IPL 2026 Final Award Ceremony LIVE Updates: Royal Challengers Bengaluru are up against Gujarat Titans in the final of IPL 2026 season on Sunday (May 31).
The two teams are playing at the Narendra Modi stadium in Ahmedabad as RCB chase their second trophy in a row.
RCB vs GT IPL 2026 Final - As It Happened
Gujarat Titans' batting in the IPL 2026 final struggled against a disciplined RCB attack. Batting first after losing the toss at Narendra Modi Stadium, GT managed just 155/8 in 20 overs.
Openers Shubman Gill (10 off 8) and Sai Sudharsan (12 off 12) fell early to Josh Hazlewood and Bhuvneshwar Kumar, leaving GT at 26/2. Nishant Sindhu (20 off 18) and Jos Buttler (19 off 23) tried to stabilize but fell to Rasikh Salam Dar and Krunal Pandya respectively.
Washington Sundar anchored with a gritty
50 off 37 balls (5 fours), while late cameos from Arshad Khan (15 off 6, including 2 sixes) and others added some momentum. However, regular breakthroughs restricted GT. Rasikh claimed 3/27, Hazlewood and Kumar took 2 wickets each, and Krunal got 1.
In the run chase, RCB got a fiery start as Venkatesh Iyer and Virat Kohli came out blazing. Kohli was excellent with the bat again, while Venkatesh, fighting an injury, scored a breezy 32 off just 15 deliveries. Devdutt Padikkal (1), Rajat Patidar (15) and Krunal Pandya (1) gave RCB a mini hiccup but Kohli completed his fastest half-century in 25 balls and is taking his team closer to victory.
RCB and GT IPL 2026 Final Playing 11
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB): Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (c), Krunal Pandya, Tim David, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Romario Shepherd, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Jacob Duffy, Rasikh Salam Dar
Impact Subs: Venkatesh Iyer, Kanishk Chohan, Swapnil Singh, Abhinandan Singh, Jordan Cox
Gujarat Titans (GT): Shubman Gill (c), Sai Sudharsan, Jos Buttler (wk), Washington Sundar, Nishant Sindhu, Rahul Tewatia, Jason Holder, Rashid Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Arshad Khan
Impact Subs: Anuj Rawat, Sai Kishore, Prasidh Krishna, Glenn Phillips, Kumar Kushagra
