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The years old wait of cricket fans finally ended! Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) won their first historic title by defeating Punjab Kings (PBKS) by 6 runs in an exciting conflict in the final match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 played at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Tuesday, June 3, 2025. This victory not only eliminated the drought of the RCB trophy, but also created an atmosphere of happiness for millions of fans of Virat Kohli. This was RCB’s first win in four finals, which he got after the 2009, 2011 and 2016 defeat.
Talking about the match, Punjab Kings won the toss and decided to bowl first. Royal Challengers Bangalore scored a competitive score of 190 runs losing 9 wickets in the prescribed 20 overs. For RCB, Virat Kohli played an important innings of 43 runs in 35 balls, while captain Rajat Patidar (26), Liam Livingstone (25) and Mayank Agarwal (24) also made useful contribution. For Punjab, Kyle Zamison and Arshdeep Singh took 3-3 wickets and reinforced the run speed to some extent.
In response, the Punjab Kings team could score 184 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs and missed the title. Punjab openers, Priyansh Arya (24 runs) and Prabhasimran Singh (26 runs) gave a concrete start, but wickets kept falling at regular intervals. Captain Shreyas Iyer was dismissed for just 1 run. Josh English scored a fast innings of 39 runs, but Krunal Pandya of RCB took Punjab under pressure from Prabhasimran Singh and Josh English for just 17 runs in 4 overs, for which he was chosen as ‘Player of the Match’. Shashank Singh did not give up till the end and fought alone by scoring 61 runs in 30 balls, but he could not win his team. Bhuvneshwar Kumar also took two wickets, while Yash Dayal, Josh Hazelwood and Romario Shepherd got one wicket each.
With this victory, an interesting ‘coincidence’ caught the attention of cricket lovers. RCB won on 3 June. If you add 3 and 6 (for the month of June), then 9 comes. Then, add 2025 digits (2+0+2+5) and 9 comes. Thus, 3+6+9 = 18! And by chance, Virat Kohli’s jersey number is also 18. The coincidence of this ’18’ has made his victory even more memorable. This victory was not just a match, but the austerity of RCB years, struggle and promise of ‘E Sala Cup Namde’.