The Royal Challengers Bengaluru ended their 18-year drought and claimed the IPL title for the 18th season of the IPL 2025. The final took place at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad.
RCB had posted a target of 190 runs in 20 overs which looked pretty chaseable before Punjab came in to bat as Narendra Modi Stadium is known for chasing huge totals but the tables completely turned around in Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s favour. Moments before RCB was about to win, Virat Kohli was seen in tears as the 18 years long wait came to an end.
Enough to make mature man cry pic.twitter.com/HWB1cfn1PG
— Shauryx (@Kohli_Devotee) June 3, 2025
It was Krunal Pandya’s over that was an absolute game-changer for RCB and brought them back into the game in second innings. He took 2 wickets in 4 overs by just giving away 17 runs. He was also named as the Player of the Match, which is also his second time in an IPL Final.
Apart from Virat Kohli’s 43, none of the batters of the Royal Challengers Bengaluru batters could create an impact during the finals. With Mayank Aggarwal (24), Rajat Patidar (25), Liam Livingstone (25), and Jitesh Sharma’s (24) contribution, RCB could reach the total of 190 with a loss of 9 wickets. With the early loss of Phil Salt, Virat Kohli tried to stabilize the innings but eventually lost his wicket to Azmatullah Omarzai.
Punjab bowlers bowled well, with Kyle Jamieson and Arshdeep Singh’s 3 wickets each leading to the stumbling of RCB’s innings. Yuzvendra Chahl, Azmatullah Omarzai, and Vijaykumar Vyshak bagged 1 wicket each, which led to none of the bowlers going wicketless.
Punjab’s openers, Priyansh Arya and Prabhsimran Singh, got to a good start but lost one of Priyansh Arya’s before the end of the powerplay. Apart from Josh Inglis (39), none of the batters could create an impact with the bat. Trouble started raising when captain Shreyas Iyer was dismissed for just 1 run. Shashank Singh showed intent with the bat after hitting 61 runs. Marcus Stoinis could not make a difference with the bat.
