RCB Vs GT, IPL 2026 Final: Virat Kohli Fifty Drives Royal Challengers Bengaluru To Successive Title In Ahmedabad
Virat Kohli anchored the chase with 75 not out as Royal Challengers Bengaluru proved their class in all departments to clinch a second consecutive Indian Premier League title victory, with a 5-wicket win over Gujarat Titans on Sunday. Kohli scored 75 not out off 42 balls with nine fours and three sixes as he hit his fastest IPL fifty (25 balls) as RCB chased down an under-par 156-run target, reaching 161 for five in 18 overs. Rasikh Salam Dar claimed 3/27 while Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Josh Hazlewood took two wickets apiece as a top-heavy Titans were restricted to 155 for eight in the first half.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru's players and their family members celebrate with the tournament trophy after the team won the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 title, in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. | Photo: PTI/Ravi Choudhary
Royal Challengers Bengaluru's Virat Kohli, left, celebrates with his wife and actor Anushka Sharma, front right, and others after winning the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 title, in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. | Photo: PTI/Ravi Choudhary
Rajsthan Royals' Vaibhav Sooryavanshi receives Super Striker of the Season award during the presentation ceremony of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 T20 final, in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. | Photo: PTI/Kunal Patil
Royal Challengers Bengaluru's Virat Kohli celebrates with teammate Jitesh Sharma after their win in the Indian Premier League final cricket match against Gujarat Titans in Ahmedabad, India,. | Photo: AP/Ajit Solanki
Royal Challengers Bengaluru players celebrate after their win in the Indian Premier League final cricket match against Gujarat Titans in Ahmedabad, India. | Photo: AP/Ajit Solanki
Royal Challengers Bengaluru's captain Rajat Patidar and Gujarat Titans' captain Shubman Gill, right, pose for photographs with the IPL trophy before the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 Final T20 cricket match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Gujarat Titans, in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. | Photo: PTI/Ravi Choudhary
Royal Challengers Bengaluru's Virat Kohli talks to South African cricketer AB de Villiers before the start of the Indian Premier League final cricket match between Gujarat Titans and Royal Challengers Bengaluru in Ahmedabad, India. | Photo: AP/Ajit Solanki
Gujarat Titans' captain Shubman Gill talks to Jos Buttler at the warm up before the start of the Indian Premier League final cricket match between Gujarat Titans and Royal Challengers Bengaluru in Ahmedabad, India. | Photo: AP/Ajit Solanki
Royal Challengers Bengaluru's captain Rajat Patidar, left, Virat Kohli, centre, and Abhinandan Singh during the warm-up before an Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 Final T20 cricket match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Gujarat Titans, in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. | Photo: PTI/Kunal Patil
A Royal Challengers Bengaluru fan waits for the start of the Indian Premier League final cricket match between Gujarat Titans and Royal Challengers Bengaluru in Ahmedabad, India. | Photo: AP/Ajit Solanki
Spectators arrive at Narendra Modi Stadium before the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 Final T20 cricket match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Gujarat Titans, in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. | Photo: PTI
Gujarat Titans fans cheer as they wait for the start of the Indian Premier League final cricket match between Gujarat Titans and Royal Challengers Bengaluru in Ahmedabad, India. | Photo: AP/Ajit Solanki
Spectators before the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 Final T20 cricket match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Gujarat Titans, in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. | Photo: PTI/Ravi Choudhary
Royal Challengers Bengaluru's players before the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 Final T20 cricket match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Gujarat Titans, in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. | Photo: PTI/Kunal Patil
Gujarat Titans' Sai Sudharsan plays a shot during the Indian Premier League final cricket match between Gujarat Titans and Royal Challengers Bengaluru in Ahmedabad, India. | Photo: AP/Ajit Solanki
Gujarat Titans' captain Shubman Gill watches after hitting a shot which was taken as catch by Royal Challengers Bengaluru's captain Rajat Patidar during the Indian Premier League final cricket match between Gujarat Titans and Royal Challengers Bengaluru in Ahmedabad, India. | Photo: AP/Ajit Solanki
Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s Josh Hazlewood, center, celebrates the wicket of Gujarat Titans' captain Shubman Gill with with teammates during the Indian Premier League final cricket match between Gujarat Titans and Royal Challengers Bengaluru in Ahmedabad, India. | Photo: AP/Ajit Solanki
Royal Challengers Bengaluru's Bhuvneshwar Kumar, center, celebrates the wicket of Gujarat Titans' Sai Sudharsan with with teammates during the Indian Premier League final cricket match between Gujarat Titans and Royal Challengers Bengaluru in Ahmedabad, India. | Photo: AP/Ajit Solanki
Gujarat Titans' Jos Buttler ducks a bouncer of Royal Challengers Bengaluru's Josh Hazlewood during the Indian Premier League final cricket match between Gujarat Titans and Royal Challengers Bengaluru in Ahmedabad, India. | Photo: AP/Ajit Solanki
Gujarat Titans' Nishant Sindhu plays a shot during the Indian Premier League final cricket match between Gujarat Titans and Royal Challengers Bengaluru in Ahmedabad, India. | Photo: AP/Ajit Solanki
Royal Challengers Bengaluru's Rasikh Salam, left, celebrates with Virat Kohli after taking the wicket of Gujarat Titans' Nishant Sindhu during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 Final T20 cricket match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Gujarat Titans, in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. | Photo: PTI/Kunal Patil
Gujarat Titans' Jos Buttler leaves the ground after losing his wicket during the Indian Premier League final cricket match between Gujarat Titans and Royal Challengers Bengaluru in Ahmedabad, India. | Photo: AP/Ajit Solanki
Gujarat Titans' Washington Sundar plays a shot during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 Final T20 cricket match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Gujarat Titans, in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. | Photo: PTI/Ravi Choudhary
Gujarat Titans' Rahul Tewatia plays a shot during the Indian Premier League final cricket match between Gujarat Titans and Royal Challengers Bengaluru in Ahmedabad, India. | Photo: AP/Ajit Solanki
Gujarat Titans' Arshad Khan plays a shot during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 Final T20 cricket match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Gujarat Titans, in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. | Photo: PTI/Ravi Choudhary
Royal Challengers Bengaluru's Rasikh Dar celebrates the wicket of Gujarat Titans' Rahul Tewatia during the Indian Premier League final cricket match between Gujarat Titans and Royal Challengers Bengaluru in Ahmedabad, India. | Photo: AP/Ajit Solanki
Artists perform as a laser show and fire works light up the sky during the Indian Premier League final cricket match between Gujarat Titans and Royal Challengers Bengaluru in Ahmedabad, India. | Photo: AP/Ajit Solanki
Playback singer Kailash Kher performs during the Indian Premier League final cricket match between Gujarat Titans and Royal Challengers Bengaluru in Ahmedabad, India. | Photo: AP/Ajit Solanki
Artists perform as a laser show light up the sky during the Indian Premier League final cricket match between Gujarat Titans and Royal Challengers Bengaluru in Ahmedabad, India. | Photo: AP/Ajit Solanki
Gujarat Titans' team arrives on field during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 Final T20 cricket match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Gujarat Titans, in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. | Photo: PTI/Kunal Patil
Royal Challengers Bengaluru's Venkatesh Iyer plays a shot during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 Final T20 cricket match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Gujarat Titans, in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. | Photo: PTI/Ravi Choudhary
Royal Challengers Bengaluru's Virat Kohli, left, and Venkatesh Iyer run between the wickets during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 Final T20 cricket match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Gujarat Titans, in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. | Photo: PTI/Ravi Choudhary
Royal Challengers Bengaluru's Virat Kohli plays a shot during the Indian Premier League final cricket match between Gujarat Titans and Royal Challengers Bengaluru in Ahmedabad, India. | Photo: AP/Ajit Solanki
Gujarat Titans' Mohammed Siraj celebrates the wicket of Royal Challengers Bengaluru's Venkatesh Iyer, right, during the Indian Premier League final cricket match between Gujarat Titans and Royal Challengers Bengaluru in Ahmedabad, India. | Photo: AP/Ajit Solanki
Gujarat Titans' Kagiso Rabada celebrates the wicket of Royal Challengers Bengaluru's Devdutt Padikkal with with teammate Washington Sundar during the Indian Premier League final cricket match between Gujarat Titans and Royal Challengers Bengaluru in Ahmedabad, India. | Photo: AP/Ajit Solanki
Gujarat Titans' Kagiso Rabada takes the catch of Royal Challengers Bengaluru's captain Rajat Patidar during the Indian Premier League final cricket match between Gujarat Titans and Royal Challengers Bengaluru in Ahmedabad, India. | Photo: AP/Ajit Solanki
Royal Challengers Bengaluru's Virat Kohli plays a shot during the Indian Premier League final cricket match between Gujarat Titans and Royal Challengers Bengaluru in Ahmedabad, India. | Photo: AP/Ajit Solanki
Royal Challengers Bengaluru's Virat Kohli celebrates his half century during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 Final T20 cricket match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Gujarat Titans, in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. | Photo: PTI/Ravi Choudhary
Royal Challengers Bengaluru's Krunal Pandya gets LBW by Gujarat Titans' Rashid Khan during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 Final T20 cricket match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Gujarat Titans, in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. | Photo: PTI/Ravi Choudhary
Royal Challengers Bengaluru's Virat Kohli talks to umpire after he was given out which was later reversed by third umpire during the Indian Premier League final cricket match between Gujarat Titans and Royal Challengers Bengaluru in Ahmedabad, India. | Photo: AP/Ajit Solanki
Royal Challengers Bengaluru's Jitesh Sharma plays a shot during the Indian Premier League final cricket match between Gujarat Titans and Royal Challengers Bengaluru in Ahmedabad, India. | Photo: AP/Ajit Solanki
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