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RCB vs GT Highlights, IPL 2026 Final: Dominant Royal Challengers Bengaluru claim back-to-back IPL titles
Jun 1, 2026, 24:52:50 IST
RCB vs GT Highlights, IPL 2026 Final: Virat Kohli takes RCB over the line in the IPL final to bring two trophies back to Bengaluru! A clinical, thorough performance from the champions, who don't give GT a look in and win with time to spare, in some fashion.
Key Events
- 12:35 AM IST, May 31Ladies and gentlemen – RCB lift the trophy again, and bring the curtain down on IPL 2026!
- 12:33 AM IST, May 31Winning captain Rajat Patidar after winning back-to-back!
- 12:28 AM IST, May 31Shubman Gill reflects on a tough final loss for the Titans
- 12:22 AM IST, May 31At 15 years old, the Most Valuable Player of the year, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi!
- 12:19 AM IST, May 31Purple Cap to Kagiso Rabada – and the Orange Cap to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi!
- 12:17 AM IST, May 31Catch of the season – Manish Pandey!
- 12:12 AM IST, May 31Emerging player of the year award – Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, and it could never have been anyone else
- 12:09 AM IST, May 31The player of the match in the final – who else but Virat Kohli!
- 12:04 AM IST, May 31Right – back for the presentation
- 11:46 PM IST, May 31Matthew Hayden reflects on a tough loss
- 11:42 PM IST, May 31Bangalore boy Devdutt Padikkal speaks next
- 11:40 PM IST, May 31Bhuvneshwar and Hazlewood next!
- 11:37 PM IST, May 31Jitesh Sharma reflects next
- 11:36 PM IST, May 31Virat Kohli speaks after his 75*!
- 11:33 PM IST, May 31Krunal Pandya, 5 time champion, first to speak
- 11:28 PM IST, May 31VIRAT KOHLI FINISHES IT IN STYLE TO GIVE RCB BACK-TO-BACK TITLES!
- 11:18 PM IST, May 31Gill's turn to ground a catch – Kohli stays in to try and see it through!
- 11:05 PM IST, May 31Tim David edges behind!
- 10:51 PM IST, May 31FIFTY for Kohli! His fastest in the IPL
- 10:37 PM IST, May 31SECOND IN THE OVER FOR RASHID! REMOVES KRUNAL PANDYA
- 10:32 PM IST, May 31Rashid Khan finds the wicket of Rajat Patidar! Is there an opening for GT?
- 10:28 PM IST, May 3168 needed off 72 – RCB on their way
- 10:18 PM IST, May 3170/2 after 6 – Kohli ends powerplay with six!
- 10:14 PM IST, May 31One brings two! Rabada removes Padikkal
- 10:10 PM IST, May 31Siraj removes Venkatesh – but he has played his part
- 10:06 PM IST, May 31Kohli hammers 19 off Rabada!
- 10:01 PM IST, May 314, 4 – Now Kohli gets going!
- 9:55 PM IST, May 3118 off Rabada's over – Venkatesh takes his chances and it pays off!
- 9:52 PM IST, May 315 off the first over
- 9:45 PM IST, May 31Welcome back for the chase of 156
- 9:20 PM IST, May 31GT finish on 155/8
- 9:16 PM IST, May 31Six and out! Rashid takes GT past 150 but falls right after
- 9:11 PM IST, May 31Second of the night for Bhuvneshwar! Takes Purple Cap with Holder's wicket
- 9:09 PM IST, May 31Crucial 16-run over!
- 8:57 PM IST, May 31115/5 with 4 overs to play – and Tewatia falls!
- 8:46 PM IST, May 31Arshad's brief stay ends! Hazlewood strikes again
- 8:36 PM IST, May 31First boundary in 41 balls – and first six of the night!
- 8:34 PM IST, May 31STUMPED! RCB's Mr. Reliable Krunal Pandya ends Jos Buttler's innings!
- 8:32 PM IST, May 3173/3 after 12
- 8:25 PM IST, May 31DUFFY REMOVES SUNDAR – BUT NOT QUITE! Catch is grassed
- 8:13 PM IST, May 31Sindhu falls! Can't clear the boundary off Rasikh
- 8:04 PM IST, May 31Sindhu with a few key boundaries to punch back – 45/2 after 5
- 7:54 PM IST, May 31NOW BHUVNESHWAR KUMAR REMOVES SUDHARSAN! RCB ARE RUNNING AWAY WITH IT EARLY
- 7:47 PM IST, May 31GONE NEXT BALL! Gill falls and it's a huge moment, 22/1
- 7:44 PM IST, May 31Gill dances down and smashes Hazlewood for four first ball!
- 7:42 PM IST, May 31First in then out to beat the bat, but Gill meets the challenge with four!
- 7:40 PM IST, May 3113/0 after the first
- 7:37 PM IST, May 31Finger goes up but Sudharsan reviews and SURVIVES!
- 7:34 PM IST, May 31First boundary of the evening! Duffy loses his line and Sudharsan tucks it away
- 7:33 PM IST, May 31Ready to begin! Jacob Duffy takes the new ball vs Sudharsan and Gill
- 7:20 PM IST, May 31RCB's playing XI
- 7:13 PM IST, May 31GT's playing XI
- 7:03 PM IST, May 31RCB win the toss and opt to BOWL first
- 6:41 PM IST, May 3120 minutes to the toss
- 6:25 PM IST, May 31Key battle – GT's top order vs RCB's new ball
- 6:10 PM IST, May 31In Qualifier 1 – GT thrashed by RCB
- 5:50 PM IST, May 31Two finals in two years for RCB
- 5:35 PM IST, May 31GT's third final in five years
- 5:20 PM IST, May 31The beauty of a final – winner takes it all, and the loser is empty-handed
- 5:00 PM IST, May 31HELLO AND WELCOME TO THE IPL FINAL!
Virat Kohli's 75* in the final guides RCB over the line for consecutive championships in the IPL.
RCB vs GT Highlights, IPL 2026 Final: Royal Challengers Bengaluru are crowned champions of the IPL for the second time, and for the second year running! A clinical playoff performance from the defending champions who will go into 2027 with two stars on their chest, and hungry for a three-peat. Gujarat Titans were brushed aside with ease – first by a bowling effort led by Bhuvneshwar Kumar that restricted them to 155/8, which was never going to be enough. In response, it was an aggressive start that put a result beyond the doubt, before Virat Kohli notched his fastest IPL half-century to guide the chase home in a five-wicket victory....Read More
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