Prabhsimran Singh - (Source : @Johns/X.com)
On Thursday, May 29, Punjab Kings locked horns against Royal Challengers Bengaluru at the Mullanpur Stadium for IPL 2025 qualifier one. The Rajat Patidar-led side won the toss and asked Punjab Kings to bat first. The decision turned out to be gold as RCB bowlers sent the PBKS openers back in the pavilion early on in the match.
Notably, Priyansh Arya and Prabhsimran Singh could not score big and PBKS lost two early wickets. Talking about Prabhsimran, he returned to the dug-out for a low score of 18 (10), which featured two fours and a solitary six. Despite his short cameo, Singh managed to script personal milestone.
Singh, with his 18-run knock completed 500 runs in IPL 2025 and has become the third PBKS batter to score 500+ runs in a IPL season. Meanwhile, it is worth noting that Singh has also joined an elite list of uncapped players with 500+ runs in an IPL season. Here is the complete list.
500+ Runs in an IPL Season by Uncapped Players
- 2008 - Shaun Marsh
- 2018 - Suryakumar Yadav
- 2020 - Ishan Kishan
- 2023 - Yashasvi Jaiswal
- 2024 - Riyan Parag
- 2025 - Prabhsimran Singh*
Singh also became the second PBKS uncapped star after Shaun Marsh to score 500+ runs in an IPL season. Talking about Prabhsimran, the right-hand opener, he has 517 runs in IPL 2025, with an average of 34.47, while he also scored 334 runs in IPL 2024 at an average of 23.86. Talking about the ongoing match, at the time of writing this article, PBKS are in deep trouble as the Shreyas Iyer-led side are reduced to 38/4 after 5.1 overs.
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