India, June 2 -- Jose Hazlewood believes keeping the core team intact did the trick for Royal Challengers Bengaluru's back-to-back title wins, while his pace colleague Bhuvneshwar Kumar credited the success to meticulous planning by the team as the players soaked in the glory of their IPL triumph here on Sunday.

A dominant RCB won their second successive title with Virat Kohli anchoring the team to beat Gujarat Titans by five wickets in the summit clash here.

"I think the franchise have put together beautifully. Great support staff. It's tough to build that culture so fast when the teams change every three years," Hazlewood said after the match.

"This (title win) is right up there. We had to wait a long time for the first win last year...