Published: June 4, 2025, 01:00 AM
Royal Challengers Bengaluru, IPL champions. The 17-year-long wait was brought to an end by the Rajat Patidar-led side as RCB successfully defended their 190/9 against Punjab Kings in a six-run victory. Krunal Pandya, who has experienced the highs of an IPL title win thrice before and was the catalyst in 2017, put on yet another star turn with a championship-winning spell through the middle-overs (2-17) that left PBKS behind in chase.
In a game of small margins, PBKS fell behind having scored only 10 fewer than RCB in this period, leaving Shashank Singh and the lower-order with too much to get at the death against one of the better bowling attacks of the season.
