RCB Win IPL 2025 Reactions: Tendulkar, de Villiers, Gayle & cricket world celebrate Royal Challengers Bengaluru's maiden IPL title
RCB IPL 2025 Title Win Reactions: Royal Challengers Bengaluru handed Punjab Kings a 6-run defeat in the Indian Premier League 2025 final at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Tuesday to win their first IPL trophy as the league got a new champion in RCB. The Rajat Patidar-led RCB was one notch above another trophy-less side, PBKS, which failed to chase 191 on a tricky surface.
Virat Kohli's hunger and wait for this elusive trophy also ended with what will be a famous win in Ahmedabad. RCB, en route to the historic title, also became the only team in the history of the IPL to have won all away games in a season. They finished second behind Punjab in the standings and beat them in the first qualifier by eight wickets before beating them again in the finals.
Since RCB won their first IPL trophy, reactions from the cricketing and the whole sporting fraternity have been pouring in. Here are some of the reactions:
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Congratulations to @RCBTweets on their first-ever IPL title. Fitting that jersey no. 18 lifts the trophy in the 18th edition.
Well played and well deserved! 🏆 👏🏽
Well played to @PunjabKingsIPL as well for a well-fought season.
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) June 3, 2025
Ee sala cup n̶a̶m̶d̶e̶ namdu x 2️⃣ 🏆❤
Smriti Mandhana 🤝 Rajat Patidar 🫡#TATAIPL | #TATAWPL | #RCBvPBKS | #Final | #TheLastMile | @RCBTweets | @mandhana_smriti | @rrjjt_01 pic.twitter.com/p6Fj0nRb78
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) June 3, 2025
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Champions 🏆 #RCB #IPLFinals pic.twitter.com/al3Tms6cWT
— DK (@DineshKarthik) June 3, 2025
Congratulations to @RCB on their first IPL title. Year 18 and number 18, a great story. The journey has been long but surely worth the wait.
— Ian Raphael Bishop (@irbishi) June 3, 2025
Congratulations on the maiden IPL championship, RCB! 🤝♥️#IPL2025 #WhistlePodu 🦁💛
📸 : @IPL pic.twitter.com/aVirQtbEOF
— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) June 4, 2025
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RCB are IPL Champions finally after 18 years. Superb campaign right through the 2025 tournament. A well balanced team Playing Bold with outstanding coaching and support staff. Many congratulations ! Ee sala cup namde !!
— Vijay Mallya (@TheVijayMallya) June 3, 2025
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