IPL 2025 Final, RCB vs PBKS: Virat Kohli, Royal Challengers Bengaluru win their maiden title – Action in Images

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Virat Kohli top-scored for Royal Challengers Bengaluru as they beat Punjab Kings by six runs on Tuesday to win their first Indian Premier League title.

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The wait is finally over, Royal Challengers Bengaluru are IPL 2025 champions.(REUTERS)
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The wait is finally over, Royal Challengers Bengaluru are IPL 2025 champions.(REUTERS)

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Royal Challengers Bengaluru and their talisman Virat Kohli ended a 17-season drought by winning their maiden Indian Premier League (IPL) title, beating Punjab Kings by six runs in the final in Ahmedabad(REUTERS)
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Royal Challengers Bengaluru and their talisman Virat Kohli ended a 17-season drought by winning their maiden Indian Premier League (IPL) title, beating Punjab Kings by six runs in the final in Ahmedabad(REUTERS)

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Virat Kohli was in tears once he realised Bengaluru were about to shed the underachiever's tag that has stuck to them since the inaugural 2008 edition of the league. (REUTERS)
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Virat Kohli was in tears once he realised Bengaluru were about to shed the underachiever’s tag that has stuck to them since the inaugural 2008 edition of the league. (REUTERS)

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Royal Challengers Bengaluru's Virat Kohli (L) celebrates with his former teammate AB de Villiers after winning the Indian Premier League 2025.(AFP)
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Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s Virat Kohli (L) celebrates with his former teammate AB de Villiers after winning the Indian Premier League 2025.(AFP)

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Shreyas Iyer failed to make an impact on the big night and was dismissed for just 1 by Romario Shepherd.(AFP)
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Shreyas Iyer failed to make an impact on the big night and was dismissed for just 1 by Romario Shepherd.(AFP)

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Krunal Pandya bowled a dream spell of 4-0-17-2 in a summit clash and was named player of the final.(REUTERS)
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Krunal Pandya bowled a dream spell of 4-0-17-2 in a summit clash and was named player of the final.(REUTERS)

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Bhuvneshwar shut the doors on Punjab when he dismissed Nehal Wadhera (15) and Marcus Stoinis (6) in a span of three deliveries in the 17th over and thereon, RCB’s triumph was only a formality. (AFP)
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Bhuvneshwar shut the doors on Punjab when he dismissed Nehal Wadhera (15) and Marcus Stoinis (6) in a span of three deliveries in the 17th over and thereon, RCB’s triumph was only a formality. (AFP)

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Shashank's brilliance (61* in 30 balls, with three fours and six sixes) proved inadequate for PBKS as the flush of shots came too late for the team. Shashank hit three sixes in the final over, not giving up the fight till the last. (REUTERS)
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Shashank’s brilliance (61* in 30 balls, with three fours and six sixes) proved inadequate for PBKS as the flush of shots came too late for the team. Shashank hit three sixes in the final over, not giving up the fight till the last. (REUTERS)

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Virat Kohli struck a mere three fours — two after the ninth over — as he got his 43 runs off 35 balls at 122.85 but RCB managed to post a fighting 190/9 in 20 overs. (REUTERS)
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Virat Kohli struck a mere three fours — two after the ninth over — as he got his 43 runs off 35 balls at 122.85 but RCB managed to post a fighting 190/9 in 20 overs. (REUTERS)

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Jitesh Sharma notched back-to-back sixes off Jamieson to turn up the much-needed run flow in the 17th over.(AFP)
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Jitesh Sharma notched back-to-back sixes off Jamieson to turn up the much-needed run flow in the 17th over.(AFP)

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Punjab Kings' Kyle Jamieson (C) celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of Royal Challengers Bengaluru's captain Rajat Patidar during the Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 final cricket match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Punjab Kings at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on June 3, 2025. (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP) / -- IMAGE RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL USE --(AFP)
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Punjab Kings’ Kyle Jamieson (C) celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s captain Rajat Patidar during the Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 final cricket match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Punjab Kings at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on June 3, 2025. (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP) / — IMAGE RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE – STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL USE –(AFP)

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India star Arshdeep Singh accounted for Krunal Pandya (4), Bhuvneshwar Kumar (1) and Romario Shepherd (17) in the final over.(AFP)
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India star Arshdeep Singh accounted for Krunal Pandya (4), Bhuvneshwar Kumar (1) and Romario Shepherd (17) in the final over.(AFP)

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