After a long wait of 18 years, royal challengers Bangalore (RCB) finally created history by winning its first indian Premier League IPL title. In a thrilling final match held in Ahmedabad, RCB defeated punjab Kings (PBKS) to lift the trophy. With this historic victory, RCB was awarded huge prize money and valuable individual awards to the players. royal challengers Bangalore and punjab Kings faced each other in the first qualifier match. In which, royal challengers won and became the first team to directly enter the final. Following that, mumbai and gujarat played a series of matches in the Qualifier 2. mumbai won the match. In this situation, punjab, who had already lost to RCB in the Eliminator round, faced Mumbai. punjab had to win it to advance to the final.
In this final, RCB, who was called to bat first, scored 190 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. An emotional virat kohli scored 43 runs in 35 balls and became RCB's highest run-scorer. In reply, punjab Kings got off to a good start towards a tough target. But after the powerplay, RCB bowlers changed the pace of the game by taking wickets at regular intervals. Finally, punjab scored 184 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs and lost by six runs. krunal pandya played a key role in RCB's victory. After eighteen years, the Bangalore team finally won the long-awaited trophy.

IPL 2025 prize money details: royal challengers Bangalore (RCB), who won the IPL 2025 championship, were given a whopping Rs. 20 crore as prize money. punjab Kings (PBKS), who lost in the final, got Rs. 12.5 crore. mumbai Indians, who finished third after reaching Qualifier 2, were awarded a prize money of Rs. 7 crore. gujarat Titans, who finished fourth after reaching the Eliminator, received a prize money of Rs. 6.5 crore.

Individual Awards and prize Money: The following individual awards and prize money of Rs. 10 lakh each were given to the players who performed well in the tournament

IPL 2025 Orange Cap Winner: Sai Sudarshan
IPL 2025 Purple Cap Winner: Prasidh Krishna
IPL 2025 Emerging Player: Sai Sudarshan
Super Striker of the Season: Vaibhav Suryavanshi Rs. 10 lakh + Tata Curve car Prize
Fantasy king of the Season: Sai Sudarshan
Best Catch Winner: Kamindu Mendis
Most Dot Balls: Mohammed Siraj
Super Sixes: Nicholas Pooran
Most Fours of the Season: Sai Sudarshan
IPL 2025 Most Valuable Player: suryakumar yadav (Rs. 15 lakh)
Fairplay Award: chennai Super Kings (Rs. 10 lakh)
Pitch and Ground Award (Best Ground): delhi Capitals' home ground (New Delhi) (Rs. 50 lakh)

List of award winners in the final: Awards given to the best players in the final between RCB and PPKS:
 Man of the Match: krunal pandya (Rs. 5 lakh)
Super Striker: Jitesh Sharma (Rs. 1 lakh)
Most Dot Balls: krunal pandya (Rs. 1 lakh)
Most Fours: Priyansh Arya (Rs. 1 lakh)
Fantasy King: shashank Singh (Rs. 1 lakh)
Most Sixes: shashank Singh (Rs. 1 lakh)

The prize money has increased significantly compared to the inaugural edition of IPL in 2008. The winners were awarded Rs 4.8 crore and the runners-up Rs 2.4 crore. The growth in prize money clearly shows that the IPL is a huge commercial success.
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Sowmiya Sriram

04/06/2025 02:01 PM