Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) head coach Andy Flower revealed how a smart auction strategy helped his team end an 18-year-long wait for their maiden IPL title. RCB won their maiden IPL trophy by defeating Punjab Kings (PBKS) by 6 runs in the final of the Indian Premier League 2025 (IPL 2025) at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
After this historic win, Andy Flower explained how their auction strategy laid the foundation for this victory. RCB entered the mega auction with a purse of Rs 83 crore and spent it wisely to build a strong team.
RCB Coach, Andy Flower made a big statement about Virat Kohli
Flower said in the post-match press conference,
“𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒖𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒉𝒖𝒈𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒑, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒂𝒔 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒂𝒔 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆. 𝑶𝒖𝒓 𝑫𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝑪𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒕, 𝑴𝒐 𝑩𝒐𝒃𝒂𝒕, 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒂 𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒑𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒐𝒑𝒉𝒚 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒔𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒚 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒅 𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒕 𝒐𝒏 𝒃𝒊𝒈-𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒕𝒔𝒎𝒆𝒏, 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓𝒔. 𝑾𝒆 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒃𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒐𝒘𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕.”
He added,
“𝑾𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒅 𝒂 𝒃𝒊𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒔𝒎 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒖𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏—𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒘𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒚 𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒈𝒚 𝒈𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒖𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒍𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒖𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒂𝒚. 𝑾𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒖𝒚 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝑩𝒉𝒖𝒗𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒉𝒘𝒂𝒓 𝑲𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒓, 𝑲𝒓𝒖𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝑷𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒚𝒂, 𝑻𝒊𝒎 𝑫𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒅, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑹𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒐 𝑺𝒉𝒆𝒑𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒅, 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒘𝒉𝒐𝒎 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒖𝒔. 𝑨𝒍𝒔𝒐, 𝑰 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒈 𝒍𝒆𝒈-𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒓 𝑺𝒖𝒚𝒂𝒔𝒉 𝑺𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒂 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒐𝒏.”
Talking about Virat Kohli‘s performance in IPL 2025, he scored 657 runs in 15 innings of 15 matches at an average of 54.57. During this, his highest score was 73 not out, and he scored all these runs at a strike rate of 144.71. A total of 8 half-century innings have been seen from Virat’s bat in this entire season. Due to his excellent performance, RCB was able to performed well this season. Earlier, RCB had managed to reach the finals three times, but they had to face defeat each time.
