Mayank agarwal, from fan in March to ipl champion in May: Royal Challengers Bangalore finally won their first IPL Trophy after 17 years. RCB defeated Punjab Kings by 6 runs at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Tuesday. All the players of the team played an important role in this victory of RCB. After this victory, Virat Kohli became very emotional. He praised all the players, which also included the name of right -handed batsman Mayank Agarwal. Mayank contributed 24 runs with his bat in the final for RCB.

Mayank’s journey from fan to champion

Mayank was not bought by any team during the mega auction. In March, he came to watch an IPL match like a normal fan. After this, RCB’s left -handed batsman Devdutt got out of the team due to a physical injury. Mayank was included in the team as a replacement of Paddikal. After this, he got a chance to play in all four matches. Aggarwal scored 95 runs in these four matches. But he played two very important innings. Mayank scored 41 runs against Lucknow. He won the team by making an unbeaten century partnership with Jitesh Sharma. After which the team finished the top-2. After this, Mayank contributed to 24 runs in 18 balls in the final match. After which he became the champion with the team.

Wins in final, first trophy raised after 17 years

RCB, batting first, scored 190 runs on the score board. In response to this, Punjab could score only 184 runs in the entire 20 overs and lost the match by 6 runs. RCB was waiting for this trophy for the last 17 years, which was completed this year. Krunal Pandya bowled brilliantly in the final. Krunal took two wickets for just 17 runs in 4 overs. He was also adjudged Player of the Match for excellent bowling.

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