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West Indies all-rounder Romario Shepherd made 17 and took a wicket as Royal Challengers Bangalore finally won their maiden title after 18 seasons.

RCB beat Punjab Kings by six runs in Ahmedabad, with the losing team yet to claim a trophy.

The Bangalore franchise made 190 for 9, with 43 from Virat Kohli.

In reply, Punjab were restricted to 184 for 7, with Shashank Singh scoring 61 not out.
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00:00where talent meets opportunity. All eyes were on the coveted trophy as Punjab
00:05Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore met in what was expected to be a humdinger
00:08in Ahmedabad. After being put in a bat by Punjab, RCB lost Phil Salt to Kyle
00:13Jamieson for 16. Virad Kohli was the main contributor with a bat for his team.
00:23The erstwhile captain made 43, while current skipper Rajat Patidar was next
00:28desk with 26. Jamieson was expensive, taking 3 for 48 from 4 overs. West Indies
00:37cricketer Romario Shepard went bang-bang during the latter part of the innings.
00:41He made what turned out to be an important 17 of 9 deliveries with 1-4 and a 6.
00:48Arsdeep Singh took three wickets in the final over as RCB closed on a
00:53competitive 190 for 9. When Punjab Kings responded, openers Priyansh, Arya and
01:00Prabhsimran Singh put on 43 in 5 overs. Arya fell for 24 and Prabhsimran went for 26.
01:07There was no captain's knock from Big Fish Trias Iyer as he was dismissed by Shepard
01:15for 1. Aussie player Josh Inglis chipped him with 39 of 23 deliveries.
01:22Inglis was out to Krunal Pandya, who was parsimonious with white leather in hand. He took 2 for 17
01:28from 4 overs. While Bhuvneshwar Kumar conceded 38 from his 4, he took 2 important wickets and
01:351 over. With 29 to get from 6 balls, Shashang Singh could not do it all by himself. He made a
01:41swashbuckling 61 not out of 30 balls as Punjab reached 184 for 7 and lost by 6 runs. It took
01:4918 seasons for Kohli and R.C.B. to lift a maiden IPL title.
01:53Vinod Nawani, Tf64
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