Which team finished runner-up in the IPL 2025 final?

Punjab Kings finished runner-up in the 2025 IPL final.

Punjab Kings reached the final but lost to Royal Challengers Bengaluru by six runs at Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium on 3 June 2025. RCB made 190 for nine, and Punjab Kings finished on 184 for seven in a close contest. The result gave Bengaluru its first IPL title, while Punjab ended the season as runners-up.

The 2025 final was Punjab Kings’ second appearance in an IPL final. Their first came in 2014, when the franchise competed under the name Kings XI Punjab and lost to Kolkata Knight Riders. The 2025 campaign therefore represented a major return to the championship match after an eleven-year gap.

The team name can cause confusion in historical questions: Kings XI Punjab was renamed Punjab Kings before the 2021 season, but both names refer to the same franchise lineage. In the 2025 final, the official modern name was Punjab Kings, led by captain Shreyas Iyer.