“RCB title is a favorite,” Sunil Gavaskar won the IPL 2025 for Bats for Royal Challengers Bangalore.

Sunil Gavaskar has thrown his weight behind the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) to lift the Indian Premier League 2025 Trophy. Today, in a special conversation with India, the former captain of India appreciated the balanced squad and clinical performances of RCB, stating that he is “definitely a favorite favorite” in this season.

RCB to win IPL 2025?

The Red and Gold Brigade has been quite spectacular this season. Under the leadership of Rajat Patidar, RCB became the first team to win seven matches in IPL 2025. If they win their match tonight (May 3), RCB will go to the top to the Table of 2025 points against rivals Chennai Super Kings (CSK).

,Royal Challengers Bangalore. He has batted well and is also in the field. Mumbai Indians are close, but they have only started their growth. The question is whether they can maintain it, as they have three difficult matches against top teams. It will be important how they carry that speed forward. But yes, RCBs are definitely the title favoriteGavaskar said.

RCB is on one role, in the second place on the table with seven wins in ten matches. His unbeaten record is even more impressive in distant matches, dominating the road with him. According to Gavaskar, Mumbai Indians (MI) is the only team that can potentially give RCB a run for their money. However, even MI closed its season for a rocky start, while RCB has been consistently spectacular.

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RCB’s harmony stands in IPL 2025

Under the new captain Rajat Patidar, RCB IPL has emerged as one of the most harmonious and cleverly surprising aspects in 2025. It is no longer a team dependent on one or two superstars. Instead, he has acted as a well-oil unit, in which many match-winners step into separate sports.

In fact, five different players have won the Player of the Match Awards in their seven wins – something that Sanjay Manjrekar also told. While the choice of Josh Hazelwood, Krunal Pandya and Virat Kohli has acted, Tim David, Devdutt Padikkal and Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s significant contribution has brought stability.

RCB’s merit scenario is straightforward – one of the remaining four matches and will all seal one playoff spots. But at home with three of the games where they are struggling, the next fortnights are important.