The Indian Premier League season 18 is over, Royal Challengers Bangalore won their first trophy by defeating Punjab Kings in the final. Krunal Pandya received the Player of the Match award in the final, Suryakumar Yadav was voted the best player of the tournament. Apart from this, players received awards in many different categories, in which an award was to catch the most spectacular catch in the tournament.

This time the player of Sri Lankan player has received the best catch award in IPL 2025, who caught a surprise catch in the match against Chennai Super Kings. These award winners are Kamindu Mendis, who were included in the Sunrisers Hyderabad team. In the CSK vs SRH match held on 25 April, he caught that difficult catch of Dewald Braceid.

Video of IPL 2025’s best catch

Kamindu Mendis was given a tough fight by his own compatriot Dushmanta Chamera for this award, he caught a difficult catch against KKR. However, Mendis received this award. With this, he also got a prize money of Rs 10 lakh.

Kamindu Mendis Dushmantha Chamera

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Mendis was bought by Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 75 lakh in the auction. This was his debut season, in which he played a total of 5 matches. Mendis scored 92 runs and took 2 wickets. However, last year’s runner-up Sunrisers Hyderabad was the third team to be out first.

Who won Orange and Purple Cap

In IPL season 18, the Orange Cap and Purple Cap were won by both Gujarat Titans players. Sai Sudarshan got Orange and the famous Krishna got the purple cap, both got Rs 10-10 as a prize money. Sudarshan became the emerging player of this year, with this he also got 10 lakh rupees separately.

IPL 2025 prize money: Royal Challengers Bangalore won their first IPL title by defeating Punjab Kings in the IPL 2025 final. Not only the final losing Punjab but also the other 2 teams reached the playoffs as a prize money. Here information is given about the prize money received along with all the details and other awards.

How much money did IPL 2025 winner RCB get?

Royal Challengers Bangalore received Rs 20 crore as a prize money after winning IPL 2025. However, this entire amount will not reach them, but crores of rupees will be deducted as tax. According to a report, after 30 % tax is deducted, the Bengaluru team will come close to Rs 14 crore.

RCB was celebrating its first IPL trophy, while the heart of Punjab Kings broke once again. The Punjab came so close to the trophy and missed, he is included in the teams that have not won any title yet. The runner-up of IPL 2025 Punjab Kings received Rs 12.5 crore.

Mi and GT also get crores

Apart from the IPL finalist, Mumbai Indians and Gujarat Titans reached the playoffs. Mumbai was fourth in the points table and Gujarat was at number three. The eliminator match was played between the two, in which Mumbai defeated Gujarat and excluded. Therefore, Gujarat became a team of number four. Mumbai was the third team to be out after losing to Punjab in qualifier-2.

1. Winner team prize money in IPL 2025- 20 crore (RCB)
2. Runner-up prize money- 12.5 crore (PBKS)
3. Team prizes at number three- 7 crore (Mi)
4. Team prize money at number four- 6.5 crore (GT)

Other awards of IPL 2025 and their prize money

• IPL 2025 Orange Cap Winner (Sai ​​Sudarshan): 10 lakhs
• IPL 2025 Purple Cap winner (famous Krishna): 10 lakhs
• IPL 2025 Emerging Player Winner (Sai ​​Sudarshan): 10 lakhs
• IPL 2025 most valuable player (Suryakumar Yadav): 15 lakhs
• Season’s Super Striker (Vaibhav Suryavanshi): 10 lakh + Tata Curve Car
• Best Catch winner (Kamindu Mendis): 10 lakhs
• Most dot ball (Mohammad Siraj): 10 lakhs
• Super Sixes (Nicholas Puran): 10 lakhs
• Fairplay Award (Chennai Super Kings): 10 Lakh

IPL 2025 Final: In the final of IPL season 18, Royal Challengers Bangalore won their first trophy by defeating Punjab Kings by 6 runs. Virat Kohli then shared 2 stories on Instagram. He shared the trophy with his friend and former RCB player AB de Villiers and wrote that you are also equal to it. Apart from this, he praised him by writing a special message for another player.

Virat Kohli praised Phil Salat and shared an Instagram story in a joking style. Let us tell you that after becoming father, he returned to his homeland before the IPL final, but he also returned to India to play the final. Salt also caught Priyansh Arya a wonderful catch on the boundary in the final match.

Now get ready to change the diaper

Virat Kohli shared a photo holding the IPL trophy with Salt and wrote in the caption, “Very good my partner, now you return to your real work and get ready to change the diaper.”

A Special Instagram Story of Kohli for Salt

– Phil salt is a hero … !!!! pic.twitter.com/thauptvxlq

– Johns. (@Criccrazyjohns) June 4, 2025

Share Trophy with AB de Villiers

The picture is going to break the internet

– Instagram Story of Kohli with Ab De Villiers. pic.twitter.com/figbmczock

– Johns. (@Criccrazyjohns) June 4, 2025

Today RCB’s Victory Parade

Today, the RCB team will reach Bangalore with the IPL trophy. The team will meet the Chief Minister of Karnataka at around 4 pm. After this, there will be a Victory Parade at 5 pm. The victory will be celebrated at 6 pm in the Chinnaswamy Stadium.

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Defending 191 runs in the IPL 2025 final, Royal Challengers Bangalore spinner Krunal Pandya bowled amazing, he gave only 17 runs in his 4 overs spell and dismissed 2 big batsmen of Punjab Kings. He received the Player of the Match Award for this amazing spell.

RCB captain Rajat Patidar got Krunal Pandya’s over in the beginning, as Punjab Kings batsmen were failing to hit a big hit on his balls. His experience in his bowling was also clearly visible. He tempted Prabhasimran in the 9th over, caught in this trap, the batsmen were caught out. After this, he made Josh English his victim, which looked dangerous. English scored 39 runs in 23 balls.

Krunal Pandya received the player of the match award in the IPL final

Krunal Pandya conceded 17 runs in 4 overs in the IPL final match, for which he received the Player of the Match Award. Along with the trophy, he also received a prize money of Rs 5 lakh. Krunal was an important bowler for the entire season RCB, he took 17 wickets in 15 matches played in IPL 2025. His economy was 8.23.

Brother Hardik Pandya did emotional post

Hardik Pandya shared the story on Instagram for his brother Krunal. In which he wrote, “I have tears in my eyes, I am very proud of you, my brother.” Hardik was the captain of Mumbai Indians in IPL 2025, but his team lost to Punjab Kings in another qualifier. In that match played on 1 June on this ground, Punjab Kings easily achieved the target of 204 runs.

Hardik Pandya’s Instagram Story for Krunal. pic.twitter.com/pxjkqvtbfk

– Mufaddal Vohra (@Mufaddal_vohra) June 3, 2025

Suryakumar Yadav becomes player of the tournament

Mumbai Indians batsman Suryakumar Yadav was voted the best player of IPL 2025. Suryakumar scored 717 runs in 16 matches from 65.18 average, he was the second batsman to score the most runs in the season. Orange Cap Sai won by Sudarshan, who was included in the Gujarat Titans. Sudarshan scored 759 runs.

Famous Krishna won the purple cap

The Purple Cap of IPL season 18 won by the Gujarat Titans bowler famous Krishna, he took 25 wickets in 15 matches. His team was out after losing in the eliminator match. Josh Hazlewood, who was involved in RCB, was involved in the race for the purple cap, but he was third in the list of the highest wicket -taking bowlers in the season. He took 22 wickets in 12 matches.

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IPL 2025 Final: Royal Challengers Bangalore won their first IPL Trophy by defeating Punjab Kings by 6 runs in the IPL 2025 final held on Tuesday, June 3. Shreyas Iyer won the toss and decided to bowl first. RCB had set a target of 191 runs to win in front of Punjab, which was not very difficult but the Punjab team remained 7 runs away from the target. Shashank Singh struggled till the end but he could not win. Know 5 criminals of Punjab’s defeat in the final.

The Punjab Kings salute pair (Priyansh Arya and Prabhasimran Singh) made a slow start, although it seemed that the middle order batsmen including captain Shreyas Iyer would cover it, but this could not happen. Shashank Singh scored an unbeaten 61 in 30 balls but no other batsman could support him and the team lost the final by 6 runs.

5 criminals of Punjab Kings defeat in the final

Prabhasimran Singh shared 43 runs with Priyansh Arya and then 29 runs with Josh English, but he batted very slowly. He scored 26 runs and played 22 balls for this. While he hit 2 sixes. That is, if they remove those 2 shots, they scored 14 runs in 20 balls.

Shreyas Iyer

Of course, the whole season Shreyas Iyer’s bat has gone well, he should join the top 5 runs scorer and be the highest run -scorer batsmen for Punjab Kings, but he is also a guilty of the final defeat. When Prabhasimran was dismissed, Punjab scored 72 runs in 8.3 overs, Punjab was in good condition but he returned to the pavilion after scoring just 1 run. This increased the pressure on the team.

Nehal Vadhera

Vadhera ruined a lot of balls in the middle order, causing Punjab to fall behind. Vadhera scored 15 runs in 18 balls in the final against Royal Challengers Bangalore.

Marcus Stoinis

Stoinis finally needed a good innings, he also hit a six on the first ball but was caught out by playing irresponsible shots on the next ball. He could not read a slow ball from Bhuvneshwar Kumar and only bathed, and the ball went straight into the fielder’s hands.

Kyle jaimison

In the IPL final, the most expensive bowler for Punjab Kings was Kyle Jeemison, who took 3 wickets but also took runs from the economy of 12. He conceded 48 runs in his 4 overs spell.

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Shreyas Iyer won the toss and decided to bowl first. Virat Kohli scored the most 43 runs for RCB. The Bengaluru team had set a target of 191 runs to win in front of Punjab Kings, which was not very difficult on this pitch.

Shashank Singh stayed till the end and tied the expectations of victory for the last moments, but no other batsman could finally support him. Shashank scored an unbeaten 61 runs in 30 balls with the help of 6 sixes and 3 fours, but could not win the team.

Prabhasimran Singh’s slow innings

Chasing 191 runs, Punjab Kings definitely added 43 runs for the first wicket, but Prabhasimran Singh and Priyansh Arya made a slow start. While Priyansh scored 24 runs in 19 balls, Prabhasimran played 22 balls to score 26 runs.

Captain Shreyas Iyer did not bat

This season, the lead scorer for Punjab Kings, captain Shreyas Iyer’s bat did not run in the final. He was dismissed by scoring 1 run in 2 balls, Romario Shepherd made him his victim. At the time when she came, Punjab was in good condition, but after her wicket, the game went back on the back.

Nehal Vadhera wasted the balls

When Shashank Singh and Nehal Vadhera were at the crease, the victory was not difficult for Punjab. But Nehal ruined the balls due to which the pressure on the team continued to grow. Nehal played 18 balls to score 15 runs.

The tears say it all

An 1 1—yar wait come to an end

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RCB won the first IPL Trophy

Royal Challengers Bangalore won their first IPL Trophy by winning the final by 6 runs, RCB, like Punjab Kings, was also waiting for the first trophy for the last 17 years which is over now. Krunal Pandya bowled brilliantly, he gave only 17 runs in 4 overs and took 2 wickets. Bhuvneshwar Kumar also took 2 wickets. Yash Dayal, Josh Hazlewood and Romario Shepherd got 1-1 wickets.

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Rcb vs pbks final: In the final match of IPL 2025, Shreyas Iyer won the toss and decided to bowl first. Royal Challengers Bangalore scored 190 runs while batting first, Virat Kohli (43) scored the most runs in RCB’s innings. However, he was also a victim of criticism for his slow innings. When he was out, Anushka Sharma’s reaction was going viral on social media.

Virat Kohli made the innings debut with Phil Salat, scoring 16 runs and was dismissed by Kyle Jaymison. After this, Mayank was dismissed for 24 and silver Patidar 26 runs. On the fifth ball of the 15th over, Kohli was caught out by Azmatullah Omarzai. He played 35 balls in the innings of 43 runs, hit 3 fours in it but there was no six from his bat.

Anushka Sharma’s reaction on Kohli’s wicket viral

When Virat Kohli was out, the camera went to Anushka Sharma, she looked unhappy and desperate. She was just staring at the ground. This reaction is becoming viral on social media. Anushka Sharma has come to the stadium to cheer the RCB team in the final.

Anushka sharma reaction #RCBVSPBKS pic.twitter.com/jvtfahobov

– Cricketerssociety (@cricketssociety) June 3, 2025

#RCBVSPBKS

35 Ball 43 Runs Virat Kohli

Kissing for anushka sharma Final kiss pic.twitter.com/wtc9wdtvau

– fearless (@vikas115iii) June 3, 2025

Anushka Sharma thanked God after English wicket

Punjab batsman Josh English was batting brilliantly, he was playing on a score of 39 in 22 balls. Krunal Pandya took a big wicket as English on the 13th of the innings and the first ball of his last over. After this, Anushka Sharma, who was sitting in the stand, thanked God with folded hands, this reaction also went viral on social media.

Anushka Sharma Thanking God with folded hands after the wicket of josh inglis pic.twitter.com/z9esng9wid

– Parijat (@vkohlic18) June 3, 2025

Virat Kohli in IPL 2025 Display of

The IPL season 18 has been fantastic for Virat. He has scored 656 runs in 15 innings. This includes 8 half -centuries. He also made a big record with 3 fours in the final. Now Kohli has become the highest batsman in IPL history, first Shikhar Dhawan (768) was at the top.