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The wait is over, the third largest team of IPL RCB won the first title in 18 season. At the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, on Tuesday, Punjab defeated Punjab Kings by 6 runs and increased the wait for the first title of PBKS.
Rajat Patidar, who is captaining for the first time in the IPL, won all the matches out of the house. The team won 11 matches, not 1-2, but 9 different players of the matches. On the basis of the bowlers, Bengaluru told how the champion is made with the help of a strong team, not big names.
RCB team to win the first IPL Trophy in 18 season.
RCB’s Winning Secret in 5 Factors …
Factor-1
Different rolls of each player
RCB’s winning strategy began to be formed before the mega auction. When Mentor Dinesh Karthik bought the best team by planning with director Mo Bobat and coach Andy Flower.
RCB, who plays big players like Chris Gayle, AB de Villiers, Glenn Maxwell and Faf du Plessis, did not retain any big players other than Virat Kohli this time.
On RCB’s YouTube channel, Karthik told how the management bought different players for each role. The team fixed the options of best players from opening, middle order, finishing, spin to powerplay and death bowling. Then only bought the best players in the auction. If not found the best, then bought a second best, but focused on roll -based players.
As a result, Bangalore formed almost the perfect team only after the auction. A similar team was also formed by Punjab Kings and Delhi Capitals. Punjab was a runner-up, while Delhi was out at number five, but Bengaluru proved his auction strategy to be right by becoming champions.
5 batter strike rate was 170+
RCB, including batting all -rounder, tried 11 batter in the tournament. Of these, the strike rate of 5 was more than 170, that is, his role was to attack continuously. These included Romario Shepherd, Tim David, Jitesh Sharma, Jacob Bethel and Phil Soult.
Bangalore’s 4 batters also scored more than 250 runs. Among them, Virat Kohli topped 657 runs. In the opening, Phil Soult supported him well, who scored 403 runs at a strike rate of 175 plus. After playing 10 matches, Devdutt Padikkal, who was out of the tournament after playing 10 matches, also scored 247 runs at a strike rate of 150. Captain Patidar also scored 312 runs. The four together did not let the pressure on the Lower Middle Order of RCB increase.
Jitesh, David and Shepherd, who ever increased the pressure on Finishers, won the opportunity and won the team. In the last match of the league stage, when RCB was to chase 228 runs to reach the top-2, wicketkeeper Jitesh won Bangalore by scoring 85 off 33 balls.
RCB opener Phil Salt scored 403 runs at a strike rate of over 175. He won the second consecutive IPL, he has also won the trophy from Kolkata in 2024.
4 bowlers take 13 plus wickets RCB did not make much changes in the bowling unit. Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal and Bhuvneshwar Kumar got the responsibility of handling the death overs with a new ball. At the same time, spinners Krunal Pandya and Suyash Sharma were tasked to stop the run in the middle overs. Both spinners spent runs with an economy of less than 8.50 and also took 25 wickets. Krunal even bowled economically in the final and took 2 big wickets for just 17 runs.
Hazelwood could play only 12 matches due to injury, but took 22 wickets. He, along with Bhuvneshwar Kumar, did not allow the pressure on RCB’s bowling in the powerplay. If Bhuvi and Hazlewood had ever flopped, the left arm pacer Yash Dayal would come to the third spell and take wickets. RCB pacers took 64 wickets, which was the highest in the tournament after Mi and SRH.
If the five bowlers could never succeed, then Romario Shepherd would take 1-2 overs and take big wickets. In the final, he also made Punjab captain Shreyas Iyer for just 1 run and dominated RCB. Shepherd spent runs from an economy of 11 in 8 matches, but also took 6 wickets.
Factor-2
No 1-2, 9 different heroes came out
The most beautiful thing about RCB’s title winning campaign was that 9 different players from the team became Player of the Match in 12 matches. Tim David even got this award in the team’s defeat, as his performance had brought RCB to a respectable score on a very difficult pitch.
Bangalore’s Player of the Final Krunal Pandya won the award 3 times in the team. Apart from the title match, he received the player of the match award for batting against Delhi and bowling against Kolkata. After him, Captain Rajat Patidar won 2 awards, both the most successful teams of the Awards came against Mumbai and Chennai. Apart from these, 7 different players also became Player of the Match on the basis of their performance 1-1 times.
While 9 players shone from RCB, only 5 different players from runner-up Punjab could become the player of the match. 6 players from Gujarat, who finished third and finish in fourth place, became the player of the match. That is, teams can win the match on the basis of 1 or 2 players, but to win the tournament like IPL, it becomes very important for most players to run.
Factor-3
Won 90% of matches out of the house
Punjab and Bengaluru were select teams of the 18th season, who won less on homeground and more matches out of the house. Bengaluru played 10 out of 15 out of 15 out of homeground and won 9.
The only defeat of RCB out of the house received against Sunrisers Hyderabad in Lucknow. In which Jitesh Sharma was captaining. Under the captaincy of Rajat Patidar, the team won all 8 matches out of the homeground, including Mullampar and the winning-1 against Punjab Kings in Ahmedabad.
Bengaluru started its campaign with a win in Kolkata, but the team got 2 defeats at their homeground Chinnaswamy Stadium. The team lost 4 matches here, then the IPL was stopped due to tension between India and Pakistan. When the tournament started again, Bengaluru did not get hosting due to rain. In the second phase, RCB played all their matches out of the homeground and won all except 1.
Captain Rajat’s leadership skill was very useful in 90% wins out of the home ground. He used the bowlers according to the weakness of the opposition batter and also got spin bowling in the powerplay only when needed. With Rajat’s finest strategy, the team included Punjab for 101 runs in qualifier-1 and did not allow them to get a target of 191 runs in the final.
Rajat Patidar was captaining the IPL for the first time, finishing the 17 -year -long trophy of RCB in his captaincy debut.
Factor-4
Lost 3 finals, now got success
The RCB is part of the selected teams of the tournament who have been playing IPL since 2008. By 2024, the team did not have any trophy in the name of achievement, but the team had reached the final 3 times. In 2009, 2011 and 2016, RCB played 3 finals, but lost all three.
Prior to 2025, it was a coincidence for Bengaluru that the three final teams lost while chasing. In 2009, RCB won the toss against Deccan Chargers, but lost the match by 6 runs. In 2011 and 2016, the team had to bowl first after losing the toss, but lost to Chennai and Hyderabad.
For the first time in 18 seasons, RCB got a chance to bat first in the final. The team was able to score 190 runs on Ahmedabad’s batting friendly pitch. Which was about 15-20 runs less than the cross score, as Punjab had chased 204 runs in qualifier-1 against Mumbai on this ground. However, this time RCB changed the fate on the basis of its best bowling and stopped Punjab for 184 runs and took the title.
That is, it would not be wrong to say that in the luck of RCB, winning the first IPL, not chasing, was written by defending the score. However, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Deccan Chargers, Chennai Super Kings (3 times) and Mumbai Indians (4 times) have also won the IPL final before Bengaluru.
Factor-5
Champion Kohli did not leave
Virat Kohli, who has won all ICC Trophy for India, did not have the bus IPL Trophy till 2024. Due to which many times he was trolled on social media. It was said that Kohli is the only one for RCB, unless he will win the Bengaluru IPL.
Despite all this, Kohli also did not leave the RCB and the franchise. Prior to the 18th season, Kohli was retained by RCB by paying Rs 21 crore. Virat scored the third consecutive season 600 plus runs and took over the reins of the batting. In the final, he played a slow innings of 43 runs off 35 balls, but when the match ended, it was understood that on the strength of his innings, the rest of the RCB batters could play open shots without worrying about the wicket. The team scored 190 runs, in which Kohli was the top scorer.
When Punjab’s first wicket fell in the 5th over, Kohli started celebrating in his traditional style. It was clear from his action that he did not give up the hope of victory. His expectation on every wicket of Punjab increased. When the last 6 balls were to be saved 29 runs, the fear of defeat in Kohli’s eyes was clearly visible.
The last time on the field came after winning the 2024 T20 World Cup to India with the eyes of Virat Kohli.
As soon as Josh Hazlewood dotted the first 2 balls of the 20th over, Kohli’s eyes turned red. They became emotional. Virat said after the match that in that moment, 17 seasons were seen in front of him in failure with RCB. He felt that the wait was successful. As soon as the match was over, Virat hid his mouth in the field and started crying bitterly. His tears made every Indian cricket fan emotional somewhere.
When the Kohli started celebrating in joy with the trophy, it felt as if the penance of every fan of RCB present in the stadium was completed. RCB won the trophy and handed over the trophy of the loylty (loyalty) of Bangalore for 17 years. On the other hand, Virat also became the champion in any tournament in which the tournament participated within 12 months. On 29 June 2024, he captured the T20 World Cup for India, the Champions Trophy on 9 March 2025 and now on 3 June.
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