Royal Challengers Bengaluru registered a comfortable win over the Gujarat Titans in the IPL 2026, on the back of bowlers and a stunning knock from Virat Kohli, who smashed a clinical unbeaten 75. RCB won by 5 wickets in the final as well. However, RCB have now become the fourth team after CSK, MI and KKR to register multiple title wins in the IPL as well.
After a largely comfortable win in the final, Bhuvneshwar Kumar said, ” Trophy is the most important thing for us. I would trade [the Purple Cap] any day with that. But, yes, individually, [the] season went well for me. There was planning, there were a lot of things before the season, and it went well. I think if you take wickets… confidence [goes] up.”
“And I think coming into a big game like that, if you have performed well in the past, it always helps. But I think credit goes to each and every one. If he [Hazlewood] didn’t do well, I was there. If I didn’t do well, Rasikh was there. So I think we all had each other’s back and that’s what you need in a big game like that. I think the franchise has been put together beautifully,” he shared again.
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“Not just the players, but I think the support staff. Again, it’s a nice, relaxed atmosphere to try and play your best cricket in and perform. Everyone just seems to have a good time in this group. I think it’s hard to build that culture so quickly when the team changes quite a bit every three years. But it feels like we’ve got that now. Obviously, winning helps, but it just feels like the team’s quite a tight unit, and we’re playing for someone else other than ourselves all the time. So, it’s a nice feeling. Three-peat? Yeah, I can’t see why not (laughs),” Bhuvneshwar Kumar stated.
Meanwhile, Josh Hazlewood said: “[Where does this rank?] That’s right up there. I think, obviously, a little bit more relaxed within the group this year. Sort of got the monkey off the back last year in terms of a long wait for that first win. But I think the group just felt calm and composed throughout the whole tournament, really. Someone stepped up when they needed to be. I think we had, again, like ten Man of the Matches.”
“So amazing depth in the squad. Anyone who came in did a great job and to bowl with Bhuvi (Bhuvneshwar Kumar) is pretty special. I can’t remember a game where he went for over 35 runs. In this day and age, it’s unbelievable. [He] got wickets up front nearly every game he played. It just took the heat off, I think, the rest of us. We could relax and we’re bowling at numbers 4 and 5 in the Powerplay so it’s pretty nice,” he concluded.
