India, June 3 -- Two and a half full months of cricket have all boiled down to this: the title match, the IPL 2025 Final, between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Punjab Kings, to decide which team takes the trophy home for the first time in franchise history, and for which team the agonising wait continues. It's all on the line as the teams face off at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, and no more place left to hide. Here is all that you need to know.

It's a knife-edge contest. By beating them a few days ago in Qualifier 1, RCB levelled things up in their head-to-head against Punjab, with both teams now having won 18 times each against the other in 36 games.

However, RCB do lead the season head-to-head 2-1 now, and will be enthuse...