Weekly CRICKET Review - XCV | RCB grabbed their maiden IPL title
Hello, fellow Cricket Enthusiasts,
You already know that I am sharing a weekly wrap-up of what's happening within the Cricket community. It's the 95th edition now. Well, after more than 2 months of excitement and action. More than that, Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) finally has an IPL trophy after 18 long years, and now Virat Kohli can rest a bit after sacrificing his whole career for this franchise. He was literally crying there, one hell of a day for all Cricket lovers around the world.
Ee sala cup namde [this year the cup will be ours]
In the last few weeks, I shared a small overview about 2025 IPL, and a small update of the tournament. So, let's see what happened there.
As I discussed in the following day, IPL 2025: Are you ready for the Grand Finale?, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Punjab Kings (PBKS) advanced for the big night. It's always special as we have a maiden champion here. The new captains of the two teams, Shreyas Iyer and Rajat Patidar, did a fantastic job leading to this level.
IPL Finals
Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad, was filled with red color, and it was super nervous for both teams and their supporters. Shreyas Iyer won the toss and decided to bowl first.
Salt started things with a few shots, but lost his wicket in the second over. From there, it was a team effort. Kohli scored 43 runs, but it was pretty slow from 35 balls. There were no big contributions, but in the middle over they carried on without losing many, in the last 5 they added 58/5. Anyway, they could have easily gone 200+, but ended up scoring 190/9. Stil a competitve score.
Priyansh Arya and Prabhsimran Singh started the chase. Anyway, Buvi, Hazlewood, and Yash tighten the powerplay for just 52/1. The difference was in the middle overs. Especially Krunal Pandya, with a magic spell of 17/2. Iyer went early. Inglish tried a bit, but couldn't hold on, and Nehal Wadhera couldn't time the ball. Shashank Singh tried his best, but it was too much for him without any help from the other side. In the 20th over, they needed 29, but he missed out on the first two balls off Hazlewood, but ended up scoring 22 runs, missing out by just 6 runs. It was an amazing effort by Sasankh.
Anyway, after a thrilling encounter, RCB lifted the trophy by 6 runs. Everyone was in tears, especially for King Kohli, and it was an emotional moment for everyone.
Overall Stats
So, from March 22 to June 3, we witnessed the 18th IPL season with record-breaking performances and unforgettable memories. So, let's see the overall stats here.
As the Champions, Royal Challengers Bengaluru ₹20 crore (US$2.4 million), and for the Runners-Up, Punjab Kings won ₹12.5 crore (US$1.5 million).
Kohli lifting the trophy after 18 seasons, 276 IPL matches, and defeating in 3 finals is the biggest moment of this season.
Sai Sudharsan, the young Indian superstar, secured most of the batting records this season. This is a dreamy season for him, playing as the GT's opener.
He is the orange cap holder with the most runs, scoring 759 runs in 15 matches. And also, he was awarded as Emerging player of the season, Fantasy player of the season, and for scoring the most fours(88) as well. He youngest player to win the Orange Cap.
https://www.iplt20.com/stats/2025
- SKY, Virat Kohli, Gill, and Mitchell Marsh are the others in the top 05.
- Prasidh Krishna became the purple cap holderwith 25 wickets in 15 matches.
Noor Ahmad, Josh Hazlewood, Trent Boult, and Arshdeep Singh are the top 05.
Suryakumar Yadav became the most valuable player with 717 runs in 16 matches.
Vaibhav Suryavanshi of Rajasthan Royals, the young prodigy, became a highlight with multiple records and impressive passion. He became the Striker of the season, became the youngest batter in T20 history to score a century, his 35-ball century against GT is the fastest IPL century by an Indian batter.. He is just 14 years old to do this all.
Nicholas Pooran scored the most sixes (40) in this season.
Kamindu Mendis was awarded for the best catch of the season.
** Chennai Super Kings** won the Team Fairplay Award.
Shreyas Iyer became very special by leading Punjab to the finals after 11 years and leading from the front. He scored 600+ runs, single-handedly winning several matches, including the qualifier 02. He is the first captain to reach the IPL final with three teams. (DC - 2020, kkr - 2024, PBKS - 2025)
- Rashid Khan, the bowling master, didn't have the best season this time. He conceded 33 sixes, which is the most in an IPL season by a baller. Jofra Archer was hammered for 76 runs by SRH, which is the worst bowling figures in the IPL.
IPL 2025 broke many records as a whole.
- Most runs in an edition: 26381
- Most fours in an edition: 2245
- Most sixes in an edition: 1294
- Most 200-plus totals: 52
So, it's the end of another wonderful season. Comment your favorite moment!
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