IPL 2025 Final RCB vs pbks: Captain Shreyas Iyer, who brought Punjab Kings to the IPL final after 11 years, has lost sleep. In the final, Punjab is to face Virat Kohli's team Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). Shreyas Iyer has revealed that he could not sleep after reaching his team to the finals.

Punjab Kings defeated Mumbai Indians at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Sunday and made it to the finals. Shreyas won Punjab by hitting a six off Ashwini Kumar. He was adjudged for playing an excellent innings of 87 runs in 41 balls and the Player of the Match. Now on Tuesday, Punjab will face the title match of Royal Challengers Bangalore on this ground.

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Shreyas Iyer and RCB captain Rajat Patidar attended the press conference a day before the final. After this, both the captains had a photoshoot with the IPL Trophy. Earlier, Iyer told, 'I went to my room at night but could not sleep. I slept for only four hours and now I am here (press conference).

Talking about his innings, Shreyas Iyer said, 'When I say that I am in the zone, it starts long before the match. You prepare yourself with warm-up. Once I was completely into the zone, I knew how I would inspire my players. The bowlers stopped Mumbai at 203, which was a great performance. After this, I had a plan. I knew how I would play on that red clay pitch. Our openers gave a great start. Then Josh came to English number 3. This got me time to set.