Man City congratulates Virat Kohli after RCB's historic IPL 2026 win

Royal Challengers Bengaluru won their second consecutive IPL title, defeating Gujarat Titans by 5 wickets in the 2026 final. Virat Kohli was the Man of the Match for his unbeaten 75. Football club Manchester City congratulated the team.

Manchester City Congratulates RCB on Back-to-Back IPL Titles

Royal Challengers Bengaluru's back-to-back IPL title wins have not only drawn tributes from across the cricketing world, but the wave of celebrations and congratulatory messages has also spilt over into the realm of other mega sports and franchises globally.

Following their 5-wicket win against the Gujarat Titans at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Sunday, the blue side of Manchester, in a post on Instagram, congratulated the Man of the Match of the IPL 2026 finals, Virat Kohli, whose unbeaten 75 off 42 balls sailed the RCB across the line for their back-to-back wins.

With the win, RCB became the 3rd team in IPL history to win back-to-back trophies. "Congratulations on back-to-back IPL titles, @virat.kohli & @royalchallengers.bengaluru," Manchester City wrote in their post, along with a photo of Kohli and Anushka Sharma holding the Manchester City home jersey.

Kholi was seen holding the jersey with his iconic number "18" printed on the back.

IPL 2026 Final Recap

Coming to the IPL 2026 final match, put to bat first by RCB, GT scored just 155/8 in 20 overs, with Washington Sundar (50* in 37 balls, with five fours) and Nishant Sindhu (20 in 18 balls, with three fours) being the only ones to cross the 20-run mark. Rasikh Dar Salam (3/27), Bhuvneshwar Kumar (2/29) and Josh Hazlewood (2/37) took wickets regularly.

RCB started off well with a 62-run stand between Venkatesh Iyer (32 in 16 balls, with four boundaries and two sixes) and Virat Kohli.GT showed some fight, reducing RCB to 132/5 at one point, but Virat (75* in 42 balls, with nine fours and three sixes) guided RCB to a win with two overs left.

This is RCB's second IPL title win and overall their fourth Indian franchise cricket trophy, including two Women's Premier League (WPL) titles.

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