RCB raised IPL trophy for the first timeImage Credit Source: PTI
The 17 -year long wait of Royal Challengers Bangalore is over. Royal Challengers Bangalore, who have faced defeat and jokes many times for the last 17 years, have finally won the Indian Premier League title for the first time. Bengaluru, captained by Rajat Patidar, defeated Punjab Kings by 6 runs in an exciting final. With this, the team became the champion of IPL 2025. Bangalore successfully defended the 190 -run score and won the match by 6 runs on the memorable spell of Krunal Pandya, Yash Dayal and Bhuvneshwar Kumar. Along with this, Virat Kohli, former captain of the team and from the first season, also became the IPL champion.
The coincidence of 18 hits for Virat and RCB
In this final played on Tuesday 3 June at Narendra Modi Stadium, everyone’s eyes were on whether Virat Kohli would be able to write IPL champions in front of his name this time. The reason for this was also. Before the commencement of the season, it was happening repeatedly that this is probably the best year for Virat, who wears the number 18 jersey in the 18th season. Perhaps luck is waiting for this opportunity for them. Even his fans were mentioned about the end of Mahabharata in the 18th day. After all, all these coincidences proved to be pleasant for Kohli and RCB.
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18 Called 18 & #RCB Finally lifts #Tataipl Title for the first time in 18 years!
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– Star Sports (@StarsportsIndia) June 3, 2025
But Virat becomes a villain with his batting
But before this, Virat Kohli himself seemed to prove to be a villain for the team in this final. After losing the toss, Bangalore started to bat first and Phil Sold was dismissed after putting some big shots. From here, players like Mayank Agarwal (24), Captain Rajat Patidar (26) and Liaum Livingston also came, who made some big shots but could not last long. But from the other side, Virat, who was on the crease, struggled to put big shots and due to slow batting, everyone was targeted.
In such a situation, when Virat was out after scoring just 43 runs in 35 balls, the difficulties of Bengaluru seemed to increase. At such a time, Jitesh Sharma did the same work for which he was present in the team and whose trust he gave to his fans. Jitesh gave 24 runs in just 10 balls, while Livingston, who was failing the entire season, also scored 25 runs. Kyle Jameson and Arshdeep Singh took 3-3 wickets for Punjab.
Krunal Pandya returns RCB
Punjab Kings made a fast start in the first 2-3 overs but as soon as Krunal Pandya (2/17) came on an attack, he not only gave the first success, but also curbed the pace of runs. But Bangalore got the biggest shock when Romar Shepherd took the wicket of Shreyas Iyer on his fourth ball in the 10th over, that too on just 1 run. The hope of returning to Bengaluru from here increased. The next major setback to Punjab as Josh English in the 13th over, when Pandya again took the wicket of Josh English (39), who was pushing the score fast.
The situation in Punjab became difficult from here, but still he had players like Nehal Vadhera, Shashank Singh and Marcus Stoinis. But in the 17th over, Bhuvneshwar Kumar stamped the defeat of Punjab by taking the wickets of Vadhera and Stoinis. In the last over, 29 runs were needed to win and Shashank Singh (60 not out) scored his stormy half -century with 3 sixes and 1 four but still the team could reach 184 runs. In this way, where the wait for Bengaluru’s trophy ended, Punjab’s efforts once again failed.