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PBKS 184/7 (Over 19.6): That six off the final balls does not matter much and RCB are the IPL Champions. First time in 18 years RCB have been crowned champions. It's a sight to behold and just pure emotions on the field.
PBKS 149/7 (Over 17.6): RCB are almost there. 41 needed off just 12 deliveries.
PBKS 142/6 (Over 16.4): Two wickets in three balls for Bhuvi! RCB have already started to bring in their celebrations.
PBKS 106/4 (Over 14): 85 needed off 36 balls. The task is getting more and more difficult for PBKS.
PBKS 101/4 (Over 13): Just a brilliant spell from Krunal Pandya. RCB are definitely on the driving seat at the moment. Can Shashank Singh and Nehal Wadhera change fortunes for PBKS?
PBKS 88/3 (Over 11): Inglis is the dangerman now. The asking rate is nearly touching 12 and that'll put any incoming batter under lot of pressure.
PBKS 78/3 (Over 9.4): This is a massive wicket. Short of a length delivery outside off stump, Shreyas looks to cut, gets a thin outside edge. Not given by the umpire but Shreyas Iyer walked.
PBKS 72/2 (Over 8.3): The timeout discussion gives instant result. Krunal Pandya strikes and Prabhsimran Singh departs for 26 off 22 balls.
PBKS 70/1 (Over 8): Strategic Timeout! DK and Andy Flower come out to have an animated chat. PBKS will look to push gears from hereon.
PBKS 55/1 (Over 7): Just 3 off that over from Krunal Pandya.
PBKS 52/1 (Over 6): No a bad powerplay for Punjab. RCB calls in for their impact substitute as Suyash Sharma comes in place for Mayank Agarwal.
PBKS 43/1 (Over 4.6): After Bhuvi conceded four off the last over, Hazlewood gives 11. But sends back Priyansh Arya at 24 off 19. Just a brilliant catch from Phil Salt, who ran right from deep backward square leg. Although he took the catch, knew he was going to cross the rope so released the ball and takes the catch again.
PBKS 26/0 (Over 2.4): After Phil Salt dropped Prabhsimran in the first over, Romario drops a catch.
PBKS 23/0 (Over 2): This is turning out to be a very good start for PBKS. But here comes the man - Josh Hazlewood.
PBKS 13/0 (Over 1): 13 off the that opening over of Bhuvneshwar Kumar! Just teh start PBKS need.
Priyansh Arya and Prabhsimran Singh are at the crease with the former taking the strike. Bhuvneshwar Kumar will open the attack for RCB
RCB 190/9 (Over 20): Arshdeep Singh you beauty! His first three overs went for 37 runs, but he's conceded just 3 runs and taken 3 wickets in his final over.
RCB 189/8 (Over 19.4): This was slot, but it's that inswing that Arshdeep Singh is getting with the old ball. Krunal thought he could belt this down the ground, but it holed out to long-on and Shreyas Iyer takes an easy catch.
RCB 188/7 (Over 19.2): After surviving his wicket on 1, Arshdeep Singh removes dangerous-looking Romario Shepherd. Stunning, outswinging yorker that Romario could do nothing about.
RCB 171/6 (Over 17.4): Bowled! Vijaykumar Vyshak this time knocks out Jitesh Sharma. End of a brilliant innings from Jitesh Sharma as he departs after a 24 off 10
RCB 171/5 (Over 17.3): Inglis didn't go up straightaway but umpire Nitin Menon raised the finger. Short of a length delivery outside off stump, Jitesh tried to steer it down to third man but misses and sighs relief.
Runs Scored: 23 - 6 Wd 6 1 Wd 6 Wd W 1 from Kyle Jamieson's last over.
RCB 167/5 (Over 16.5): Kyle Jamieson once again break the partnership. Unlucky dismissal for Livingstone and his cameo comes to an end.
RCB 145/4 (Over 16): Four overs to go. RCB need at least 50. Arshdeep, Jamieson, Vyshak and Azmat have an over each left.Jamieson to bowl the next.
RCB 131/4 (Over 14.5): Outstanding catch from Azmatullah Omarzai. After being obstructed by the non-striker when he was going for the catch, he ran into the non-striker as he was attempting the catch because there was no one at mid-wicket. Virat Kohli departs after 43 off 35.
RCB 125/3 (Over 14): 14 runs have come off that over from Chahal. The strategic timeout pep talk seems to have stirred up Livingstone and Kohli in the middle.
RCB 111/3 (Over 13): Strategic Timeout! RCB need a couple of good overs from hereon as 200 at the moment looks a distant possibility.
RCB 96/3 (Over 10.5): Kyle Jamieson once again strikes for PBKS! Change of pace from the New Zealander works wonders and the RCB skipper departs, LBW. And the next man is Liam Livingstone.
RCB 87/2 (Over 10): 18 dot balls in the first 10 overs. Kohli has hit just one boundary in the first 9 overs. It's something to look upto...
RCB 80/2 (Over 9): 11 off that Chahal's over. RCB races to 80 with Virat Kohli (21 off 18) and Rajat Patidar (17 off 9) in the middle.
Mayank Agarwal vs Yuzvendra Chahal in IPL:
Runs: 72, Balls: 46, Dismissals: 7, Avg: 10.28, SR: 156.52
RCB 56/2 (Over 6.2): Yuzvendra Chahal strikes in his first over and Mayank Agarwal departs at 24.
RCB 55/1 (Over 6): Yuzvendra Chahal, right-arm break to bowl the next.
RCB 53/1 (Over 5.4): Mayank Agarwal gets away with a boundary and 50 comes up for RCB. Arshdeep was the fielder, but the ball bounces in front of him. He hits his body as he looked to drag it back and hits the ropes.
Did you know? The pitch is a mix of 25 percent black soil and 75 percent red soil. All the games this season at this venue have produced 200-plus scores (batting first). Can we see another one go past 200 tonight?
RCB 30/1 (Over 2.6): Mayank Agarwal finishes the third over with a six off Arshdeep Singh. What a start for the Bengaluru boys.
RCB 18/1 (Over 1.4): Kylie Jamieson gives PBKS the first breakthrough and Shreyas takes a comfortable catch. Philip Salt goes for a swipe but Iyer back tracks to get into a good place to complete a catch and hand RCB their first jolt. Salt departs for 16 off 9.
RCB 13/0 (Over 1): RCB gets off to a good start as Phil Salt gets a four and a six off Arshdeep Singh in the first over of the innings.
The action begins for the historic glory! Let's check the Playing XI for RCB and PBKS:
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Mayank Agarawal, Rajat Patidar(c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma(w), Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Dayal, Josh Hazlewood
Impact Subs: Rasikh Salam, Manoj Bhandage, Tim Seifert, Swapnil Singh, Suyash Sharma.
Punjab Kings: Priyansh Arya, Josh Inglis(w), Shreyas Iyer(c), Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Azmatullah Omarzai, Kyle Jamieson, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal
Impact Subs: Prabhsimran Singh, Praveen Dubey, Suryansh Shedge, Xavier Bartlet, Harpreet Brar
Toss: Punjab Kings (PBKS) captain Shreyas Iyer wins the toss and decides to bowl first in the IPL 2025 Final against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Both sides are going with the same team like in their respective previous fixtures.
