IPL 2025: RCB wins maiden title after 18 years
RCB won its first title in 18 seasons of the Indian Premier League. It defeated Punjab Kings by 6 runs in the final at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Tuesday and increased the wait for PBKS’ first title.
Rajat Patidar, who is captaining for the first time in IPL, made RCB win all the matches outside the home. The team won 11 matches, in which not 1-2, but 9 different players of the match emerged. On the strength of the bowlers, Bangalore showed how to become a champion with the help of a strong team, not big names.
Bangalore started its campaign with a win in Kolkata, but the team got 2 defeats at its home ground Chinnaswamy Stadium. Overall the team lost 4 matches here, then IPL was stopped due to tension between India and Pakistan. When the tournament resumed, Bangalore did not get the hosting due to rain. In the second phase, RCB played all its matches outside the home ground and won all except 1.
Captain Rajat’s leadership skills were very useful in 90% of the wins outside the home ground. He used bowlers according to the weakness of the opposition batsmen and whenever needed, he also got spin bowling done in the powerplay. It was due to Rajat’s excellent strategy that the team restricted Punjab to 101 runs in Qualifier-1 and did not let them achieve the target of 191 runs in the final.
Lost 3 finals, now got success
RCB is part of those select teams of the tournament, which have been playing IPL since 2008. Till 2024, the team did not have any trophy in the name of achievement, but the team had reached the final 3 times. RCB played 3 finals in 2009, 2011 and 2016, but lost all three.
Coincidentally for Bangalore before 2025, the team lost all three finals while chasing. In 2009, RCB won the toss against Deccan Chargers, but lost the match by 6 runs. In 2011 and 2016, the team lost the toss and had to bowl first, but lost to Chennai and Hyderabad. With their maiden title win RCB is the 8th team to lift the IPL trophy.
