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.

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.