Royal Challengers Bengaluru wins IPL title after 18 years

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Royal Challengers Bengaluru wins IPL title after 18 years

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From being a three-time runner-up, RCB lastly scaled the height to put declare on the IPL trophy.

Seventeen editions of craving and heartbreak become unadulterated pleasure for the large fanbase as RCB shut out Punjab Kings by six runs within the closing on the Narendra Modi Stadium right here on Tuesday (June 3, 2025).

Virat Kohli, the proprietor of a blinding array of titles and milestones, added the one spotlight lacking within the checklist.

Rajat Patidar, in his first season as RCB captain, achieved what lots of his exalted predecessors — Kohli, Anil Kumble, Rahul Dravid, to call a number of — couldn’t attain.

In entrance of a packed home, stuffed predominantly by RCB supporters, the franchise choked a nervy PBKS.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru wins IPL title after 18 years

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Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s Virat Kohli holds the championship trophy as captain Rajat Patidar and others have fun in the course of the presentation ceremony of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 closing, on the Narendra Modi Stadium, in Ahmedabad, Tuesday, June 3, 2025.

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Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s Krunal Pandya holds the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 championship trophy in the course of the group’s victory lap on the Narendra Modi Stadium, in Ahmedabad, Tuesday, June 3, 2025.

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Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s Virat Kohli (L) celebrates together with his former teammate AB de Villiers after successful the Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 closing cricket match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Punjab Kings on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on June 3, 2025.

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Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s Virat Kohli (centre L) celebrates alongside together with his spouse and actress Anushka Sharma (centre R) after successful the Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 closing cricket match in opposition to Punjab Kings on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on June 4, 2025.

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VIJAY SONEJI

Royal Challengers Bangaluru Captain Rajat Patidar lifts the Trophy as they beat Punjab Kings by 6 runs throughout The TATA IPL 2025 Cricket Match between Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bangaluru at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Gujarat on Tuesday, May 03, 2025.

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Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s Virat Kohli (C), alongside together with his former teammates AB de Villiers (centre R) and Chris Gayle (centre L), celebrates with the trophy after successful the Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 closing cricket match in opposition to Punjab Kings on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on June 4, 2025.