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RCB vs PBKS IPL 2025 Final: The cricket fans should not use the memes anymore. They should put aside all the jokes as the Royal Challengers Bengaluru have become the champions of the IPL 2025 for the first time after 18 years. They successfully defended a respectable target of 190 runs against a formidable Punjab Kings and have ended their 18-year-old title drought. Krunal Pandya was the pick among the RCB bowlers as he had registered match-winning figures of 2/17 in the four overs that he bowled and rattled Punjab Kings' batting lineup and thus helped Virat Kohli fulfill his dream of winning the only trophy that was missing from his cabinet. Kohli had already won a T20 World Cup, an ODI World Cup, and a Champions Trophy. And on Tuesday, he also became an IPL winner.

For RCB, legends have come and gone. Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble, Daniel Vettori, and even Kohli himself tried their best but couldn't get RCB over the line. Rajat Patidar, 32, in his first year as captain, outshone them all, cementing his place in the RCB history books.

At a venue where 200-run targets have been changeable without breaking much sweat, RCB must get all the credit in the world for defending a total of 10 runs short. Given the start Prabhsimran Singh and Priyansh Arya provided Punjab, the target did not look threatening at all. But once Patidar rolled the dice on his spinners, the wheels began to come off. From 72/1 in the ninth over, PBKS slipped to 98/4 in less than four overs, with Krunal leading the charge. PBKS eventually finished at 184, just six runs shy, only possible due to Shashank Singh's brilliant half-century, which unfortunately for PBKS, came a little too late.

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Punjab Kings launched their chase with confidence, as openers Priyansh and Prabhsimran pounced on loose deliveries. Arya set the tone with a boundary off Bhuvneshwar Kumar's first over, while Prabhsimran capped it with a towering six. Yash Dayal’s second over proved expensive, leaking runs with a fortunate boundary and a leg-bye four. Josh Hazlewood tightened things up in the third over, but the momentum remained with PBKS. The Aussie pacer struck in the fifth over, removing Arya, and Bhuvneshwar’s economical fourth over kept the run rate in check. By the end of the powerplay, Inglis injected aggression with a six in the sixth over, though RCB squandered a review.

Here's how the cricketing world reacted to RCB winning their maiden IPL title:

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