The wait is finally over. Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) have won their first-ever Indian Premier League (IPL) title, defeating Punjab Kings in the IPL 2025 final at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.<\/p>\n
In a night packed with drama and emotion, RCB held their nerve to clinch the trophy, winning by 6\u00a0runs<\/strong> \u2014 a moment that will go down in franchise history.<\/p>\n As the final wicket fell \/ final ball was bowled, the stadium erupted. Cameras immediately captured an emotional Virat Kohli, who has been the face of the franchise for over a decade. Kohli, visibly teary-eyed, hugged his teammates as the crowd chanted his name.<\/p>\n RCB had set a target of 191 after posting 190\/9 in their 20 overs, with key contributions from Kohli himself, Rajat Patidar, and others. Their bowlers then turned up on the big stage \u2014 with Krunal Pandya\u2019s spell (4-0-17-2), Josh Hazlewood\u2019s crucial breakthroughs, and tight overs from Romario Shepherd and Bhuvneshwar Kumar ensuring Punjab Kings never quite found momentum in the chase.<\/p>\n As the Punjab innings wound down, chants of \u201cRCB, RCB\u201d<\/em> grew louder across the ground, with fans sensing that the elusive title was finally within reach.<\/p>\n For Virat Kohli, this triumph is particularly special \u2014 having taken RCB to three previous finals without success, this victory ends a long-standing narrative around the team\u2019s inability to cross the finish line. Kohli was seen raising the trophy aloft, sharing the moment with long-time RCB supporters and teammates.<\/p>\n With this win, RCB\u2019s name will finally be etched onto the IPL champions list \u2014 a moment the Bengaluru faithful and their global fanbase had waited 17 seasons to witness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The wait is finally over. Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) have won their first-ever Indian Premier League (IPL) title, defeating Punjab\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":437,"featured_media":42587,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ipl"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/437"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22358"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22358\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}