Australian women’s team captain Alyssa Healy shared her views ahead of the IPL 2025 final between Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and Punjab Kings (PBKS). The big final will be played at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.

“Neither team has obviously never won before. There’s going to be a little bit of panic at some point out there. RCB would really want to win, having come so close in the past. I feel like all the pressure is on RCB to win this title. Especially with the way they have shaped up all the year. But Punjab are just going to come along and steal it from them,” she said on the LiSTNR Sport podcast (via Hindustan Times).

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Meanwhile, Alyssa Healy also felt sorry for RCB star Virat Kohli, stating that the pressure will be on him in the final as well. She further added that should they lose yet another final, Kohli will have to take the blame for that once again.

“I feel sorry for him. Every time they haven’t won, it’s like his fault. It’s not per se. But he is the face of the organisation, and it’s like ‘Oh, Virat has lost it again’. It’s not so much for RCB, but ‘Virat still hasn’t won the IPL trophy’. So the pressure is all on him. And that side is going to rely a lot on Virat Kohli to get RCB to that trophy,” Alyssa Healy concluded.