IPL 2025 final, June 2 -- What RCB should do differently or avoid against Punjab Kings to be fourth-time lucky and lift maiden silverware - explained

The Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) will play their fourth Indian Premier League final on 3 June, as history beckons in the T20 league.

The IPL will crown a new champion for the first time since the 2016 final, which RCB lost, as the Bengaluru side faces Punjab Kings in the summit clash.

Neither team has won the title in the league's history, with both sides faltering in previous appearances in the final: RCB three times and PBKS once.

RCB reached the IPL final and finished as runners-up in 2009, 2011, and 2016. A clear pattern has emerged in their failures at the final hurdle.

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