The Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) players will be involved in a bus parade in the garden city on account of their historic IPL 2025 win. The celebratory event will take place on June 4th. The starting point will be from Vidhana Soudha and will extend till the Chinnaswamy Stadium.
According to media advisory, the team will depart from Ahmedabad at 10:00 am, followed by going to HAL Airport in Bengaluru at 1:30 pm. The victory parade will begin at 5:00 pm after a visit to Karnataka Chief Minister's residence. The celebration event at the Chinnaswamy Stadium will begin approximately at 6:00 pm.
The Royal Challengers finished with what seemed like a below-par score of 190 in their stipulated 20 overs as Virat Kohli top-scored with 43 off 35 deliveries. Although the Punjab Kings had given themselves more than a promising start, the middle overs derailed them and eventually they fell six runs short of the target. Krunal Pandya earned the Player of the Match award for his outstanding figures of 4-0-17-2.
"Was great that everyone stepped up at different situations" - Dinesh Karthik
Speaking to Matthew Hayden, RCB mentor Dinesh Karthik claimed that the final was all about having that fire in the belly and commended the players for showing it. Karthik stated, as quoted by ESPN Cricinfo:
"Massive. It's a team that's waited 18 years, had to wait a long time. ABD, Kohli, all tried their hearts out. Support staff too. We believed from the start we were good. Had all bases covered. Was great that everyone stepped up at different situations. Got above par tonight, batters felt it wasn't easy. But final wasn't about the pitch, we needed fire in the belly and had it."
