Overview
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru beat Gujarat Titans by five wickets at Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium to claim the IPL 2026 final, completing the chase in 18 overs.
- Virat Kohli anchored the run chase with an unbeaten 75 off 42 balls, won Player of the Match, and moved ahead of Rohit Sharma for the most Player of the Match awards by an Indian in IPL history.
- RCB’s pace bowlers set the tone earlier by restricting Gujarat to 155 for 8, with Rasikh Salam taking three wickets and Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Josh Hazlewood taking two apiece.
- Fifteen-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi capped a breakout season by sweeping major awards, including the Orange Cap, Emerging Player and Most Valuable Player honors at the presentation.
- The title defence makes RCB only the third franchise to win consecutive IPL crowns and shifts attention to retention choices and the 2027 auction while Gujarat Titans review their final-day tactics.