hard to do it. We should have realized that 180 would be enough on this pitch if we could extract some movement later. It was a bit damp and we had a rough night today,” Hope said.

“Kyle’s second was very good, but his second, 6. Through the match, the ball was no longer moving and it was a bit of a slide. We needed more than a hundred on this field.

Bowling coach PBKS closed by saying that there were a lot of interviews that the team would have after the game and trying to bounce hard in the next match in Ahmedabad, where they have already won against Gujarat Titans at a high score.

“There will be a lot of interviews about the game. We didn’t have a great night with the bat, but now we have a 2 -day turn so we can play the next finals (Playoff) we’ve earned. We worked very hard for two and a half months to earn a second chance and scared this second chance.”

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