Gujarat Titans have made one change to their playing XI for the IPL 2026 final against Royal Challengers Bengaluru, which is taking place at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Sunday (May 31). In place of R Sai Kishore, Arshad Khan is back in the playing XI.
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The 28-year-old Arshad Khan, who represents Madhya Pradesh in domestic cricket, has played eight matches for Gujarat Titans in the ongoing season and has accounted for the dismissals of five batters. He has 17 wickets to his name in 26 IPL matches played so far for three teams — Mumbai Indians, Lucknow Super Giants and Gujarat Titans.
On the other hand, RCB are playing with an unchanged XI.
England top-order batter Phil Salt, who last
played for RCB in an IPL 2026 match against Delhi Capitals in Bengaluru on April 18, is not part of the Impact Subs list either.
Playing XIs
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (C), Jitesh Sharma (WK), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Romario Shepherd, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jacob Duffy, Josh Hazlewood, Rasikh Salam Dar. Impact subs: Venkatesh Iyer, Kanishk Chohan, Swapnil Singh, Abhinandan Singh, Jordan Cox
Gujarat Titans: Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill (C), Jos Buttler (WK), Washington Sundar, Rahul Tewatia, Nishant Sindhu, Jason Holder, Rashid Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Arshad Khan, Mohammed Siraj. Impact subs: Prasidh Krishna, Glenn Phillips, Anuj Rawat, Kumar Kushagra, Sai Kishore
RCB to bowl first
In the IPL 2026 final, RCB skipper Rajat Patidar has opted to bowl first.
RCB booked their place in the final of IPL 2026 on Tuesday (May 26) by getting the better of GT by 92 runs in the first qualifier match at the HPCA Stadium in Dharamsala. On the other hand, the Titans secured a seven-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals in the second qualifier match at Mullanpur in New Chandigarh on Friday (May 29).
If RCB manage to get the better of the Shubman Gill-led side at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Sunday, they will become only the third team in IPL history to successfully defend their title.
