Royal Challengers Bengaluru win IPL 2025

Celebrations right after the last ball: Kohli went to his knees and covered his face with his hands. Patidar was running forward in celebration. ABD had his hands up in triumph.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Playing XI):
Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Mayank Agarawal, Rajat Patidar(c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma(w), Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Dayal, Josh Hazlewood

23:24 Local Time, 17:54 GMT, 23:24 IST:
Gee! Where do we even begin to describe this. Grown men crying. RCB have finally done it. This will be a moment that will live long in the memory. One can imagine the scenes in Bengaluru - that city won't sleep tonight as will every RCB supporter.

Virat Kohli:
This win is as much for the fans as it is for the team. It's been 18 long years. I've given this time my youth, my prime. I gave it everything I have. I never thought this day would come. Was overcome with emotion as soon as the last ball was bowled. What he's (AB) done for this franchise is tremendous. Told him before the game as well - this one is as much yours and I wanted him to celebrate with us. He still has the most MoM awards for us and he's been retired four years. He deserves to be on the podium with us. I have stayed loyal to this team, no matter what. Have had moments when I thought otherwise, but I stuck to this team. My heart is with Bangalore, my soul is with Bangalore and this is the team I'll play for till the time I play the IPL. Tonight I'll sleep like a baby. I have an opportunity to play this game for not many years. There's an end-date to us. Want to give everything I have before that. Thankful to God for giving it in my lap finally. You find different ways to help the team. This management and group is outstanding to be honest. A lot of people questioned us after the auction, but by Day 2 we were happy with what we had. There's a lot that's been spoken about me already, this win is for Bangalore. This moment is right up there with the best moments in my career. But it still ranks five levels below Test cricket. If you want to earn respect, take up Test cricket.

ABD and Gayle (with a turban on his head) with RCB jerseys in tow lift the trophy together along with Kohli

the Universe boss is in the house...wid a turban over his dread locks

Overcrowding and a stampede-like situation resulted in multiple deaths of people that had thronged around the M Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru on Wednesday (June 4). A large number of people had turned out to see the Royal Challengers Bengaluru who were being felicitated by the Chief Minister of Karnataka, following which they went to the M Chinnaswamy Stadium for a ceremony in front of fans.

News Agency ANI posted videos of people scaling the walls of the stadium even as there were pleas from the police for cooperation. Other videos also showed police resorting to mild lathi charge in an attempt to control the overflowing crowd.

"Unfortunate," Devajit Saikia, BCCI Secretary, told agencies. "This is a negative side of popularity. People are crazy for their cricketers. The organisers should have planned it better. My deepest condolences to the family of the deceased. I wish for the early recovery of the injured."

The Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka, DK Shivakumar, told mediapersons that he was apologizing to the people of Karnataka for the overcrowding. He confirmed that six people were dead in Bowring Hospital while a doctor from Vydehi Hospital, told mediapersons that four persons were brought dead to their hospital. A total of eleven deaths were eventually confirmed.