{"id":15253,"date":"2026-06-01T07:02:43","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T01:32:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/virat-kohlis-dhol-dance-with-krunal-pandya-goes-viral-after-rcbs-ipl-2026-title-triumph-watch-cricket-news\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T07:02:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T01:32:43","slug":"virat-kohlis-dhol-dance-with-krunal-pandya-goes-viral-after-rcbs-ipl-2026-title-triumph-watch-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/virat-kohlis-dhol-dance-with-krunal-pandya-goes-viral-after-rcbs-ipl-2026-title-triumph-watch-cricket-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Virat Kohli&#8217;s dhol dance with Krunal Pandya goes viral after RCB&#8217;s IPL 2026 title triumph &#8211; WATCH | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-131431743,imgsize-49176,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/kohli-krunal-dance-0106-s.jpg\" alt=\"Virat Kohli's dhol dance with Krunal Pandya goes viral after RCB's IPL 2026 title triumph - WATCH\" title=\"Virat Kohli and Krunal Pandya (Image credit: RCB)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Virat Kohli and Krunal Pandya (Image credit: RCB)\">Virat Kohli and Krunal Pandya (Image credit: RCB)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: Star batter <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/player-profile\/virat-kohli\/3993\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Virat Kohli<\/a> and all-rounder <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/krunal-pandya\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Krunal Pandya<\/a> were seen dancing to the beats of dhols after Royal Challengers Bengaluru sealed back-to-back IPL titles on Sunday. RCB defeated Gujarat Titans by five wickets in the final to lift their second IPL trophy.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>The celebrations were in full swing after the historic triumph. In a video shared by RCB on social media, Krunal was seen dancing with the trophy to the sound of dhols. He was later joined by Kohli, who arrived in a t-shirt and shorts and joined the celebrations as the team soaked in the success.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>RCB, who won their maiden IPL title in Ahmedabad in 2025, have now become only the third franchise after Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings to successfully defend their crown. <!-- -->They also extended the streak of Qualifier 1 winners going on to lift the trophy to nine consecutive seasons.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"cdatainfo   id-r-component \" data-pos=\"16\">\n<ul>\n<li>Teams to win consecutive IPL titles<\/li>\n<li>CSK \u2013 2010 and 2011<\/li>\n<li>MI \u2013 2019 and 2020<\/li>\n<li>RCB \u2013 2025 and 2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"cdatainfo   id-r-component \" data-pos=\"18\">\n<ul>\n<li>Multiple IPL title wins<\/li>\n<li>5 \u2013 MI<\/li>\n<li>5 \u2013 CSK<\/li>\n<li>3 \u2013 KKR<\/li>\n<li>2 \u2013 RCB<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/>Powered by Kohli&#8217;s fastest IPL half-century, RCB completed a clinical chase of 156 at a packed Narendra Modi Stadium to secure back-to-back titles.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/>Kohli smashed a 25-ball fifty and remained unbeaten on 75 off 42 deliveries, an innings studded with nine fours and three sixes. It was also his highest score in an IPL playoff match.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"26\"\/>The veteran batter continued a remarkable streak as well \u2014 RCB have not lost a match since 2025 whenever Kohli has scored a half-century.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"28\"\/>Kohli was adjudged Player of the Match in the final.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"30\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"cdatainfo   id-r-component \" data-pos=\"31\">\n<ul>\n<li>Oldest players to win Player of the Match in an IPL final<\/li>\n<li>38y 219d \u2013 Anil Kumble (RCB, 2009)<\/li>\n<li>37y 207d \u2013 Virat Kohli (RCB, 2026)<\/li>\n<li>37y 94d \u2013 Faf du Plessis (CSK, 2021)<\/li>\n<li>36y 344d \u2013 Shane Watson (CSK, 2018)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"32\"\/>&#8220;Well, it\u2019s the stuff that you dream of. I\u2019ve thought of this moment many times, that, you know, once when we win the IPL, I should be standing there hitting the winning runs and tonight it was possible. So yeah, just a dream day for us,&#8221; Kohli said after the match.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"35\"\/>&#8220;And as I mentioned straight after the game as well, we just felt really relaxed coming to the game today and really confident about how we wanted to go about our game and what kind of team we have. And that gives you confidence to just, you know, see any kind of situation through. But yeah, in a chase, I felt really comfortable out there knowing exactly what to do,&#8221; he said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"37\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/ipl-2026\/virat-kohlis-dhol-dance-with-krunal-pandya-goes-viral-after-rcbs-ipl-2026-title-triumph-watch\/articleshow\/131431735.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virat Kohli and Krunal Pandya (Image credit: RCB) NEW DELHI: Star batter Virat Kohli and all-rounder Krunal Pandya were seen dancing to the beats of dhols after Royal Challengers Bengaluru sealed back-to-back IPL titles on Sunday. RCB defeated Gujarat Titans by five wickets in the final to lift their second IPL trophy.The celebrations were in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15254,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15253"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15253\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}