Newly crowned Indian Premier League champion Royal Challengers Bengaluru will be felicitated at its home ground Chinnaswamy Stadium on Wednesday evening.
RCB beat Punjab Kings by six runs at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Tuesday to lift the IPL trophy for the very first time.
Live scenes from Bengaluru
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Murali Kumar
RCB team arrives at Chinnaswamy
KSCA to felicitate RCB team
Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) announced a special felicitation ceremony for the victorious RCB team at the Chinnaswamy Stadium, from 5 to 6 PM.
An 18-year wait
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Captain Rajat Patidar lifts the IPL Trophy.
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VIJAY SONEJI
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Captain Rajat Patidar lifts the IPL Trophy.
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VIJAY SONEJI
Roadblock
Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s plans to conduct a victory parade following its maiden Indian Premier League (IPL) title triumph in Bengaluru were met with a road block.
As per an earlier announcement from RCB, the parade was supposed to begin at 3:30 PM IST from Vidhana Soudha and culminate at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, the team’s home ground.
But, according to a social media post from the Bengaluru Traffic Police, the event will be reduced to a felicitation ceremony at the Chinnaswamy Stadium.