This year’s finale for Indian Premier League, IPL, is considered to be much-anticipated. As known, the IPL 2025 finale will be played between Punjab Kings (PBKS) and Royal Challenger Bengaluru (RCB) - the teams which have never lifted the title. Not just cricket lovers, everyone is looking forward to this finale and praying for their favourite team to win.
Both the teams have made it to the finals after playing superb and impressive games in the semi-final matches.
Date, Time and Venue of this historic match
Venue: The match will be played at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
Date: June 3, 2025, Tuesday
Time: 7:30 PM IST, onwards
Teams: Punjab Kings (PBKS) vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB)
Where and How to watch the IPL 2025 final:
In India, the match will be telecasted on Star Sports Network and people can also watch it online on JioCinema, Disney+Hotstar.
Along with this, the people living abroad can watch the match as the following channels -
USA and Canada - Willow TV
US and Ireland - Sky Sport Cricket
Australia: Fox Sports or Kayo Sports
Middle East and North Africa: beIN Sports
Europe, Southeast Asia and Japan: Yupp TV
Detailed overview of the teams and their road to final -
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB)
Captain: Rajat Patidar
Key Players: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis, Glenn Maxwell, Mohammed Siraj
Performance in IPL 2025: Virat Kohli being the star player of the team has responsibly anchored the team towards the final, he played extremely well in most of the crucial matches. Surprisingly, RCB topped the points table for the majority of the duration of the season. RCB defeated CSK in Qualifier 1 and secured its position in the final.
Punjab Kings (PBKS)
Captain: Shreyas Iyer
Key Players: Liam Livingstone, Arshdeep Singh, Shikhar Dhawan, Sam Curran
Performance in IPL 2025: The starting for the Punjab Kings was rocky but eventually, the team bounced back and made it to the final after defeating Mumbai Indians in Qualifier 2.