- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR3.4 The bouncer has brought about Sai Sudharsan's downfall. Banged in short outside off stump, a very well-directed short ball from Bhuvi. Sai Sudharsan has to fetch that 138.6kph delivery from outside off, he gets a top-edge with the ball ballooning to the short fine leg region. Jitesh runs behind it and takes a comfortable catch 26/22.2 Straight up, straight up and Gill is out of here. The aggression of Gill goes against him this time around. Back of a length ball outside off, Gill stays inside his crease this time to the 142kph delivery. He looks to go across the line, gets it on the higher part of the bat, with the ball spooning up. Patidar runs to his right from mid-off and takes a good catch 22/17.6 Straight down Padikkal's throat at long-on. Another one bites the dust as Sindhu walks back. Rising back of a length ball on middle at 132kph. He charges down the track but is not in control as he goes for the pull. Also loses his balance in playing that shot with the ball only going as far as DDP who is stationed perfectly. 55/312.1 Five-head Krunal outfoxes Buttler! Sees him dance down, so he yorks him wide. 114ks, lands in line with Buttler's back-knee after beating bat. Buttler's upper body froze late as he reached out, trying to scythe the ball away. Too late and Krunal celebrates with intensity. GT's big three toppled! 73/414.1 Forget Ben, It's Josh cutting off Arshad's attack. Trademark back-of-length ball skidded and rushed Arshad. He was back in the crease, swivelling for the pull. Ball came under belly-height. He got cramped - upper-body bent down, elbows weren't extended and the top edge went straight to short fine leg. 99/516.1 Tewatia goes and the crowd go up bigtime! 131ks length ball angling in towards fourth stump from around the wicket. The cross-seamer seemed to lose pace off the pitch and bounced a touch low. Tewatia extended his arms and looked to lift it over mid-on with a mostly horizontal bat. Ball hit low on the bat and Patidar ran back to take a rather easy catch. Rasikh is pumped, he's had a great game so far 115/618.3 Top edge. Will there be confusion? No, Hazlewood keeps the keeper at bay and allows Bhuvi to get to 28 wickets this season! 128ks short ball around fifth stump, seam up. Seemed slow off the pitch but bounced good. Holder was square-on, jumped and looked to drag it across with a pull. Edged it right back, Jitesh ran straight but Hazlewood ran across from short third and took it. Seemed to have made the call early as Jitesh slowed down 142/719.2 Rashid goes again... can't clear the boundary this time! Went across the ground by pulling the scrambled-seam ball. 132ks. Bat went from slightly down to up, just over the shoulder. Got it a touch too high. Shepherd takes it to the right at deep-backward square 151/8Extras5 (lb 1, w 4)TOTAL155/8 (20 Overs, RR: 7.75)Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Shubman Gill, 2.2 ov), 2-26 (Sai Sudharsan, 3.4 ov), 3-55 (Nishant Sindhu, 7.6 ov), 4-73 (Jos Buttler, 12.1 ov), 5-99 (Arshad Khan, 14.1 ov), 6-115 (Rahul Tewatia, 16.1 ov), 7-142 (Jason Holder, 18.3 ov), 8-151 (Rashid Khan, 19.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB JA Duffy 4 0 38 0 9.5 6 4 1 3 0 B Kumar 4 0 29 2 7.25 11 4 0 0 0 JR Hazlewood 4 0 37 2 9.25 7 6 0 1 0 Rasikh Salam 4 0 27 3 6.75 8 1 1 0 0 KH Pandya 4 0 23 1 5.75 7 0 1 0 0
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR4.3 Straight to mid-on but Venky Iyer has done his job! Siraj cramps the batter for room who was once again backing away. He goes deep in the crease but Siraj rushes him for pace with the good length ball at 147.5kph on leg. He mistimes to Rabada who makes no mistake 62/15.1 CARVED to deep third! That is wicket No. 29 for Rabada which wins him the purple cap. He gives himself room but Rabada bowls this fullish and outside off. Padikkal has to reach for it, and he ends up slicing it to the left of Arshad, who runs to his left and takes a smart catch 63/28.2 Rabada takes soft steps back... and takes the catch on the long-on boundary! He raised his right leg upon taking it but the back leg was still after he took it above head. Spin-hitter Patidar saw a full ball, got on one knee and swept it from outside off. Got a lot of height on it, nearly got it over. Rashid strikes second ball 89/38.5 And Rashid has brought it back to life! Krunal has a chat with Kohli but doesn't review! Loopy full ball on off, Krunal moves across to off, clears the front leg out of the way and goes for a hard sweep. The legbreak spins in a touch to beat bat and hit the back leg in front of off. Krunal swipes his bat in frustration on the way back, Rashid and co celebrate. Hawk-Eye shows that'd have smashed middle and off 91/413.6 That looks out. Arshad convinced and then in disbelief. Buttler threw the ball up. Quick sign to review from GT. 144ks length ball landed on leg and finished on middle and off. David was in the crease, front leg slightly away as he looked to defend straight. The ball took a feather while angling away, Ultra-Edge confirms. Ball still seaming, Sid Monga says. David gets a pat on the shoulder from Kohli 132/5Extras2 (lb 1, w 1)TOTAL161/5 (18 Overs, RR: 8.94)Fall of wickets: 1-62 (Venkatesh Iyer, 4.3 ov), 2-63 (Devdutt Padikkal, 5.1 ov), 3-89 (Rajat Patidar, 8.2 ov), 4-91 (Krunal Pandya, 8.5 ov), 5-132 (Tim David, 13.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Mohammed Siraj 4 0 36 1 9 10 3 2 1 0 K Rabada 3 0 44 1 14.66 7 6 3 0 0 JO Holder 2 0 16 0 8 5 3 0 0 0 Rashid Khan 4 0 25 2 6.25 9 1 1 0 0 Arshad Khan 4 0 32 1 8 9 4 1 0 0 M Prasidh Krishna 1 0 7 0 7 3 1 0 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Royal Challengers Bengaluru , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Player Of The Series
Series result
Royal Challengers Bengaluru won the 2026 Indian Premier League
Season
Hours of play (local time)
19.30 start, First Session 19.30-21.00, Interval 21.00-21.15, Second Session 21.15-22.45
Match days
31 May 2026 - night match (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 45 runs, 2 wickets)
- Over 0.4: Review by Gujarat Titans (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Nitin Menon, Batter - B Sai Sudharsan (Upheld)
- Gujarat Titans Impact Player Subs: Prasidh Krishna, Glenn Phillips, Anuj Rawat, Kumar Kushagra, Sai Kishore.
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru Impact Player Subs: Venkatesh Iyer, Kanishk Chohan, Swapnil Singh, Abhinandan Singh, Jordan Cox.
- Gujarat Titans: 50 runs in 6.5 overs (41 balls), Extras 3
- Strategic Timeout: Gujarat Titans - 59/3 in 9.0 overs (JC Buttler 12, Washington Sundar 2)
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru Impact Player Sub: Venkatesh Iyer in for Jacob Duffy (Gujarat Titans innings, 13.6 ov)
- Over 17.4: Review by Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wide, Umpire - KN Ananthapadmanabhan, Batter - Washington Sundar (Struck down)
- Gujarat Titans: 150 runs in 19.1 overs (115 balls), Extras 5
- Washington Sundar: 50 off 37 balls (5 x 4)
- Innings Break: Gujarat Titans - 155/8 in 20.0 overs (Washington Sundar 50, K Rabada 3)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 70 runs, 2 wickets)
- Gujarat Titans Impact Player Sub: Prasidh Krishna in for Rahul Tewatia (Gujarat Titans innings, 19.6 ov)
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru: 50 runs in 3.3 overs (21 balls), Extras 1
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 21 balls (VR Iyer 26, V Kohli 23, Ex 1)
- Strategic Timeout: Royal Challengers Bengaluru - 88/2 in 8.0 overs (V Kohli 38, RM Patidar 15)
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru: 100 runs in 9.5 overs (59 balls), Extras 2
- V Kohli: 50 off 25 balls (7 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Strategic Timeout: Royal Challengers Bengaluru - 126/4 in 13.0 overs (V Kohli 56, TH David 19)
- Over 13.6: Review by Gujarat Titans (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - KN Ananthapadmanabhan, Batter - TH David (Upheld)
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru: 150 runs in 17.2 overs (104 balls), Extras 2
- Final was shifted to Ahmedabad from Bangalore and Royal Challengers Bengaluru played the game as designated home team.
Match Coverage
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