New Delhi: The drummer of the star of Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), Virat Kohli, jumped in celebration and hugged his Romario Shepherd arms after the stimulator rejected the skipper of the Punjab (PBKS) Shreyas Iyer for only 1. Iyer was caught up by Jitesh Sharma from a delivery outside the short duration. Although the referee did not lift the finger, Iyer walked immediately, recognizing the light outside edge. Jiteh was ready to examine, but the honesty of Captain PBKS spared the reference.Earlier, RCB blew and swelled their way to 190 for 9 in the 2025 IPL final at the Narendra Modi stadium in Ahmedabad on Tuesday. On a surface adapted to the striker, the fourth finalists have again weakened on the big stage, unable to apply significant pressure on the dashboard.While Kohli has long rooted sleeves with calculated calm, his approach was returned this time. He succeeded 43 out of 35 balls, hitting only three four – two of which came after the ninth – at a typing rate of 122.85, seeming far too conservative during the final of the high issues.
The RCB was relatively rapid in the power game, reaching 55/1, but their momentum was blocked later. Between the Overs 6 and 11, they gathered only 42 points, with the largely rotating strikes rather than putting pressure for large overs.Phil Salt gave RCB a fiery beginning, breaking a six and a four in the first. However, in the next one, he deceived a shot from Kyle Jamieson, offering a skier who was safely poached by Shreyas Iyer after having covered more than 10 steps in the middle.Salt’s dismissal turned out to be a turning point because RCB lost momentum. Mayank Agarwal (24), Rajat Patidar (26) and Liam Livingstone (25) all obtained departures but could not convert them into a striking scores.Jamieson (3/48) played a decisive role, intelligently mixing its lengths. After removing the salt, he returned to the 11th to trap Patidar LBW with a superb slower York. His figures made a slight blow in the 17th when Jiteh Sharma (24 out of 10 balls) and Livingstone launched a counterattack, collecting 23 points with three six. But Jamieson had the last word, trapping Livingstone Leg-Bevant with a complete draw.Arshdeep Singh, which has achieved an expensive departure – conceding 37 in its first three Overs – produced a brilliant final. He rejected Krunal Pandya (4), Bhuvnehwar Kumar (1) and Romario Shepherd (17 out of 9), who threatened to raise RCB after 200 with six and four late in the sleeves.