From Chokers to Champions RCB’s Incredible Turnaround

RCB wins first IPL Trophy: Royal Challengers Bangalore has finally become the IPL champion. RCB has won the title, ending the wait of 18 years. Virat Kohli’s team RCB defeated Punjab Kings by 6 runs in the final.

RCB wins IPL Trophy: Royal Challengers Bangalore has won the IPL title, ending the wait of 18 years. Virat Kohli’s team RCB defeated Punjab Kings (PBKS) by 6 runs in the final of IPL 2025. RCB’s biggest hero Kohli scored the most runs for his team in the final. Krunal Pandya won the Player of the Match award with his amazing bowling. This is Virat Kohli’s third trophy in 11 months. He won the T20 World Cup in June last year and the ICC Champions Trophy in March this year. The trophy was won. Interestingly, Virat did not get as emotional even after winning the ICC trophy as he did after winning the IPL on Tuesday night. This victory was an emotional moment not only for Kohli but also for RCB fans. These are the 10 special things about the IPL 2025 final.

1. RCB’s first title win

Royal Challengers Bangalore has won the IPL title for the first time. Earlier, it had reached the finals in 2009, 2011 and 2016 but missed the title. This time it did not make any mistake. RCB won the IPL title in Ahmedabad. In the match played at Narendra Modi Stadium, India scored 190/9 runs. After this, Punjab Kings were restricted to a score of 184/7. The celebration of this victory continued all night in Bengaluru. People came out on the streets and burst firecrackers.

Virat Kohli was the top scorer

Virat Kohli scored the highest 43 runs (35 balls) for his team. Even before the match was over, hasty trollers started trolling the ‘King’ by calling Kohli’s innings slow. But when the match was over, it was revealed that Virat What was the importance of this innings. Virat had been waiting for this victory for a long time. As soon as the team won, Virat Kohli sat down on the field emotionally.

Jitesh-Romario’s cameo

When Virat Kohli was out in the 15th over, RCB’s score was 131 runs. It seemed that the team would not be able to make a score good enough to win. But Jitesh Sharma (24 runs, 10 balls), Liam Livingstone (25 runs, 15 balls) and Romario Shepherd (17, 9 balls) scored quickly in the final over to take the team to 190.

Arshdeep and Jamieson took 6 wickets

For Punjab Kings, fast bowlers Arshdeep Singh (3/40) and Kyle Jamieson (3/48) took six RCB batsmen Outed him. It was due to his bowling that RCB could not reach 200 runs. Punjab pacers troubled all the batsmen including Kohli with short pitch and slow balls.

Punjab’s strong chase but…

Punjab Kings had scored 136 runs for 4 wickets at one time. Then they needed 55 runs in 29 balls to win. From here Punjab looked like a contender for victory but Nehal Wadhera (15), Marcus Stoinis (6) and Azmatullah Shreyas Iyer’s side came under pressure after Omarzai (1) was dismissed in quick succession.

Krunal Pandya turned the tables

Krunal Pandya gave the best performance for RCB when he came to bowl after scoring 190 runs. He took two wickets for just 17 runs in a spell of 4 overs. He took the wickets of Josh Inglis (39) and Prabhsimran Singh (26) Krunal was adjudged the Player of the Match for this performance.

Romario Shepherd’s big wicket

West Indies’ Romario Shepherd once again pulled RCB out of trouble. He gave such a blow to Punjab Kings by dismissing captain Shreyas Iyer (1) that they could not recover from it till the end. This was the moment when RCB This gave rise to the confidence that now she can win the match.

Bhuvi’s double blast

Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s (2/38) double blast in the 16th over also broke the dreams of Punjab Kings. When Bhuvi came to bowl in the 17th over, Punjab’s score was 136 runs for 4 wickets. By the time he finished the over, this score The score reached 144 runs for 6 wickets. Bhuvi dismissed Nehal Vadhera and Marcus Stoinis in this over.

Captaincy of Rajat Patidar

Rajat Patidar’s captaincy was also important in RCB’s victory. When it was believed that 190 runs were not enough to win, Patidar captained brilliantly. He stuck to his plan without coming under pressure. The bowlers Bowled at the right time. As a result, when there were 5 overs left in Punjab’s innings, Bhuvi-Hazlewood-Yash Dayal had 2-2 overs left. That means they had enough options, which became the reason for RCB’s victory.

 Virat-AB and Gayle celebrated together

Virat Kohli’s title win was also celebrated by his two old teammates AB de Villiers and Chris Gayle. Both the legends were seen in RCB jersey after the victory. Virat, AB and Gayle also lifted the trophy together. Virat said that these two legends had given their all to win this trophy. This celebration is incomplete without them. These three also raised a slogan – E Sala Cup Namdu, which means this cup is ours.