RCB vs GT Qualifier-1: IPL 2026: In the first qualifier of IPL 2026, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Gujarat Titans faced each other at the HPCA Stadium in Dharamshala on Tuesday (26 May). Where Bengaluru defeated Gujarat by 92 runs and secured a place in the IPL final.
Gujarat team will now play in the Qualifier 2 match, where it will face the winner of the match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals on Wednesday (May 27) in the eliminator. Qualifier 2 match will be held on 29th May in Mullanpur.
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Gujarat Titans won the toss in the match and decided to bowl first. Royal Challengers Bangalore, playing first, scored 254/5. Rajat Patidar scored 93 runs in just 33 balls. In reply, Gujarat’s entire batting collapsed. And the entire team was all out for just 162 (19.3).
Highlights of GT’s innings
Gujarat’s condition remained bad in the run chase and by the time they reached 51 runs, they lost 5 wickets. Sai Sudarshan (14), Shubman Gill (2), Jos Buttler (29) and Nishant Sindhu (5), Jason Holder (0) were out. The special thing was that Jose, Sindhu and Holder were out on the score of 51. After this, Washington Sundar also could not prolong his innings and remained on 8 runs. After this, the lower order of Gujarat surrendered and went on getting out on the lines of ‘Come on, I came’. Rahul Tewatia (68) struggled to some extent by staying on one side, but his innings proved to be a lamb in front of RCB’s big score.
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Highlights of RCB’s innings
In this match, RCB made a steady start, but they got their first blow in the form of Venkatesh Iyer (19). Who was out on the ball of Kagiso Rabada. After this, Virat Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal made a partnership of 72 runs, but first Kohli (43) and then Padikkal (30) were out in the same over by Jason Holder in the same over. After this, Rajat Patidar (93 not out) and Krunal Pandya (43) made a partnership of 95 runs. As soon as Krunal was out, the score became 189/4. Tim David was out for just 4 runs. Coming at the end, Jitesh Sharma also scored 15 runs in 5 balls. Kagiso Rabada and Jason Holder got 2-2 successes from Gujarat team.
RCB’s playing-11:Venkatesh Iyer, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (captain), Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jacob Duffy, Josh Hazlewood and Rasik Salam Dar.
GT’s playing-11:Sai Sudarshan, Shubman Gill (captain), Jos Buttler (wicketkeeper), Washington Sundar, Nishant Sindhu, Jason Holder, Rashid Khan, Kulwant Khejroliya, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj and Prasidh Krishna.
Royal Challengers Bangalore Squad: Venkatesh Iyer, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (captain), Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Suyash Sharma, Josh Hazlewood, Rasik Salaam Dar, Philip Salt, Abhinandan Singh, Swapnil Singh, Jordan Cox, Kanishk Chauhan, Jacob Duffy, Richard Gleeson, Vicky Ostwal, Vihaan Malhotra, Mangesh Yadav, Satvik Deswal
Gujarat Titans Squad: Sai Sudarshan, Shubman Gill (captain), Jos Buttler (wicket-keeper), Washington Sundar, Nishant Sindhu, Jason Holder, Rashid Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Arshad Khan, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Anuj Rawat, Glenn Phillips, Rahul Tewatia, Kulwant Khejroliya, Kumar Kushagra, Sai Kishore, Shahrukh Khan, Ishant Sharma, Luke Wood, Ashok Sharma, Connor Esterhuizen, Gurnoor Brar, Manav Suthar, Jayant Yadav.
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