2025 Indian Premier League final

2025 Indian Premier League final

Match programme cover
Event	2025 Indian Premier League
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Punjab Kings 190/9 184/7 20 overs 20 overs
Royal Challengers Bengaluru won by 6 runs
Date	3 June 2025
Venue	Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
Player of the match	Krunal Pandya (Royal Challengers Bengaluru)
Umpires	Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind) Nitin Menon (Ind)
Attendance	90,871 [1]
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The 2025 Indian Premier League final was a Twenty20 (T20) cricket match played at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad, on 3 June 2025 to determine the winner of the 2025 Indian Premier League. It was originally scheduled to be played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, on 25 May 2025 before being rescheduled.

After winning the toss, Punjab Kings elected to field. Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) came in to bat, and scored 190/9 in 20 overs. Punjab Kings were restricted to 184/7 in their 20 overs; thus, RCB won the match by 6 runs and won their maiden Indian Premier League (IPL) trophy after 18 years. ^{[2] [3]}

Background

Main article: 2025 Indian Premier League

The 2025 Indian Premier League is the 18th edition of the Indian Premier League, a franchise Twenty20 cricket league held in India, organized by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). It is held annually since the first edition in 2008. ^[4] On 16 February, the fixtures for the season were confirmed with the 2025 season set to commence from 22 March with 10 teams competing in 74 matches across 13 venues, ^[5] concluding with the final at the Eden Gardens on 25 May with the venue to host its third IPL final after 2013 and 2015. ^[6]

On 9 May 2025, the remaining matches were suspended due to the 2025 India–Pakistan crisis. ^[7] The revised schedule was announced on 12 May, and the remaining matches resumed on 17 May and were held across six venues. ^{[8] [9]} On 20 May the playoff fixtures were confirmed ^[10] with final rescheduled for 3 June at the Narendra Modi Stadium with the venue hosting its third final after 2022 and 2023. ^[11]

Royal Challengers Bengaluru qualified for their fourth IPL final after being runners-up in 2009, 2011 and 2016 ^[12] while Punjab Kings qualified for their second IPL final after being runners-up in 2014. ^[13] Both teams were competing for their maiden titles. ^[4]

Road to the final

Further information: 2025 Royal Challengers Bengaluru season and 2025 Punjab Kings season

Royal Challengers Bengaluru ranked second in the league stage with 9 wins, 4 losses and an abandoned match garnering a total of 19 points. ^[14] They defeated Punjab Kings in the Qualifier 1 to gain their place in the final. ^{[15] [16]}

Punjab Kings ranked first in the league stage with 9 wins, 4 losses and an abandoned match garnering a total of 19 points. ^[14] They lost the Qualifier 1 to Royal Challengers Bengaluru and had to defeat Mumbai Indians in Qualifier 2 for a place in the final. ^{[16] [17]}

• Source: ESPNcricinfo ^{[14] [16]}

Royal Challengers Bengaluru				vs	Punjab Kings
League stage
Opponent	Scorecard	Result	Points	Match No.	Opponent	Scorecard	Result	Points
Kolkata Knight Riders	22 March 2025	Won	2	1	Gujarat Titans	25 March 2025	Won	2
Chennai Super Kings	28 March 2025	Won	4	2	Lucknow Super Giants	1 April 2025	Won	4
Gujarat Titans	2 April 2025	Lost	4	3	Rajasthan Royals	5 April 2025	Lost	4
Mumbai Indians	7 April 2025	Won	6	4	Chennai Super Kings	8 April 2025	Won	6
Delhi Capitals	10 April 2025	Lost	6	5	Sunrisers Hyderabad	12 April 2025	Lost	6
Rajasthan Royals	13 April 2025	Won	8	6	Kolkata Knight Riders	15 April 2025	Won	8
Punjab Kings	18 April 2025	Lost	8	7	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	18 April 2025	Won	10
Punjab Kings	20 April 2025	Won	10	8	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	20 April 2025	Lost	10
Rajasthan Royals	24 April 2025	Won	12	9	Kolkata Knight Riders	26 April 2025	No result	11
Delhi Capitals	27 April 2025	Won	14	10	Chennai Super Kings	30 April 2025	Won	13
Chennai Super Kings	3 May 2025	Won	16	11	Lucknow Super Giants	4 May 2025	Won	15
Kolkata Knight Riders	17 May 2025	No result	17	12	Rajasthan Royals	18 May 2025	Won	17
Sunrisers Hyderabad	23 May 2025	Lost	17	13	Delhi Capitals	24 May 2025	Lost	17
Lucknow Super Giants	27 May 2025	Won	19	14	Mumbai Indians	26 May 2025	Won	19
League progression Team Group matches Playoffs 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Q1/E Q2 F Royal Challengers Bengaluru 2 4 4 6 6 8 8 10 12 14 16 17 17 19 W W Punjab Kings 2 4 4 6 6 8 10 10 11 13 15 17 17 19 L W L Win Loss No result Note: The total points at the end of each group match are listed. Note: Click on the points (group matches) or W/L (playoffs) to see the match summary.
Playoff stage
Qualifier 1 Qualifier 2 Final 29 May 2025 – Mullanpur 3 June 2025 – Ahmedabad 1 Punjab Kings 101 (14.1 overs) Q1W Royal Challengers Bengaluru 190/9 (20 overs) 2 Royal Challengers Bengaluru 106/2 (10 overs) 1 June 2025 – Ahmedabad Q2W Punjab Kings 184/7 (20 overs) Q1L Punjab Kings 207/5 (19 overs) Eliminator EW Mumbai Indians 203/6 (20 overs) 30 May 2025 – Mullanpur 3 Gujarat Titans 208/6 (20 overs) 4 Mumbai Indians 228/5 (20 overs)
Opponent	Scorecard	Result			Opponent	Scorecard	Result
Punjab Kings	29 May 2025	Won		Q1/E	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	29 May 2025	Lost
Qualified for the finals				Q2	Mumbai Indians	1 June 2025	Won
2025 Indian Premier League final

Closing ceremony

During the closing ceremony, Shankar Mahadevan along with his sons and other artists performed a musical tribute to the Indian armed forces. ^[18] Dancers performed on the song Teri Mitti (sung by B Praak). Aircraft were also seen releasing tri-colour smoke trails in the sky as a tribute to the Indian Armed Forces following the success of Operation Sindoor. ^{[19] [20]}

Match

Match officials

Source: ^[21]

• On-field umpires : Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind) and Nitin Menon (Ind)
• Third umpire : Chris Gaffaney (NZ)
• Reserve umpire : K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind)
• Match referee : Javagal Srinath (Ind)

Team and toss

Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer won the toss and elected to field first. Both teams were unchanged from their previous matches. ^[22]

Royal Challengers Bengaluru innings

Royal Challengers Bengaluru had a poor start to the innings as they lost their opener Phil Salt to Kyle Jamieson in the second over. As, Mayank Agarwal joined Virat Kohli in the middle he made 24 runs before being dismissed by Chahal. Later, Rajat Patidar and Kohli tried to stabilize the innings but Patidar was dismissed by Jamieson on 26. As Jitesh Sharma joined Kohli both took the score to 131 but Kohli's innings was cut short when he got dismissed by Omarzai on 43 leaving them on 131 off 4. ^[23] Liam Livingstone and Jitesh Sharma quickly spearheaded the innings and made 25 and 24 respectively but were dismissed early by Vyshak and Jamieson respectively. As Bengaluru were 171 off 6 in 17.4, Romario Shepherd came and made a quick short score of 17 off 9 balls before being dismissed and thus, taking the total score tally to 190 off 9. Arshdeep Singh and Jamieson got 3 wickets each while Omarzai, Vyshak and Chahal got 1 wicket each. ^{[24] [25]}

Punjab Kings innings

Punjab Kings had a good start to the chase and both the openers Priyansh Arya and Prabhsimran Singh were looking in great form. But Arya was later, dismissed on 24 by Josh Hazlewood, thanks to a well-judged catch by Phil Salt. As Josh Inglis joined Prabhsimran both took the score to 70 in 8 overs, but the match turned when Krunal Pandya dismissed Prabhsimran on 26 and their captain Shreyas Iyer was also dismissed cheaply by Shepherd, leaving them on 79 off 3. As Wadhera joined Inglis, who was looking good and had smashed 4 sixes, but Inglis's innings was cut short when he was dismissed by Krunal Pandya on 39. Later, Shashank Singh and Wadhera tried to stabilize the innings and took the score to 136 but as the run rate went up, Wadhera while trying to score a boundary was dismissed by Bhuvneshwar Kumar on 15. Soon, Marcus Stoinis and Omarzai were also cheaply dismissed by Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Yash Dayal respectively leaving them on 145 off 7. Later, Shashank managed to score a quick 61* off 30 balls but the chase was restricted only to 184 runs in 20 overs, thanks to a good death-over bowling by Bengaluru. Krunal Pandya and Bhuvneshwar Kumar got 2 wickets each, while Hazlewood, Shepherd and Dayal got 1 wicket each. ^[26]

Thus, RCB won the match by 6 runs and secured their maiden IPL title. ^{[27] [28]}

Match details

Final 3 June 2025 (2025-06-03) 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Royal Challengers Bengaluru 190/9 (20 overs)	v	Punjab Kings 184/7 (20 overs)
Virat Kohli 43 (35) Arshdeep Singh 3/40 (4 overs)		Shashank Singh 61* (30) Krunal Pandya 2/17 (4 overs)

Royal Challengers Bengaluru won by 6 runs Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind) and Nitin Menon (Ind) Player of the match: Krunal Pandya (Royal Challengers Bengaluru)

• Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to field.
• This match was originally scheduled for 25 May at the Eden Gardens, before being rescheduled. ^{[29] [10]}

Match scorecard [30]

"(IMP)" indicates an Impact player "(SUB)" indicates an Substitute player 1st innings Royal Challengers Bengaluru batting [30] Player Status Runs Balls 4s 6s Strike rate Phil Salt c Iyer b Jamieson 16 9 2 1 177.77 Virat Kohli c & b Omarzai 43 35 3 0 122.85 Mayank Agarwal (SUB) c Arshdeep b Chahal 24 18 2 1 133.33 Rajat Patidar lbw b Jamieson 26 16 1 2 162.50 Liam Livingstone lbw b Jamieson 25 15 0 2 166.66 Jitesh Sharma b Vyshak 24 10 2 2 240.00 Romario Shepherd lbw b Arshdeep 17 9 1 1 188.88 Krunal Pandya c Iyer b Arshdeep 4 5 0 0 80.00 Bhuvneshwar Kumar c Arya b Arshdeep 1 2 0 0 50.00 Yash Dayal not out 1 1 0 0 100.00 Josh Hazlewood did not bat Extras 9 (w 9) Total 190/9 (20 overs) 11 9 9.50 RR Fall of wickets: 1–18 (Salt, 1.4 ov), 2–56 (Agarwal, 6.2 ov), 3–96 (Patidar, 10.5 ov), 4–131 (Kohli, 14.5 ov), 5–167 (Livingstone, 16.5 ov), 6–171 (Jitesh, 17.4 ov), 7–188 (Shepherd, 19.2 ov), 8–189 (Krunal, 19.4 ov), 9–190 (Kumar, 19.6) Punjab Kings bowling [30] Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Econ Wides NBs Arshdeep Singh 4 0 40 3 10.00 2 0 Kyle Jamieson 4 0 48 3 12.00 3 0 Azmatullah Omarzai 4 0 35 1 8.75 2 0 Vijaykumar Vyshak 4 0 30 1 7.50 2 0 Yuzvendra Chahal (SUB) 4 0 37 1 9.25 0 0 2nd innings Impact players Team Out In Royal Challengers Bengaluru Mayank Agarwal Suyash Sharma Punjab Kings Yuzvendra Chahal Prabhsimran Singh Punjab Kings batting [30] Player Status Runs Balls 4s 6s Strike rate Priyansh Arya c Salt b Hazlewood 24 19 4 0 126.31 Prabhsimran Singh (IMP) c Kumar b Krunal 26 22 0 2 118.18 Josh Inglis c Livingstone b Krunal 39 23 1 4 169.56 Shreyas Iyer c †Jitesh b Shepherd 1 2 0 0 50.00 Nehal Wadhera c Krunal b Kumar 15 18 0 1 83.33 Shashank Singh not out 61 30 3 6 203.33 Marcus Stoinis c Dayal b Kumar 6 2 0 1 300.00 Azmatullah Omarzai c sub (Bhandage) b Dayal 1 2 0 0 50.00 Kyle Jamieson not out 0 2 0 0 0.00 Vijaykumar Vyshak did not bat Arshdeep Singh did not bat Extras 11 (lb 8, w 3) Total 184/7 (20 overs) 8 14 9.20 RR Fall of wickets: 1–43 (Arya, 4.6 ov), 2–72 (Prabhsimran, 8.3 ov), 3–79 (Iyer, 9.4 ov), 4–98 (Inglis, 12.1 ov), 5-136 (Wadhera, 16.2 ov), 6–142 (Stoinis, 16.4 ov), 7–145 (Omarzai, 17.2 ov) Royal Challengers Bengaluru bowling [30] Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Econ Wides NBs Bhuvneshwar Kumar 4 0 38 2 9.50 0 0 Yash Dayal 3 0 18 1 6.00 0 0 Josh Hazlewood 4 0 54 1 13.50 2 0 Krunal Pandya 4 0 17 2 4.25 0 0 Suyash Sharma (IMP) 2 0 19 0 9.50 0 0 Romario Shepherd 3 0 30 1 10.00 1 0

Aftermath

Post-match

Virat Kohli turned emotional after RCB won their maiden IPL title after 18 long years since the start of tournament. ^[31] Kohli said ^[32]

"This win is as much for the fans as it is for the team,” “It’s been 18 long years. I’ve given this team my youth, my prime, my experience. Every single season, I’ve walked out with a heart full of hope and a mind obsessed with victory. To finally have this moment… it’s beyond belief.”

Krunal Pandya (RCB) was awarded the Player of the Match for his great bowling performance. ^[33] He became the first player to win two Player of the Match awards in IPL finals, with his first coming in 2017 for Mumbai Indians. ^[34] RCB's captain Rajat Patidar praised the team's performance specially bowlers and said that "Virat Kohli deserves it more than anyone else". ^[35] Despite losing, Punjab's captain Shreyas Iyer praised the fearless nature of the youngsters in his team. ^[36] Bengaluru received ₹20 crore (₹200 million) along with a trophy as the prize money for being the champions while Punjab received ₹12.5 crore for being the runners-up. ^[37]

Later, Kohli also invited Chris Gayle and AB de Villiers to the podium to the lift the trophy together, as both iconic players were earlier part of the franchise. ^{[38] [39]}

Celebrations

After RCB's victory, celebrations erupted across the city of Bengaluru, with fireworks lighting up the night sky and fans chanting "Ee Sala Cup Namdu" (transl. This year, the trophy is ours), a Kannada slogan associated with the team. ^[40]

On 4 June, the RCB team flew to Bengaluru on a chartered flight and was honoured on the steps of the Vidhana Soudha by Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah, deputy chief minister D. K. Shivakumar and governor Thawar Chand Gehlot. ^[41] An open top bus victory parade from Vidhana Soudha to the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium was initially planned, ^[42] but cancelled just hours before the event after the Bengaluru Police denied permission citing traffic congestion in the central business district. ^{[43] [44]} It was announced that the team would proceed directly to the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium for a felicitation ceremony scheduled at 5 pm. ^{[43] [44]}

Crowd crush incident

Main article: 2025 Bengaluru crowd crush

Ahead of the felicitation ceremony, overcrowding at multiple entry gates of the stadium caused chaos and a crowd crush, resulting in eleven fatalities and injuries to fifty six others. ^{[45] [46]} The deceased included six men and five women. ^[47] The ceremony was cut short after reports of the fatalities emerged. ^[48] According to the state government's testimony in a Karnataka High Court hearing, over 1,400 police personnel had been deployed around the stadium and approximately 250,000 fans had gathered on the surrounding streets, including people who had arrived from outside Karnataka. ^[49] The government admitted that the event was conducted without any standard operating procedure. ^[50]

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External links

• Official website
• 2025 Indian Premier League at ESPNcricinfo