Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Gujarat Titans, Final, Indian Premier League 2026 - Player HighlightsRCB vs GT, Final, Indian Premier League 2026 - Player Highlights

Arshad Khan to Virat Kohli, SIX, Kohli fittingly hits the winning runs! It's a maximum to wrap up the proceedings from RCB's poster boy. Full and in the slot, Kohli brings his bottom hand into play to thump it over long-on. RCB win by 5 wickets and claim their second IPL title. Ee Sala Kooda Cup Namdu!

Arshad Khan to Virat Kohli, FOUR, Kohli finds the gap! Scores level. Short of length ball and Kohli heave it away between mid-on and midwicket

Arshad Khan to Virat Kohli, 1 run, back of a length, guided down to third man

Rashid Khan to Virat Kohli, no run, not much room and hence Kohli under-edges the cut to cover

Rashid Khan to Virat Kohli, 1 run, flicked through midwicket

Arshad Khan to Virat Kohli, no run, in the air, Gill dives forward to take the catch. Kohli asks the GT captain if he took it cleanly. Don't think Gill is very confident. Kohli suggests that the ball touched the grass. The TV umpire has been summoned. "I can see the fingers are on the side and some part of the ball is touching the ground," says Jayaraman Madanagopal. Kohli is pumped up and has a chat with Gill as well who is in disbelief. Very similar to Cox in the first innings. Kohli looked to play an uppish drive and failed to get any elevation on it. Gill timed his forward-jump well but the ball seemed to touch the grass and the fingers weren't fully under the ball. Kohli survives, lets out a fist pump and there's a big roar from the crowd. Gill wears a disappointed look

Arshad Khan to Virat Kohli, 1 run, length ball marginally outside off, driven through cover-point

Arshad Khan to Virat Kohli, FOUR, short ball down leg and Kohli puts it away. Wristy pull shot and it goes fine to the fine leg fence

Arshad Khan to Virat Kohli, no run, on a length and angled across, Kohli pushes it to backward point with an opened bat-face

Prasidh Krishna to Virat Kohli, 1 run, 138.6kph, pitched up delivery, driven along the ground to long-on

Arshad Khan to Virat Kohli, 1 run, 136.3kph, fuller ball marginally wide of off, Kohli leans forward to drive straight down the ground

Arshad Khan to Virat Kohli, no run, turns this length ball to the right of short midwicket and Kohli takes off but gets rightly sent back by David

Rashid Khan to Virat Kohli, 1 run, another wrong 'un, Kohli turns it to square leg and Kohli hobbles to the other end

Rashid Khan to Virat Kohli, 1 run, 94.8kph, legbreak, Kohli uppishly push-drives to the left of Rashid

Arshad Khan to Virat Kohli, 1 run, short of a good length around off, dropped in front of backward point with soft hands and the batters scamper across

Arshad Khan to Virat Kohli, no run, opens the bat-face to push this away-angling length ball to backward point

Arshad Khan to Virat Kohli, 1 run, full and wide of off, Kohli reaches for it and slices it to deep backward point

Arshad Khan to Virat Kohli, FOUR, 25-ball fifty for Virat Kohli in the IPL final! It's his fastest IPL fifty as well. What a time to achieve that. Short ball from Arshad and the veteran stands tall to slam the pull uppishly to the left of Holder at short midwicket. Kohli raises his bat

Arshad Khan to Virat Kohli, no run, over the wicket, short of length wide of off, Kohli plays with soft hands to tap it in front of backward point. Can't steal the single though

Rashid Khan to Virat Kohli, 1 run, 91.6kph, googly, Kohli turns it behind square with the spin off the back foot

Rashid Khan to Virat Kohli, 2 runs, legbreak outside off, Kohli cuts off the back foot and the man at cover gets a hand on it with a dive to take pace off it. Oh, there's a direct-hit at the bowler's end from Arshad Khan but David is in. Easy call for the TV umpire

Jason Holder to Virat Kohli, 1 run, 134.1kph, shortened length, pulled in front of square on the leg-side. Kohli is out of his crease by a few inches after completing the single and Rashid mocks a throw towards him with a smile on his face

Jason Holder to Virat Kohli, no run, 133.5kph, Kohli shuffles and plays with soft hands to tap it into the off-side. He eyes a single, gets rightly denied

Jason Holder to Virat Kohli, FOUR, 133.1kph, poor delivery from Holder. Full and wasted down leg, Kohli helps it on its way to the fine leg fence with a flick

Rashid Khan to Virat Kohli, 1 run, googly but it's a drag down, Kohli rocks back to pull it to deep backward square leg

Rashid Khan to Virat Kohli, 1 run, 92kph, with a slip in place, Rashid starts with a full delivery, Kohli leans forward to drive it to long-off

Jason Holder to Virat Kohli, 1 run, in-angler, Kohli bunts it to the left of midwicket and calls his partner for a quick single. Rabada fumbles but the batters decide against the second

Jason Holder to Virat Kohli, no run, 133.6kph, short of a good length wide of off, Kohli gets forward and punch-drives to extra cover

Jason Holder to Virat Kohli, 1 run, length ball angling in, Kohli closes the bat-face to work it behind square on the leg-side

Mohammed Siraj to Virat Kohli, 1 run, full on off, Kohli gets forward to push-drive it to long-on

Kagiso Rabada to Virat Kohli, SIX, a top-edge and Kohli's top-edge carries all the way over the ropes - banged in short with fine leg inside the ring, the right-hander took on the pull, was in no control and gets away with a maximum

Mohammed Siraj to Virat Kohli, 1 run, short and following Kohli as he backed away, a half-arm jab through mid-wicket for a single. RCB need exactly 100 more runs

Kagiso Rabada to Virat Kohli, 1 run, short and at the stumps - another swivel-pull from Kohli, but he's smacked it straight to the fielder at deep backward square leg

Kagiso Rabada to Virat Kohli, FOUR, cracking shot, Kohli is putting this chase to bed at the moment - fraction short and just outside off, Kohli picks the lengthy early, swivels across and then thumps the pull past square leg

Kagiso Rabada to Virat Kohli, SIX, lovely, this is the best of the lot, on a good length and just outside off, nothing really wrong with the ball, but this is Virat Kohli at his best - prods across, brings his wrists into play and disdainfully whips it over wide mid-on for a maximum

Kagiso Rabada to Virat Kohli, FOUR, back-to-back boundaries and RCB are on a roll, once again supreme wrist-work from Kohli, on a length and just outside off, Kohli shuffles across and whips it backward of square on the on-side

Kagiso Rabada to Virat Kohli, FOUR, wristy flick and the ball races away to the deep backward square leg boundary - too straight from KG, onto the pads and you can't feed Kohli there, a flick of his wrists and he sent the ball scooting away

Mohammed Siraj to Virat Kohli, 1 run, on a good length and just outside off - Kohli walks forward and the ball hits the splice of the bat, rolls in front of mid-on for a single

Mohammed Siraj to Virat Kohli, FOUR, much better from Virat Kohli - fraction short and just outside off, he's quick to pick the length, swivels across and then pulls it to the left of mid-wicket

Mohammed Siraj to Virat Kohli, no run, that's unnecessary, 'not his game', chirps AB on mike - short of a good length and angling into the right-hander, Kohli comes down the pitch, swings across the line and misses

Mohammed Siraj to Virat Kohli, FOUR, nicely played, tad too full and at the stumps - Kohli shuffles across, brings his wrists into play and uses Siraj's pace to flick it behind square on the on-side, beats the man in the deep

Mohammed Siraj to Virat Kohli, leg byes, 1 run, on a good length and slanting into the right-hander, past Kohli's flick and the ball rolls to the on-side for a leg-bye