By: Sports Desk June 4, 2025 00:31 IST 3 min readVirat Kohli of Royal Challengers Bengaluru celebrating RCB's IPL title with AB de Villiers at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad. (PHOTO: Sportzpics for IPL)Royal Challengers Bengaluru finally ended their 18-year-long wait to win the Indian Premier League title after defeating the Punjab Kings by six runs on Tuesday at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. When the win came, RCB legends Chris Gayle and AB de Villiers were also in the stadium.An emotional Kohli explained in an interview with the host broadcaster why winning the IPL title at last felt “10 times more special” with both of them in the stadium. Gayle turned up in a red turban for the IPL 2025 final while De Villiers was in a suit. Virat Kohli struggled to contain his emotions in the immediate seconds after RCB’s victory was confirmed. (AP Photo)“For me, why it is so special that I get to share it with these two (Chris Gayle and AB de Villiers) is because I’ve shared my prime years with them and I know how much we tried to win this and we felt we were so close couple of times. We were such a good team and we had that explosiveness in our team but we could never cross the line and all of us have that hurt because we gave our prime years to this franchise and we really, really — from the bottom of our hearts — wanted to win that title for RCB and I promise you this feels like 10 times more special just because of the fact that these two are standing next to us,” an emotional Kohli told Star Sports in an interview after the title.Also Read | Virat Kohli breaks down as 18-year wait for IPL title ends at last: ‘Never thought this day would come’“The title is honestly as much theirs as it’s mine because it’s the connection you see when they come to Bengaluru. It’s not just me. When they come (to the city), you see how people love them and they go absolutely berserk because they know and they appreciate that they’ve given their heart and soul for this team till the time they played here and they deserve it as much as I do I know people are emotional and they can tend to get carried away but these two guys have given it everything as well so it’s equally theirs too,” Kohli said.Get latest updates on IPL 2025 from IPL Points Table to Teams, Schedule, Most Runs and Most Wickets along with live cricket score updates for all matches. Also get Sports news and more cricket updates.© IE Online Media Services Pvt Ltd