RCB vs PBKS: Rajat Patidar-led RCB finally won their maiden IPL title by defeating Punjab Kings in the final of the IPL 2025 by 6 runs.
Punjab Kings opted to bowl first after winning the toss. Phil Salt and Virat Kohli opened the innings for RCB, and the former didn’t take much time to go after the PBKS’ bowlers and started dealing boundaries, but in the 2nd over, Kyle Jamieson picked up his wicket. Virat Kohli and Mayank Agarwal took the innings forward, but the latter picked a wrong shot in Yuzvendra Chahal‘s over and got caught at deep backward square leg. Skipper Rajat Patidar chipped 26 runs as Virat Kohli kept scoring runs from his end. RCB kept losing wickets, and in the 15th over, Virat Kohli was caught and bowled by Azmatullah Omarzai to dent the hopes of RCB to get past the 200 mark. Jitesh Sharma’s quick-fire of 24 runs and some contributions from the lower-order batters took RCB to 190 runs at the end of 20 overs.
Chasing a total of 191 runs in the final, Prabhsimran Singh and Priyansh Arya played cautiously. They gave the start required to their team to take the score to 43 runs, but in the 5th over of the powerplay, Josh Hazlewood dismissed Priyansh Arya courtesy of a brilliant catch taken by Phil Salt at deep backward square leg. Josh Inglis and Prabhsimran Singh started closing the chase gap, but Krunal Pandya dismissed the latter in the 9th over. In the 10th over, Romario Shepherd picked up the wicket of Shreyas Iyer to light up the hopes of RCB. Josh Inglis was dismissed after scoring 39 runs. Shashank Singh held his end till the end but fell short by 6 runs to take his team to a win as RCB won the final.
IPL 2025, Final, RCB vs PBKS: Award Winners| POTM
Curvv Super Striker of the Match: Jitesh Sharma(RCB), Strike Rate- 240
My Circle 11 Fantasy King of the Match: Shashank Singh(PBKS)
Angel One Super Sixes of the Match: – Shashank Singh(PBKS), 6 sixes
Rupay on the Go 4s: Priyansh Arya(PBKS)- 4 fours
TATA IPL Green Dot Balls of the Match: Krunal Pandya(RCB)- 12 dot balls
Player of the Match: Krunal Pandya(RCB)- 2/17 in 4 Overs
IPL 2025, Final, RCB vs PBKS: Captains’ Corner
It is really special for me, for Virat Kohli, and all the fans. Those who have supported for years, they all deserve it. After the Qualifier, we thought that we can go through. I think 190 was a good score on this track as it was a bit slow. Bowlers executing their plans was tremendous to watch. Krunal is a wicket-taking bowler, I look for him whenever we need wickets. Suyash and the pacers were good all season. Shepherd gave the key wicket tonight. It’s a great opportunity for me and a great learning for me to captain Kohli, he deserves it more than anyone else. I just want to say one line to all the fans – Ee sala cup namdu
Rajat Patidar(RCB Captain) said post-match
Dejected, but the way our came up to the occasion… a lot of credit goes to the management and each and every player. Considering the last game we played here, I felt 200 was par personally. They bowled excellently. Krunal was phenomenal, used his experience, that was the turning point. Proud of each individual in our team, a lot of youngsters played their first season. Their fearlessness was phenomenal. Job is still half done, we have to win it next year. The way we turned up to every game was a positive, they’ve gained a lot of experience and we can build on that next year.
Shreyas Iyer(PBKS Captain) said post-match
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