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The Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad is set to host the final of IPL 2025 between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Punjab Kings. Bowlers, whether spin or pace, actually hold the key especially in the briefest format of the game, particularly because of the fact that while it is the batters who make headlines, the bowlers create the inlet into a game winning spell or a match turning effort.
Nothing other than pure brilliance and clever thinking on the part of the bowlers will be needed by both teams as they prepare to clash in the mega 2025 IPL final and truth certainly is that at this particular ground, i.e., the Narendra Modi stadium, the current fold of the Punjab bowlers has more credible experience over the RCB camp.
But then, which are the best bowlers at the venue from the two teams even if predominantly, performance and experience wise it is Punjab who seem to hold the edge over Bangalore at this mega venue?
Yuzvendra Chahal
A world class spinner, someone who brings such prized experience to any stable, let alone a big, prominent IPL camp, Chahal has been the quiet star for Punjab for quite some time. One hopes that Chahal plays this game tonight having courted injury concerns in the edition before and can produce a great spell to remember.
From 13 matches so far, the spinner has bowled 289 deliveries, picked 11 wickets and has the best bowling spell of 2 for 25 at the venue.
Arshdeep Singh
He's a class act and someone who could simply elevate the contest against the RCB given his proven match-winning spell-binding wicket taking potential. And where it comes to the Ahmedabad stadium, then Singh has been quite nice with his performances.
From 7 matches so far at the venue, he has not only picked 7 wickets from 148 deliveries, but taken a best bowling spell of 2 for 16.
Yash Dayal
The Prayagraj-born fast bowler for the RCB contingent may not have played too many games at tonight's venue but will surely be one of the prominent bowlers for the RCB camp against Punjab.
At this venue, he's picked from 5 games so far, two wickets and that is something that could also play well into Punjab's hands.
But then Dayal has the experience of having bowled here previously.
Harpreet Brar
Clearly, without any doubt, one of the pick of the bowlers in the Punjab side, Brar, an able turner of the ball has played at this very ground 5 matches, from which he's scalped 5 wickets, having bowled 96 deliveries and enjoyed the best bowling figures of 3 for 19.
Can the bowler known for his penchant for economic spells produce a belter of a spell here tonight?
Kyle Jamieson
What the Kiwi giant would do well to remember right now is that just when his team desperately needed a wicket the other evening against the mighty Mumbai Indians, he came in and got the prized scalp of Tilak Verma. He also seems to be in reasonably good rhytm, having only conceded runs at an economy of 7.5 the previous game.
What Punjab need from their lanky man is to bounce RCB a bit and shake them up via some quick wickets tonight. But will that happen?
From 3 matches at this venue, Jamiseon has picked 4 wickets, bowled a total of 66 deliveries and has the best figures of 2 for 32.
Azmatullah Omarzai
One of the most noted young bowling talents in the international game, not just the IPL, Omarzai holds the key for his PBKS team and tonight at Ahmedabad could be an evening where he simply surprises the opponents.
Removing Pandya and Naman Dhir the last contest in the must-win clash, Omarzai cut himself in a different bracket altogether and it was just the kind of performance that could fetch a handy and mighty result for his Punjab stable.
So far, at this particular venue, Omarzai in 6 matches, has bowled 108 deliveries, taken 6 wickets and has the best bowling figures for 2 for 27.
Can he produce a spell to rememebr tonight at Ahmedabad?
