After RCB defeated PBKS in IPL 2025 Qualifier 1, PBKS fast bowling coach James Hopes said, "The worst thing our batsmen can do now is blink...and start jumping at shadows and second-guessing themselves." "We played...first over okay with...bat and then it...just snowballed from there," Hopes added. PBKS will now face winner of Eliminator between MI and GT in Qualifier 2.