Former India player Aakash Chopra has said that the Punjab Kings haven’t had a great itinerary in IPL 2025 as they have had to play their home games in three venues as well. However, he acknowledged that they have benefited a little as their first playoff game will be in New Chandigarh as well.

Previewing the PBKS-MI IPL 2025 clash in a video shared on his YouTube channel ‘Aakash Chopra,’ he said, “Punjab are a very strong team, but their bowling has stumbled a little. We saw them stumbling in the last match as well. We saw them surrendering against Sameer Rizvi. Tristan Stubbs also came, and Karun Nair scored runs before that, and they looked a little fallible. They didn’t play Yuzvendra Chahal as well.”

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“They defeated Rajasthan, but have lost one match. This is their third home ground. You have to feel for them, although it’s true that you will get a game in New Chandigarh in the playoffs. So maybe it evens out. However, the truth is that you have gone to New Chandigarh, then Dharamsala, and have come to Jaipur after that. Not the ideal thing,” he further added.

However, Aakash Chopra also stated that the Punjab Kings have a formidable batting lineup ahead of their IPL 2025 clash against the Mumbai Indians, saying that Shreyas Iyer’s finger injury is unlikely to trouble him as well.

“Punjab have depth in batting and Marcus Stoinis has regained his form now. Josh Inglis was also playing well in the last match. It doesn’t seem like Shreyas Iyer’s hand injury will have any impact, considering how well he batted to score a fifty in the last match,” he said.

“Prabhsimran Singh and Priyansh Arya, you want these two uncapped, incredible Indian players to come to the party now. So the focus will be on them. If that happens right, all other things will start falling into place. There is a slight weakness in bowling, but it’s not so much that it won’t let you sleep,” Aakash Chopra concluded.