Punjab Kings (PBKS) will lock horns with Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the final of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, former India great Sunil Gavaskar believes that the PBKS face a slight disadvantage ahead of the all-important summit clash.

According to the Little Master, PBKS may not have enough time to recover after their hard-fought win against Mumbai Indians (MI) in Qualifier 2 on Sunday.

The former India captain is of the opinion that the short turnaround could affect the players' physical recovery and a longer break would have been beneficial following such exertion.

"It certainly does help. And for the Punjab Kings, I think also the fact that they just get a day's break before the final and the match also finished so late against Mumbai Indians - that doesn't give too much time for the body to recover. Yes, I know it's a late evening game, it's a 7:30 start, but the body does certainly need a lot of rest after the exertions of the previous day," said Gavaskar in a recent interaction.