After 18 seasons, Royal Challengers Bengaluru (“RCB”) have finally won their first IPL trophy on June 3 by defeating Punjab Kings by 6 runs at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad. The Rajat Patidar led side, which also has cricketing icon Virat Kohli, ended its 18-year-long wait for the maiden IPL trophy. Punjab Kings is another team which has also never won the IPL title.
In the final, RCB batted first after winning the toss. They posted a competitive total of 190 runs for 9 wickets in 20 overs. Virat Kohli led the charge with a solid 43 runs off 35 balls.
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Punjab Kings managed to score 184 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs, falling just 6 runs short of the target.
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Krunal Pandya was named the “Player of the Match” for his outstanding bowling performance, taking 2 wickets for 17 runs.
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Notable Awards
The IPL 2025 Orange Cap winner was Gujarat Titans’ Sai Sudharsan (759 runs in 15 matches).
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The IPL 2025 Purple Cap winner was Gujarat Titans’ Prasidh Krishna (25 wickets in 15 matches).
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The IPL 2025 Super Striker was Rajasthan Royals’ Vaibhav Suryavanshi (run rate of 206.6).
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Did You Know?
Virat Kohli is the only player to represent the same franchise in every edition of the Tournament.
RCB had reached the IPL final three times earlier – in 2009, 2011, and 2016 – but lost on each occasion.
The 2025 IPL final was played at the Narendra Modi Stadium, the largest cricket stadium in the world, with a seating capacity of 132,000!
After the RCB’s win, many fans in Bengaluru went near the M.Chinnaswamy stadium to celebrate. However, due to large crowds a stampede happened. Some people got hurt, and some sadly lost their lives.
If you find yourself in a crowd that is moving quickly or pushing, try to stay on your feet and move with the crowd. Protect your head and chest with your arms, and if you fall, curl up and cover your head until you can safely get up.
The Indian Premier League (“IPL”) is an international-level professional T20 cricket game played in India since 2008 which means that each side gets to play for 20 overs each. The IPL is usually played during the month of April – May of every year in India. Did you know that Twenty20 cricket became extremely popular after India won the T20 World Cup in 2007?
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Origins of IPL
IPL is a cricket league established by the Board of Cricket Control in India (“BCCI”). BCCI is the governing body for all cricket activities in India. IPL was the brainchild of the then BCCI Vice-President Lalit Modi. The IPL has a group stage system where 10 teams play each other and the top four teams after the group stage qualify for the knockout stages. The Ten teams are based out of major Indian cities.
How does IPL Work?
In the beginning, the franchises were auctioned by the BCCI, where the highest bidder won the rights to own a team, representing each city. Each year the players are auctioned and the teams bid on them.
Each IPL team is mandatorily required to have four foreign players and seven Indian players. Cricket players at the International level of all countries will be shuffled together with the domestic as well as International Indian Players. This shuffling process is done through an annual auction, which happens prior to the start of the IPL. The players will go into the auction and get selected by a particular team. The selected player will play for that auctioned team for a particular agreement period.
The first season of the IPL became a huge success. It followed an 8 team format having the likes of superstars like MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli, Sachin Tendulkar, Brendon McCullum, and several others taking part in it. Over the years IPL saw the emergence of many young players, young players found a platform to showcase their talent which helped them to reach their dream of playing for their country.
Team selection
IPL’s franchises were provided in an auction-based format where people were asked to bid from a base price of $400 Million. Business tycoons like Vijay Maalya and Mukesh Ambani became owners of Bangalore and Mumbai teams respectively, the Bollywood industry also got in the business process when superstar Shah Rukh Khan won the bid for the Kolkata Knight Riders for $75.09 million.
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Who won the first IPL?
Rajasthan Royals won the inaugural IPL by defeating Chennai Super Kings in a crunch encounter defeating them on the very last ball to clinch the title by 3 wickets.
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All IPL Winners
Mumbai Indians hold the most number of IPL titles with their trophy cabinet currently containing 5 titles, they are closely followed by MS Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings with four titles. The 2022 season saw the emergence of a new dominant team in the form of Gujarat Titans, who won the IPL title in their very first season.
When were the other new teams introduced?
In the 2022 season, IPL turned into a 10-team league with the introduction of two new teams in the form of Gujarat Titans and Lucknow SuperGiants. The Gujarat team hosts its games in the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad which is also the biggest stadium in the world with a seating capacity of 132,000.
Some interesting facts about IPL
Royal Challengers Bangalore (“RCB”) holds the record for the highest (263) and lowest (49) total score in IPL history.
Sourav Ganguly of Kolkata Knight Riders was the first wicket to fall in the first-ever game of the IPL on 18th April 2008 as Zaheer Khan of Royal Challengers Bangalore scalped his wicket.
Virat Kohli is the only player to play for only one franchise (RCB).
Brad Hogg is the oldest player to play in an IPL match at the age of 45 years when he featured against Gujarat Lions playing for his team Kolkata Knight Riders on May 8th, 2016.
Prayas Ray Barman is the youngest player to play in an IPL match at the age of 16 years and 157 days when he played in Royal Challengers Bangalore’s game against Sunrisers Hyderabad on March 31, 2019.
Chris Gayle scored the highest individual score in an IPL game (175*) in Royal Challengers Bangalore’s encounter with Pune Warriors India on 23rd April 2013.
