Sports · 1 June 2026
Royal Challengers Bengaluru defeats Gujarat Titans to win IPL 2026 title
Exam-focused facts from the 1 June 2026 current affairs briefing.
Key facts
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) secured its second consecutive Indian Premier League (IPL) title by defeating Gujarat Titans (GT) by five wickets in the final.
- The final match was held at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, making RCB the third team after Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Mumbai Indians (MI) to win back-to-back titles.
- GT were restricted to 155 for eight, while RCB recorded the fastest team fifty in an IPL final by reaching the milestone in 3.3 overs.
- Virat Kohli scored an unbeaten 75 runs off 42 balls, while Kagiso Rabada ended the season with the Purple Cap for taking 29 wickets.
- Fifteen-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi was named the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the tournament and received the Tata Sierra car.