IPL 2025: Virat Kohli waiting for 18 years, courtesy Krunal Pandya, Rajat Patidar, Liam Livingstone and Jitesh Sharma | Cricket news

Timesofindia.com in ahmedabad At the pre-match press conference in the toss on Monday and again, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) captain Rajat Patidar said that his team would treat the final as another match. And true for his captain’s word, he played it in the same way.In a high -pressure game, RCB clung to its strength and defeated Punjab Kings (PBK) by six runs. Jeet ended the wait for RCB-and Virat Kohli’s -18-year-old elusive silver vessel. Kohli, who has been with the franchise since its inception, finally picked up the IPL Trophy.Before Tuesday, RCB lost three IPL finals. Those defeats had a common subject on two or three individual displays. This time, however, he formed a team – instead of banking only on his superstar.He was the superstar, of course, Virat Kohli.Kohli was not in his best performance in the final. But the rest of the RCB batsmen took a step to carry the load.Phil Salat launched an attack with 9-Gund 17, Mayank Agarwal maintained the tempo with 18-Gund 24, followed by Captain Rajat Patidar (26 runs off 16 balls).It is very important that Jitesh Sharma (25 runs in 10 balls) came, in the 17th over, two sixes from Kyle Jaimison were replaced by RCB in favor of RCB. Later, some Lasty Blow helped RCB Post 190 from Liam Livingstone (25 runs off 15 balls) and Romeroo Shepherd (17 off 9 balls) – a score that was equal in Ahmedabad, but eventually sufficient.Another major aspect of this year’s RCB team has been his bowling.After winning the qualifier 1 in Mulanpur, Josh Hazelwood said that RCB had covered all his bowling locations.“I think we have just covered all the locations. Any of the five or six bowlers can bowl at any moment of the game – beginning, mid or end,” he said.Hazelwood’s words predicted in the final.This time, this was the moment of Krunal Pandya’s glow. The left -arm spinner bowled a high quality spell, which finished with 2 for 17. This was not the wicket of Prabhasimran Singh and Josh England who looked dangerous-he bowled 11 dot balls, which expedited from the chase of Punjab.For Punjab, Shashank Singh (61*off 30 balls) fought bravely. He scored 22 runs in Hazelwood’s last over, and if he added that full toss on the first ball, it could be a different story.But perhaps, it was written in stars. One-millions of crowds-90,000 of them wanted legend strictly to pick up the trophy after -18 years, wearing Kohli’s number 18 jersey.A few years ago, after a disappointing season for the RCB team led by Smriti Madhana in the women’s Premier League, Kohli opened his heart for years, sharing the weight of his frustration.“If we do not win, I am not going to my grave -” Only if I had won the IPL, I would have died a happy man. ” It does not happen, ”he said.On June 3, it will be remembered that the day Virat Kohli found a redemption – when he could not catch his feelings back, burst into tears, and was crowded by his companions. He will no longer take that incomplete desire for his grave.