Former Chennai Super Kings player Ambati Rayudu feels Royal Challengers Bengaluru will now realise how difficult it is to win the Indian Premier League title, having won their maiden trophy in the 18th installment of the tournament. RCB finally ended their prolonged wait for the IPL title by winning the title in 2025.Rayudu opined that RCB will start valuing the efforts taken by teams like CSK, who have won five titles in the same competition.
Rayudu also commented on how RCB understood the value of sticking to a fixed team instead of shuffling players in and out of their XI, which eventually paid dividends.
RCBemerged victorious by defeating Punjab Kings in the final of IPL 2025 in Ahmedabad in June earlier this year. Before this, they had appeared in three summit clashes 2009, 2011, 2016 but failed to clinch silverware.