Ahmedabad . Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) performed brilliantly and won the title of the 19th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL). Won. Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Gujarat Titans (GT) by 5 wickets in the final held at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad on 31 May (Sunday). While RCB, under the leadership of Rajat Patidar, has become IPL champion for the second consecutive time, Gujarat Titans’ dream of winning the title for the second time was shattered.

After the title match in IPL 2026, an awards ceremony was organized, in which champion RCB and runner-up Gujarat Titans were showered with money. Along with this, awards were given to the players who performed better in the tournament. The winning team Royal Challengers Bangalore got a bumper prize money of Rs 20 crore. While the runner-up Gujarat Titans got Rs 12.50 crore.

Prize money of top teams in IPL 2026

• Winner (Royal Challengers Bangalore) – Rs 20 crore

• Runner up (Gujarat Titans) – Rs 12.5 crore

• Number three team (Rajasthan Royals) – Rs 7 crore

• Fourth team (Sunrisers Hyderabad) – Rs 6.5 crore

They also received special awards

• Most runs in the season (Orange Cap) – Vaibhav Suryavanshi (776 runs), Rs 10 lakh

• Most wickets in the season (Purple Cap) – Kagiso Rabada (29 wickets), Rs 10 lakh

• Emerging Player of the Season – Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Rs 10 lakh

• Most Valuable Player of the Season – Rs 15 lakh

• Super Striker of the Season – Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Tata Sierra car

• Most sixes in the season – Vaibhav Suryavanshi (72 sixes), Rs 10 lakh

• Most dot balls in the season – Mohammad Siraj, Rs 10 lakh

• Best catch of the season- Manish Pandey, Rs 10 lakh

• Most fours in the season – Sai Sudarshan (75 fours), Rs 10 lakh

• Fair Play Award: Punjab Kings

• Pitch and Ground Award: Eden Gardens, Rs 50 lakh

Awarded in the final for excellent performance

• Player of the match: Virat Kohli

• Super Striker of the Match: Venkatesh Iyer

• Super Sixes of the Match: Virat Kohli

• On the Go-4s of the match: Virat Kohli

• Green Dot Ball of the Match: Bhuvneshwar Kumar

Most runs in IPL 2026

• Vaibhav Suryavanshi (Rajasthan Royals) – 776 runs

• Shubman Gill (Gujarat Titans) – 732 runs

• Sai Sudarshan (Gujarat Titans) – 722 runs

• Virat Kohli (Royal Challengers Bangalore) – 675 runs

• Heinrich Klaasen (Sunrisers Hyderabad) – 624 runs

Most wickets in IPL 2026

• Kagiso Rabada (Gujarat Titans) – 29 wickets

• Bhuvneshwar Kumar (Royal Challengers Bangalore) – 28 wickets

• Joffra Archer (Rajasthan Royals) – 25 wickets

• Rashid Khan (Gujarat Titans) – 21 wickets

• Anshul Kamboj (Chennai Super Kings) – 21 wickets