RCB won their maiden IPL title by defeating the Punjab Kings last night.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) defeated the Punjab Kings (PBKS) by six runs in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 Final to clinch their maiden title. The Men in Red have carried on a brilliant form throughout the season. They’ve become the first-ever team to win all seven of their away matches of the league stage in a single IPL season. RCB remained unbeaten on their away-triumph streak by winning the Qualifier 1 in Mullanpur and the IPL 2025 Final in Ahmedabad.
Let’s look at the five best knocks by RCB players in IPL 2025.
Newly appointed RCB captain Rajat Patidar put up a brilliant 64-run knock off 32 balls against the five-time IPL champions Mumbai Indians (MI). After being invited to bat first by the hosts, RCB were well set on 95/2 after the ninth over of the innings. Patidar continued that momentum with a blistering strike rate of 200.
He stayed in the middle till the penultimate over and helped to post a mammoth 221/5 on the scoreboard. The wicketkeeper-batter Jitesh Sharma also notched up a 19-ball-40 alongside him. Eventually, RCB won their only face-off against MI this season by 12 runs.
In the 34th fixture of the IPL 2025, Australian player Tim David registered a brilliant fightback against the Punjab Kings (PBKS) at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. They were coming from a two-match losing streak at home, and the third match was also no different from the previous ones.
PBKS won the toss and elected to field first. They reduced Bengaluru’s batting lineup to 39/5 under seven overs. However, David stayed unbeaten on that tricky wicket and scored a brilliant half-century off 26 deliveries. After his fierce strike rate of 192.30, the next best of 127.77 was from captain (23 off 18). Moreover, these were the only two RCB batters who scored in double digits that night. PBKS won that rain-hit clash by five wickets.
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All-rounder Krunal Pandya put on a show with his bat to score his highest knock in the IPL against the Delhi Capitals (DC). RCB elected to bowl first and conceded 162/8 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in the 46th match of the IPL 2025. While chasing the total, the Bengaluru outfit found themselves reeling on 26/3 after four overs.
A rescue act from Krunal saw them complete the chase with nine balls remaining. The southpaw scored 73 runs off 47 balls at a strike rate of 155.31. He also scalped the wicket of former RCB skipper Faf du Plessis and gave away just 28 runs while bowling in the first innings.
Windies’ big-hitter Romario Shepherd put up an astonishing knock against one of the successful franchises in IPL history. RCB were 157/5 against the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the 18th over.
However, a blazing knock of 53 not out off just 14 balls at an astonishing strike rate of 378.57, took the total to 213/5. Eventually, his whirlwind knock proved to be crucial as the Royal Challengers won that match by a close margin of just two runs. With this victory, they registered a double over CSK for the first time in 18 years.
Jitesh played an unimaginable knock of 85 not out off 33 balls at a blazing strike rate of 257.57 in the final league-stage match of the IPL 2025. His pulsating knock against the Lucknow Super Giants helped RCB to secure a place in Qualifier 1.
This came when RCB was struggling at 123/4 in 12 overs while chasing a mammoth 227. However, Jitesh took RCB over the line with eight balls remaining. Eventually, the Men in Red went on to win Qualifier 1 and the IPL 2025 Final to end their over-a-decade-long title drought.
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