IPL 2025 ended on 3rd June 2025 at Narendra Modi Stadium. This season witnessed many new records made and previous records broken.
Records of 17 years and 18 years were broken in this season, and the final was played between the franchises that were presented with the opportunity to win the title for the first time. The IPL was going to get a new champion this season between RCB and PBKS.
IPL 2025, New Winner: Royal Challengers Bengaluru after 18 years
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In the IPL 2025 final of RCB vs PBKS, Royal Challengers Bengaluru made a satisfactory total of 190 runs on a black soil pitch. Punjab Kings were full of confidence after defeating Mumbai Indians in Qualifier 2, with a successful chase of 204 runs in 19 overs.
The skipper Shreyas Iyer aka ‘Sarpanch Saab’ single handedly built an innings from the start and with the help of his 83* runs along with short cameos of fellow team mates like Jos Inglis and Nehal Wadhera PBKS sealed the ticket to final.
In the finals, RCB looked different as their bowling line-up performed in the need of an hour. Krunal Pandya was their hero of the match as he bowled 4 overs at an expense of 17 runs and took 2 wickets. Shreyas Iyer got out early in the over of Romario Shepherd with an outside edge at just 1 run.
After that, RCB restricted PBKS at 184 runs, 6 runs short of the total, and after 18 years, Bengaluru won the title of IPL.
Chennai Super Kings’ devastating performance in IPL 2025
In this season, for the first time, CSK ended the season at the last of the points table, although CSK won the fair play award of IPL 2025, but this season was forgettable for Chennai. The skipper, Ruturaj Singh, looked good in the initial matches but got ruled out of the season due to a finger injury.
Although it was good news for CSK that Ms Dhoni took over the captaincy for the team after Ruturaj bailed out, CSK just managed to win their last game of the season with a huge total of 230 runs against Gujarat Titans, which was also the 5th highest total of Chennai.
Forgettable records by CSK this season:
- RCB won after 17 years in Chepauk
- Delhi won after 15 years in Chepauk
- SRH won for the first time in Chepauk
Good season for the uncapped players
- Vignesh Puthur -Rs 30 lakh
- Shubham Dubey – Rs 5.8 crore
- Ashutosh Sharma – Rs 3.80 Crore
- Vipraj Nigam – Rs 50 lakh
- Digvesh Singh Rathi – Rs 30 lakh
- Priyansh Arya – Rs 3.80 crore
- Sai Kishore – Rs 2 crore
- Sai Sudharsan – Rs 8.50
- Angkrish Raghuvanshi – Rs 20 lakh
- Shashank Singh – Rs 5.50 crore
- Yash Dayal – Rs 5 crore
Along with getting huge amounts and opportunities, the domestic heroes also shone bright in this season and proved to be more crucial than the international players. Shashank Singh was an absolute freak throughout the season, and in the finals, his 61-run knock went in vain in 30 balls, where PBKS lost the match by 6 runs.
Digvesh Rathi was one of the most economical bowlers of the entire IPL 2025 season, with a better percentage of bowling a length ball. Yash Dayal bowled brilliantly for RCB, especially against CSK.
He was phenomenal. Just like the previous season of IPL, where RCB kicked off CSK from qualifying for the playoffs, in this as well, Yash defended 15 runs in the last over against the hard-hitter of CSK, Dhoni.
Sai Sudharsan gave a glimpse of Virat Kohli’s 2016 season. Sai made 759 runs in 15 innings with an average of 54.21 and a strike rate of 156.17. He won the Orange Cap and the Emerging Player of the season.
Controversies in the biggest entertainment league
There were many obstacles in the middle and end of the tournament, which caused havoc among the viewers, such as:
- India vs Pakistan war tensions
- Blackout during the match
- Rain washed out some crucial matches for teams
- Controversial umpire decisions
- Stampede in the victory parade of RCB
These were the reasons that made this season different from the others, as war tensions and death between the entertainment league is a terrible scene that one could expect.
Introduction of new rules
- BCCI Lifts Saliva Ban for IPL 2025
- Addition of Two New Balls in IPL 2025
- Captains of the teams are to bear a fine for slow over rate, along with the field restrictions at the end over
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Fearless Young debutant Digvesh Rathi
Digvesh Rathi, the mystery spinner of Lucknow Super Giants, became extremely popular for his animated celebration after taking a wicket. First time he celebrated this in front of his domestic teammate Priyansh Arya, where he was slammed with a fine of 30% match fee by the BCCI.
The fine never stopped him from celebrating his wicke. He continued his notebook celebration till the end, until he got banned in one match due to his heated exchange with Abhishek Sharma on the field, where Abhishek scored 59 off 20 balls and got provoked by the aggressive celebration of Digvesh.
Shreyas Iyer’s Exceptional Captaincy
Shreyas became the only player to lead three franchises and take them to the finals of the IPL. Iyer led Delhi Capitals to the finals first time in 2020, won the 2024 title for KKR, and took PBKS to the finals after 11 years.
He was close to winning a title again with a different franchise and name, a record of getting two consecutive wins as a captain with a different team, but fate was in favor of RCB this season.
RCB’s improved bowling unit and the perfect combination of playing 11
This season, RCB improved a lot in the bowling department. Virat Kohli also stated in the post-match presentation after winning the title that their bowlers were the reason behind lifting the trophy for the first time. This time POTM awards were won by 9 different players of the team.
With a perfect blend of a bowling lineup:
Josh Hazlewood
Yash Dayal
Krunal Pandya
Suyash Sharma
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
RCB managed to finally save some runs on the board.
Match-winning hard-hitters:
Jitesh Sharma
Rajat Patidar
Tim David
Romario Shepherd
RCB registered their first win against CSK at Chepauk after 6155 days. Their only win in nine previous attempts here came in the inaugural edition back in 2008. RCB also registered a win at Wankhede after a decade and at Eden Gardens after 6 years
Young fierce debutants
The two fiery teammates of the India U-19 team, Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Ayush Mhatre, stood out exceptionally well in their debut season. Vaibhav smashed enormous records by smashing the 3rd fastest century of IPL history in 38 balls, where the 94 runs came with the bat. He also became the youngest centurion of the IPL.
Ayush Mhatre gave a good start for CSK, and his outstanding 94 against RCB at the MA Chidambaram Stadium will forever be remembered. Though CSK lost the match due to the heroics of Yash Dayal and Romario Shepherd, RCB grabbed the win.
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