Virat Kohli’s 18-year-long wait for winning the Indian Premier Legaue title is finally over. The Royal Challengers Bengaluru beat the Punjab Kings by 6 runs in the IPL 2025 final.
The mega encounter was hosted at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Tuesday (3 June). Punjab won the toss and were picked to bowl first.
Virat Kohli’s 43 runs in 35 balls helped RCB set a decent base. Kohli’s opening partner Phil Salt scored a valuable 19 runs.
Kohli got the support from Mayank Agarwal’s 24, Rajat Patidar’s 26, Liam Livingstone’s 25, Jitesh Sharma’s 24 and Romario Shepherd’s 17 runs.
This led RCB to put a total of 190 runs at the cost of nine wickets in 20 overs.
Chasing the 191 target, Punjab got a decent start with Priyansh Arya scoring 24 runs and Prabhsimran Singh adding 26 runs. Even Josh Inglis’s 39 runs set a decent base.
But experienced Krunal Pandya took two wickets in Inglis and Prabhsimran Singh from the set position and put Punjab on the back foot.
Making things worse, Punjab captain Shreyas Iyer contributed just one run. Shashank Singh scored 61 (not out) runs in 30 balls, but others kept losing wickets. As a result, Punjab were able to score 184/7 in 20 overs.
RCB have finally broken the curse of not winning the IPL title. But Punjab have to wait for another year and possibly beyond to win their first IPL title.
Kohli went emotional after winning the IPL silverware for the first time in his career. It was Virat’s fourth IPL final, losing the previous three to win the 2025 edition under the captaincy of Rajat Patidar. It was an emotional moments for the loyal RCB fans too at the stadium.
Royal Challangers VS Punjab Kings Scorecard
Royal Challengers · 190/9 (20)
| Virat Kohli 43 (35) | Arshdeep Singh 3/40 (4) |
| Rajat Patidar 26 (16) | Kyle Jamieson 3/48 (4) |
| Liam Livingstone 25 (15) | Vyshak Vijay Kumar 1/30 (4) |
Kings · 184/7 (20)
| Shashank Singh 61* (30) | Krunal Pandya 2/17 (4) |
| Josh Inglis 39 (23) | Bhuvneshwar Kumar 2/38 (4) |
| Prabhsimran Singh 26 (22) | Yash Dayal 1/18 (3) |
Toss: PBKS won the toss and decided to bowl
Venue: Narendra Modi Stadium
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