IPL 2025: Royal Challengers Bengaluru Champions — Final, Venue & Season Story
Winner: Royal Challengers Bengaluru · Runner-up: Punjab Kings · Final venue: Ahmedabad
The IPL 2025 season belongs to Royal Challengers Bengaluru, who beat Punjab Kings in a final staged in Ahmedabad. It was a season from the modern mega-auction era, with 10 teams from 2022 and record media-rights money — and like every IPL year, it is best understood through its final: the two teams left standing after two months of league cricket, playing one match for the trophy.
The 2025 season added a line to two very different ledgers. Royal Challengers Bengaluru's championship was their title number 1 all-time; Punjab Kings's defeat left them on 0 title(s), a gap between the franchises that later seasons would either widen or close. That slow arithmetic — one trophy a year, shared among ten teams — is what makes each final heavier than the last.
The final was staged in Ahmedabad, which had by then hosted 3 IPL final(s) — a reminder that the league's biggest night has its own geography, moving between the great grounds rather than belonging to one city. Players from both squads that year have since scattered across franchises through auctions and trades, but the 2025 final remains the fixed point their careers are measured against.
Legacy is a slow statistic. The 2025 title sits in Royal Challengers Bengaluru's cabinet permanently, part of the count every future squad of theirs will be measured against, while Punjab Kings's wait — or drought, depending on the franchise — extended by one more year. Supporters understand this instinctively: nobody remembers league positions, everybody remembers finals.
As of the end of the 2026 season, Punjab Kings have not appeared in another IPL final since 2025. In a ten-team league with one trophy a year, that absence is its own statistic — and the first thing their supporters will want changed in 2027.
RCB won by 6 runs — their first title at the 18th attempt, the longest wait for a first championship in IPL history. One year earlier the champions were Kolkata Knight Riders — 2025 moved the crown to Royal Challengers Bengaluru. Twelve months later the title moved on to Royal Challengers Bengaluru, which makes the 2025 win a distinct chapter rather than a streak.
The 2025 season will always be remembered as the year the league's longest-running joke ended. Punjab Kings, rebuilt around Shreyas Iyer's Rs 26.75 crore signing and his captaincy, were worthy finalists; Sai Sudharsan took the Orange Cap with 759 runs for Gujarat, and Prasidh Krishna the Purple Cap with 25 wickets. But the final belonged to Bengaluru: a six-run win, a first trophy at the eighteenth attempt, and Virat Kohli — the only man to play every season for one franchise — finally lifting the cup he had chased since he was nineteen years old.
| Season | 2025 |
| Champions | Royal Challengers Bengaluru (title #1) |
| Runners-up | Punjab Kings |
| Final venue (city) | Ahmedabad |
| Player of the Tournament | PENDING verification |
Frequently Asked Questions
Who won IPL 2025?
Royal Challengers Bengaluru won IPL 2025, beating Punjab Kings in the final, which was played in Ahmedabad. It was Royal Challengers Bengaluru's title number 1 in IPL history.
Where was the IPL 2025 final played?
The IPL 2025 final was played in Ahmedabad — that city's final number 3 in the league's history. Royal Challengers Bengaluru defeated Punjab Kings there to lift the trophy.
How many finals had Royal Challengers Bengaluru played by IPL 2025?
By the end of IPL 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru had appeared in 1 IPL final(s) and won 1 of them. Punjab Kings had appeared in 1 final(s) by that point.
Who was the Player of the Tournament in IPL 2025?
The Player of the Tournament entry for IPL 2025 is marked PENDING on this site until it is verified from a reliable source — we do not print unverified award winners.