Ahead of the crucial IPL 2025 Qualifier 2 between Punjab Kings (PBKS) and Mumbai Indians (MI), left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh is confident and focused on guiding his team to their first-ever IPL title. The high-voltage match will be played on Sunday, and a victory will take PBKS to their second IPL final, where they will face Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) on June 3.
Fans can catch the PBKS vs MI live action exclusively on JioHotstar, which is streaming all IPL 2025 live matches.
Arshdeep Singh on Handling Pressure and Trust
Enjoying the Responsibility
Speaking ahead of the match, Arshdeep said,
“𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒎 𝒊𝒔 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰’𝒎 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒑 𝒓𝒖𝒏𝒔 𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒕𝒔, 𝒊𝒕 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍𝒔 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒎𝒆. 𝑰 𝒆𝒏𝒋𝒐𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚, 𝒏𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒔. 𝑰 𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆, 𝒇𝒐𝒄𝒖𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒎.”
With 18 wickets in 15 games, Arshdeep is PBKS’s leading wicket-taker in IPL 2025, playing a key role in their playoff push.
Recalling Special Memories Against Mumbai Indians
A Debut to Remember
Reflecting on his journey, Arshdeep recalled,
“𝑶𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒚 𝒇𝒂𝒗𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕 𝑴𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒂𝒊 𝑰𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒕 𝑾𝒂𝒏𝒌𝒉𝒆𝒅𝒆, 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝑰 𝒕𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒘𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒕𝒔 𝒅𝒆𝒇𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 220+ 𝒕𝒐𝒕𝒂𝒍. 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒏 𝒊𝒔 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒚 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕.”
Legacy and Vision for the Future
Arshdeep added,
“𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒐𝒏, 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑 𝑷𝒖𝒏𝒋𝒂𝒃 𝑲𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝑰𝑷𝑳 𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒂 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒍𝒆𝒈𝒂𝒄𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒎 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔.”
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