Sports Desk. After the killer bowling of the bowlers, on the basis of Virat Kohli’s stormy half-century (75 runs not out), Royal Challengers Bangalore won the IPL 2026 title by defeating Gujarat Titans by five wickets in the final. This is RBC’s second consecutive IPL title.

In the final match played at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, RCB team won the toss and decided to bowl first. Batting first, Gujarat Titans team scored only 155 runs for 8 wickets in 20 overs. For RCB, which was chasing the target of 156 runs, experienced batsman Virat Kohli played a responsible innings and scored a half-century. RCB achieved the target by losing five wickets in 18 overs. Virat Kohli played a stormy inning of 75 runs in 42 balls. In this innings he hit nine fours and three sixes.

Royal Challengers Bangalore have become rich after winning the title of IPL 2026. BCCI gave a total prize money of more than Rs 46.5 crore in IPL 2026. BCCI gave the IPL trophy along with a prize money of Rs 20 crore to the winning team RCB. The runner-up team Gujarat Titans was given a prize money of Rs 13 crore.

Rajasthan Royals got Rs 7 crore

Whereas Rajasthan Royals, who stood third after losing the Qualifier-2 match, got a hefty amount of Rs 7 crore.

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