The final of IPL 2026 is today between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Gujarat Titans. Shubman Gill would like to win his first trophy as captain, his team GT won its first title in 2022 under the captaincy of Hardik. RCB won its first title last year under the captaincy of Rajat Patidar, the team is in the final for the second consecutive time. Know what prize money will be given to the champion team and how much amount will the losing team of the final get?

Doubts remain over Phil Salt’s performance, but Royal Challengers Bangalore will be happy with the winning combination even without tampering. Venkatesh Iyer can open with Virat Kohli, who has got only a few opportunities but has given a fast start. There is little possibility of change in the playing 11 of Gujarat Titans. Both the teams will be on the field today for their second title, the dream of one of them will be shattered. Here we are telling you about winning and losing, i.e. the prize money of the winner and runner-up.

What is the prize money of IPL 2026 winner?

In the first edition of IPL, Rajasthan Royals got Rs 4.8 crore for becoming the champion. Today the winner’s prize money has increased 5 times. The team that wins the IPL 2026 title will get prize money of Rs 20 crore.

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How much is the prize money of IPL 2026 runner-up team?

Royal Challengers Bangalore or Gujarat Titans, the team that loses the IPL 2026 final will also get crores of rupees. The prize money of the runner-up team is Rs 13 crore.

Apart from this, the other two teams that reach the playoffs will also get prize money. Rajasthan Royals had reached Qualifier-2, hence this team will get Rs 7 crore and Sunrisers Hyderabad will get Rs 6.5 crore. SRH was eliminated after losing in the eliminator match.

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Where to watch RCB vs GT live match?

The Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Gujarat Titans final match will be held on the same pitch of Narendra Modi Stadium, where the final of the previous edition was held. This is the same pitch where RCB and GT faced each other this season. Then a low scoring match was seen. IPL 2026 final match will start at 7:30 pm today, toss will take place at 7 pm. The final will be telecast live on the channels of Star Sports Network. There will be live streaming on JioHotstar app and website.

RCB vs pbks final score: In the final of IPL 2025, Royal Challengers Bangalore have scored 190 runs while playing first. The final match is being played at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. In this clash, the Bengaluru team got an invitation to bat first. In the final match, Virat Kohli was the top scorer for RCB, who scored 43 runs. In the last overs, Jitesh Sharma, Liam Livingstone and Romario Shepherd playing cameo innings

Virat Kohli and Phil Salat started the innings for RCB. Rumors of not playing the finals of the earlier Salt from the match were flying, but they played the finals but were dismissed for only 16 runs. During the innings, Virat was severely criticized as he scored 43 runs but his boundary percentage was very low. He hit only 3 fours in his 43 -run innings. Mayank Agarwal came in a mood for batting, but was dismissed by 24 runs in 18 balls.

At one time RCB lost 2 wickets on a score of 56. Virat and Rajat Patidar together added 40 runs but the Patidar was dismissed on the score of 26. When Virat Kohli was out, Bangalore scored 131 runs for the fifth ball of the 15th over. After Kohli was dismissed, RCB added 59 runs off the last 31 balls but also lost 5 wickets.

58 runs, 5 wickets in the last 5 overs

In the last 5 overs, Jitesh Sharma scored 24 runs in just 10 balls, Livingstone also made a big contribution to Bangalore to reach the score of 190. Romario Shepherd turned a bat in a stormy manner and scored 17 runs in 9 balls. RCB added 58 runs in the last 5 overs, but also lost 5 wickets

Kyle Jaimison and Arshdeep Singh took 3-3 wickets for Punjab Kings. Jaimison broke havoc on the batsmen of Bangalore first, while in the last over, Arshdeep took 3 wickets to Bangalore from scoring 200 runs.

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