Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) successfully retained their Indian Premier League (IPL) title by defeating hosts Gujarat Titans (GT) in the showpiece final at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Sunday, May 31. In this way, Rajat Patidar's team became the third team in the history of the tournament to win consecutive titles.
RCB won the crucial toss and chose to bowl first and restricted GT to just 155 runs in the first innings. Washington Sundar's 50 off 37 balls was the only notable score as the 2022 champions lost wickets at regular intervals. Meanwhile, Rasikh Salam Dar was the best bowler, taking three wickets, while Josh Hazlewood and Bhuvneshwar Kumar took two wickets each.
In reply, the defending champions chased down the target with two overs to spare thanks to another masterclass from Virat Kohli in the run chase. The right-handed batsman completed the chase with a six and scored an unbeaten 75 off just 42 balls. Venkatesh Iyer (32) and Tim David (24) made a brilliant partnership during the second innings.
As has happened in the last 73 IPL matches, the 2026 final is between RCB and GT Players from both camps were also seen achieving milestones. However, not all the milestones are positive in nature, with the Titans finding themselves on the wrong side of an unfortunate record in the history of IPL finals.
Here are the most important stats and milestones from the 2026 IPL final:
- Bhuvneshwar Kumar:Jointly second most wickets by an Indian in the IPL edition (28 wickets)
- Virat Kohli: Scored his fastest IPL half-century (25 balls)
- Virat Kohli:Jointly second highest half century in IPL final (25 balls)
- Royal Challengers Bangalore:Fastest 50 runs in IPL final (3.3 overs)
- Royal Challengers Bangalore:Became the fourth team to win multiple IPL titles
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: Become only the third IPL team to retain their title
- Gujarat Titans: Longest gap without boundary in IPL final (40 balls)
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