After two months of inter-team battles, the endgame is finally on the board. It is the new team to have their seal on the trophy—guaranteed! Either it's Punjab Kings or Royal Challengers Bengaluru. For Shreyas, it is not new. He has done this twice, having a win in his pocket last year for 2024. For Rajat Patidar, it is new. Let's walk back to when the 2025 Indian Premier League started. There were trolls for electing Rajat Patidar as the captain of a team that has the most number of hyped guys, has played big names for ages! And easily, the fans, who are betting on him now, tagged him as "the auraless captain!" For Shreyas? He took a humble team from scratch to the playoffs. He led at least 6 uncapped Indian players, who did not undermine his confidence. A team that has not seen the face of playoffs for the last 11 years, Iyer led the team to the final, that too from the front. With two teams facing each other for one last time this year at the Ahmedabad, if anything wins over a name, it definitely will be cricket. Notably, the coin landed in favor of Punjab Kings, and they have decided to bowl first. Shreyas Iyer accepted that it was not a normal day but definitely did not let pressure overpower them. And Punjab is playing the same team, and so is Bengaluru. However, for RCB, as Patidar said, it's just another match. For him, the pitch looked flat, and he is looking to put up a good score and drag Punjab under pressure. Read also: Watch: Musheer Khan imitates lifting trophy to a fan Playing XI for both teams: Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Mayank Agarawal, Rajat Patidar(c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma(w), Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Dayal, Josh Hazlewood Impact Subs: Rasikh Salam, Manoj Bhandage, Tim Seifert, Swapnil Singh, Suyash Sharma. Punjab Kings: Priyansh Arya, Josh Inglis(w), Shreyas Iyer(c), Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Azmatullah Omarzai, Kyle Jamieson, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal Impact Subs: Prabhsimran Singh, Praveen Dubey, Suryansh Shedge, Xavier Bartlet, Harpreet Brar