India, May 29 -- The Royal Challengers Bangalore managed to take seven wickets within 9 overs to reduce the Punjab Kings to 60/7 in the IPL 2025 Qualifier 1 on Thursday. Bangalore pacers Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal and Bhuvneshwar Kumar combined to pick five wickets in 6.3 overs before leg-spinner Suyash Sharma came in the ninth over to pick the prized scalp of Shashank Singh. Musheer Khan and Marcus Stoinis were then dismissed for a duck and PBKS were down to eight wickets in 11 overs.

Yash Dayal kicked off Punjab's nightmare start by tempting Priyansh Arya to drive at a good length wide-ish delivery. The PBKS opener was caught by Krunal Pandya at cover. He scored seven runs off five balls.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar dismissed Prabhsimran in the...