Krunal Pandya was adjudged Player of the Match in the IPL 2025 final after Royal Challengers Bengaluru defeated Punjab Kings to win its maiden title on Tuesday.

This is Krunal’s second Player of the Match award in IPL Finals since 2017 when he scored 47 off 38 balls and helped Mumbai Indians win the title after beating Rising Pune SuperGiants.

Here’s a look at all the 18 Player of the Match awardees in IPL history

IPL 2008 final, RR vs CSK: Yusuf Pathan (RR) – 56 (39), 3/22 – RR beat CSK by 3 wickets

IPL 2009 final, DCh* vs RCB: Anil Kumble (RCB) – 4/16 – DCh beat 6 runs

IPL 2010 final, CSK vs MI: Suresh Raina (CSK) – 57* (35), 1/21 -CSK beat MI by 22 runs

IPL 2011 final, CSK vs RCB: Murali Vijay (CSK) – 95 (52) – CSK beat RCB by 58 runs

IPL 2012 final, KKR vs CSK: Manvinder Bisla (KKR) – 89 (48) – KKR beat CSK by 5 wickets

IPL 2013 final, MI vs CSK: Kieron Pollard (MI) – 60* (32), 1/34 – MI beat CSK by 23 runs

IPL 2014 final, KXIP (PBKS) vs KKR: Manish Pandey (KKR) – 94 (50) – KKR beat KXIP by 3 wickets

IPL 2015 final, MI vs CSK: Rohit Sharma (MI) – 50 (26) – MI beat CSK by 41 runs

IPL 2016 final, SRH vs RCB: Ben Cutting (SRH) – 39* (15), 2/35 – SRH beat RCB by 8 runs

IPL 2017 final, MI vs RPSG: Krunal Pandya (MI) – 47 (38), 0/31 – MI beat RPSG by 1 run

IPL 2018 final, CSK vs SRH: Shane Watson (CSK) – 117* (57) – CSK beat SRH by 8 wickets

IPL 2019 final, MI vs CSK: Jasprit Bumrah (MI) – 2/14 – MI beat CSK by 1 run

IPL 2020 final, MI vs DC: Trent Boult (MI) – 3/30 – MI beat DC 5 wickets

IPL 2021 final, CSK vs KKR: Faf du Plessis (CSK) – 86 (59) – CSK beat KKR by 27 runs

IPL 2022 final, GT vs RR: Hardik Pandya (GT) – 34 (30) and 3 for 17 – GT beat RR by 7 wickets

IPL 2023 final, GT vs CSK: Devon Conway (CSK) – 47 (25) – CSK beat GT by 5 wickets

IPL 2024 final, KKR vs SRH: Mitchell Starc (KKR) – 2/14 – KKR beat SRH by 8 wickets

IPL 2025 final, RCB vs PBKS: Krunal Pandya (RCB) – 2/17 – RCB beat PBKS by six runs