Overview
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru chased 156 and beat Gujarat Titans by five wickets in the final at Narendra Modi Stadium on Sunday, May 31, 2026, with the chase finished with 12 balls to spare.
- Virat Kohli was named Player of the Match after an unbeaten 75 off 42 balls that included his fastest-ever IPL fifty in 25 deliveries and a closing six to seal the win.
- RCB bowlers earlier held Gujarat to 155 for 8 as Rasikh Salam took 3 for 27 and Josh Hazlewood and Bhuvneshwar Kumar took two wickets each, a disciplined seam plan that stifled GT’s top order.
- Tournament awards honored breakout and season-long performers with Vaibhav Sooryavanshi winning the Orange Cap, MVP and Emerging Player after 776 runs, and Kagiso Rabada taking the Purple Cap with 29 wickets.
- Authorities pressed crowd-control rules before the final because of a 2025 stampede that killed 11 fans, and the match drew an official attendance of over 90,000 at the world’s largest cricket stadium.