 "Royal Challengers Bengaluru players celebrate with the trophy after defeating Punjab Kings in the final of the 2025 Indian Premier League at Ahmedabad's Narendra Modi Stadium. AP")
Royal Challengers Bengaluru delivered on their promise on ending a 17-year wait for a maiden Indian Premier League (IPL) title by defeating Punjab Kings by 6 runs in the final in Ahmedabad on Tuesday. Virat Kohli was overcome with emotion , having been part of the franchise since the IPL’s inception in 2008 and waiting until the 18th season to fulfill his dream of lifting the trophy, after RCB restricted PBKS to 184/7 after posting 190/9 on the board.
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Krunal Pandya chipped in with a superb spell of 2/17 from four overs which derailed PBKS’ chase and ultimately earned him the ‘Player of the Final award’ while Kohli top-scored for his team with a knock of 43 off 35 balls, narrowly missing out on his ninth half-century of the season and signing off as the team’s top run-scorer this season with 657 runs.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru become 8th team to win IPL
RCB, in the process, became the eighth franchise to win the Indian Premier League, joining Chennai Super Kings, Mumbai Indians, Kolkata Knight Riders, Gujarat Titans, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Rajasthan Royals and the now-defunct Deccan Chargers. CSK and MI have five titles each and KKR three while the remaining teams, RCB, included have won.
Delhi Capitals, Punjab Kings and Lucknow Super Kings are the only teams still in existence that are yet to lift the trophy even once. DC and PBKS have been part of the IPL since the inaugural season in 2008 and having gone as far as the final – twice in Punjab’s case.
The now-defunct Rising Pune Supergiant, which had been in existence for two seasons, had also come close to winning the title after finishing runners-up in 2017.
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2008: Rajasthan Royals (Shane Warne, Australia)
2009: Deccan Chargers (Adam Gilchrist, Australia)
2010: Chennai Super Kings (MS Dhoni, India)
2011: Chennai Super Kings (MS Dhoni, India)
2012: Kolkata Knight Riders (Gautam Gambhir, India)
2013: Mumbai Indians (Rohit Sharma, India)
2014: Kolkata Knight Riders (Gautam Gambhir, India)
2015: Mumbai Indians (Rohit Sharma, India)
2016: Sunrisers Hyderabad (David Warner, Australia)
2017: Mumbai Indians (Rohit Sharma, India)
2018: Chennai Super Kings (MS Dhoni, India)
2019: Mumbai Indians (Rohit Sharma, India)
2020: Mumbai Indians (Rohit Sharma, India)
2021: Chennai Super Kings (MS Dhoni, India)
2022: Gujarat Titans (Hardik Pandya, India)
2023: Chennai Super Kings (MS Dhoni, India)
2024: Kolkata Knight Riders (Shreyas Iyer, India)
2025: Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Rajat Patidar, India)