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After 18 long years of heartbreak, banter, and near misses, the Royal Challengers Bangalore finally lifted the IPL trophy, and Virat Kohli, cricket's crowned king, had his fairytale moment. But RCB's triumph wasn't just a standalone story. 2025, it seems, has declared war on long-standing sporting droughts.
A highlight indeed is Kohli's emotional lift of the IPL title, but that was only one of many. Within this same year, the Hobart Hurricanes, Paris Saint-Germain, Harry Kane, and so many more ended years and even over a century of agonising wait!
For RCB, the journey to the summit of the Indian Premier League was nothing short ...