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Sanchita Chatterjee Ahmedabad: After 18 years, despite repeated attempts, failure came in hand. However, 2025 (IPL 2025 Final) is like the year of fulfilling a dream. Harry Kane won the first trophy of his career this year. Go Ahead Eagles won the title after 91 years, and the trophy came to Bolnia's house after seven decades. On Tuesday, Virat Kohli's dream was finally fulfilled.
Royal Challengers Bangalore finally won the IPL trophy by defeating Punjab Kings by six runs.
The closer the team got to lifting the trophy, the more Kohli was overcome with emotion. And as soon as the match ended, he lay down on the ground and burst into tears. Kohli broke down in tears after losing the World Cup final in Ahmedabad a year and a half ago. However, today's tears are of joy, of fulfilling a dream. This time, Kohli's eyes are filled with tears of joy at the victory. The IPL trophy is being held at the Narendra Modi Stadium, the same ground where the World Cup trophy was lost.
RCB alumnus AB de Villiers was right behind Virat at the end of the match. This time he is in charge of the broadcast. That is why AB was present on the field. Kohli was seen talking to him repeatedly. Virat's wife and Bollywood actress Anushka was present in the gallery. Anushka ran from the gallery after the match and hugged Kohli warmly. Virat was also seen hugging his wife and crying. These incidents prove how emotional, excited and happy this trophy win was for Kohli.
When RCB batted first and scored 190/9, even RCB's biggest fans might not have been happy. Punjab Kings had defeated Mumbai Indians by chasing more than two hundred runs on this very ground 24 hours ago. Was it possible to set a sufficient target for Shreyas? Some were criticizing Kohli himself. His innings of 43 runs off 35 balls in particular were being criticized as slow. It was being said that it was not suitable for T20 cricket.
However, RCB's bowlers thought otherwise. Punjab conceded 23 runs in the first 2 overs. Prabhsimran Singh was caught. Still, RCB did not give up. Krunal Pandya played a brilliant spell in the middle overs. He took 2 wickets for just 17 runs in 4 overs. Bhuvneshwar Kumar took 2 wickets. Yash Dayal, Josh Hazlewood and Romario Shepherd took one wicket each. Shepherd atoned for Prabhsimran's catch by returning Shreyas Iyer. Punjab was stuck at 184/7.