Vaibhav Sooryavanshi sweeps 5 awards, RCB’s ₹20 crore prize money:Champion team’s winning sum less than Virat Kohli’s salary

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) won the IPL title for the second consecutive season. In the final played in Ahmedabad, RCB defeated Gujarat Titans (GT) by 5 wickets to win the trophy. Upon becoming champions, RCB received prize money of ₹20 crore rupees along with the trophy, while runner-up Gujarat Titans had to settle for ₹12.5 crore rupees. In individual awards, Rajasthan’s 15-year-old batsman Vaibhav Suryavanshi dominated. He won the Orange Cap title by scoring the most runs (776) in the season. He also received a total of 5 awards, including Most Valuable Player, Emerging Player, and Super Striker of the Season. From these, he received 40 lakh rupees and a car. Meanwhile, Gujarat’s Kagiso Rabada won the Purple Cap by taking 29 wickets. IPL 2026 full individual awards list: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi sweeps 5 awards, gets ₹40 lakhs RCB’s prize money, less than Virat Kohli’s salary The winning team RCB received prize money worth ₹20 crores. The runners-up team Gujarat Titans, received prize money worth ₹12.5 crore. To put this in perspective, Virat Kohli’s salary for IPL 2026 season was more than the sum RCB received prize money, Kohli earned ₹21 crore as salary. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi youngest to win IPL Orange Cap The 15-year-old sensation etched his name in the history books by becoming the youngest player in IPL history to win the Orange Cap. Meanwhile, Kagiso Rabada won the Purple Cap. Sooryavanshi joins elite list after winning MVP After his heroics in the IPL 2026 season, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi was given the MVP award for the 19th season, and he joined an elite list of players to win the award. RCB need 1 more title to equal KKR’s tally While Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians have won 5 IPL titles each, RCB have won their second trophy. They need 1 more title to equal Kolkata Knight Riders with 3 trophies. Rajat Patidar joins exclusive club Rajat Patidar became only the third captain after MS Dhoni and Rohit Sharma to help his team retain the IPL trophy.