Virat Kohli Takes Victory Lap At Narendra Modi Stadium With IPL Trophy
Virat Kohli and Royal Challengers Bengaluru celebrated their first IPL title with a victory lap at Narendra Modi Stadium.
Ace India and Royal Challengers Bengaluru batter Virat Kohli took a victory lap around the Narendra Modi Stadium with his band of teammates as the franchise lifted their maiden Indian Premier League title, after striving for it for 18 long years, culminating in a moment of glory on Tuesday night in Ahmedabad.
Over 90000 people attended the final of IPL 2025, and a lot of them stayed back for the presentation ceremony and the eventual celebrations.
The fans were treated to the victory lap, and Kohli cheered them on, lifting the trophy up high as the people captured the moments on their phones. Watch the video here:
Victory Lap with Trophy! 🏆❤️ pic.twitter.com/HTclXFLvKs — Virat Kohli Fan Club (@Trend_VKohli) June 4, 2025
While Bengaluru weren't just a tad conservative in the big final, luck didn't favour the fourth-time finalists chasing their maiden trophy a great deal as well, as each of their batters perished after getting a start.
And there were no fireworks on the night of the big final as Kohli, looking to anchor the innings the way he has done in the past, perished after his laborious effort in the middle.
Kohli struck a mere three boundaries, two after the ninth over, as he got his 43 runs off 35 deliveries at 122.85.
Bengaluru's slowing down post the powerplay, in which they scored 55/1, saw their batters farming the strike rather than taking initiative to aim for big overs, with just 42 runs coming between overs 6-11.
Phil Salt's early exit had a major impact on how Bengaluru's innings progressed thereon, but none of the following batters, including Mayank Agarwal (24), Rajat Patidar (26) and Liam Livingstone (25) could convert their starts.
The lanky Kyle Jamieson had a huge impact, not just finding the right lengths and variations to keep a lid on the batters but accounting for three key batters to push Bengaluru back further.
In the second over, after Salt hit Jamieson for a four over mid-on, he had the Bengaluru opener caught off Shreyas Iyer, and in the 11th, after Patidar smacked him for a six over mid-off, Jamieson bowled a superb slow yorker which pinned the batter in front of the wickets.
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June 04, 2025, 09:14 IST
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