Krunal Pandya etched his name in the history books during Royal Challengers Bengaluru's (RCB) maiden Indian Premier League (IPL) trophy win after beating Punjab Kings (PBKS) in the 2025 final by six runs at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.

Pandya was the star of the show as the Bengaluru-based franchise defended a total of 190 in the summit clash. The left-arm spinner made the difference in the summit clash with an incredible spell of 2-17 in the final, which included the big wickets of Prabhsimran Singh and Josh Inglis.

This is the second time in his IPL career that Krunal has won the MOTM award in the summit clash. He also won the prize in the 2017 final when his all-round brilliance helped Mumbai Indians (MI) defeated Rising Pune Super Giants (RPSG) by one run in Hyderabad.

Krunal played a vital knock of 47 in 38 balls to help MI post a total of 129 on the board after being 79-7 at one stage. He also gave away just 31 runs in his four-over spell.

Krunal is now the first player in history from across the world to win the MOTM in an IPL final twice.

MOTM In IPL Finals

Year	Player	Team
2008	Yusuf Pathan	Rajasthan Royals
2009	Anil Kumble	Royal Challengers Bengaluru
2010	Suresh Raina	Chennai Super Kings
2011	Murli Vijay	Chennai Super Kings
2012	Manvinder Bisla	Kolkata Knight Riders
2013	Kieron Pollard	Mumbai Indians
2014	Manish Pandey	Kolkata Knight Riders
2015	Rohit Sharma	Mumbai Indians
2016	Ben Cutting	Sunrisers Hyderabad
2017	Krunal Pandya	Mumbai Indians
2018	Shane Watson	Chennai Super Kings
2019	Jasprit Bumrah	Mumbai Indians
2020	Trent Boult	Mumbai Indians
2021	Faf du Plessis	Chennai Super Kings
2022	Hardik Pandya	Gujarat Titans
2023	Devon Conway	Chennai Super Kings
2024	Mitchell Starc	Kolkata Knight Riders
2025	Krunal Pandya	Royal Challengers Bengaluru

Krunal and his younger brother Hardik have also become the first pair of siblings to win the MOTM award in an IPL final. Hardik had won the prize when he led Gujarat Titans (GT) to victory in 2022 against the Rajasthan Royals. Ironically, Hardik also gave away just 17 runs in four overs but he took three wickets while also scoring 34 runs in 30 balls. That match also took place in Ahmedabad.

Krunal has won the IPL title four times, having won the prize with MI in 2017, 2019, and 2020. Hardik has won the title five times having also been part of MI's title-winning team in 2015 alongside in the years Krunal was part of the team before he led GT to the trophy.

Krunal won the POTM award in three games this year including the season opener against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and later against Delhi Capitals (DC) in the league stage.

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