Royal Challengers Bengaluru reaches it to the fourth IPL final, equal Kolkata Knight Riders; Who has the most final appearances? | Mint

The Royal Challengers Bengaluru drove their way to their fourth Indian Premier League final after setting aside Punjab Kings in the Qualifier 1 match on Thursday. PBKS took the table in the IPL 2025 league stage at the top of the table, but was not a match for a rampant RCB in Mullanpur, as RCB hit their target of 102 with 8 wickets and 60 balls. RCB in the elite business equated the Bengaluru franchise to defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders’ record of four IPL finals. They join an elite list of teams with the most IPL endpoint. The list of teams with the most performances in the Summit collision is: Chennai Super Kings -10 finals (5 wins) Mumbai -indians -6 finals (5 wins) The Bengaluru team is running as they have never won an IPL title in the 17 issue of the competition. Final barriers that they had three appearances in the collision and failed to win each of them. They first reached the IPL final in 2009 at Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa, where they met the now decomposed Deccan Chargers. It was a final of the previous two teams of the previous IPL season. DC batted first and reached 143/6 through a Herschelle Gibbs Half Century (53), well supported by Andrew Symonds (33 of 21) and a young Rohit Sharma (24 of 23). In response, RCB could only achieve 137 when they lacked 7 runs in the final. Virat Kohli scored only 7 in the second innings, as DC winners ended. RCB’s second IPL final was at Chidambaram Stadium against Chennai Super Kings. Here, too, RCB batted second, because CSK placed a mammoth 205/5. RCB gently surrendered when they ended with just 147/8 and donated the Chennai side to their second consecutive title. The third final appearance of the Bengaluru team came to their home field M Chinnaswamy Stadium in 2016. They met the Sunrisers Hyderabad in the top collision and batted second the second time in a row in an IPL final. SRH posted an impressive 208/7 and here also RCB could not chase the target at hand. However, they fought a better battle than the last time, as they scored 200/7 in their 20 overs. It has yet to be seen who RCB will face in the IPL 2025 final. Regardless of who they face, the Bengaluru franchise will hope it will be “the fourth time happy” because they hope to eventually break the final curse. Stay up to date with all the actions from the IPL 2025. Look at the IPL 2025 schedule, follow the latest IPL 2025 points table and follow the top performers with the orange cap and purple cap.