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).
RCB won the IPL 2026 title after beating GT by 5 wickets at the Narendra Modi stadium, thus lifting consecutive IPl titles.
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. The batting maestro remained unbeaten 75 as RCB won the match by 5 wickets to lift their second IPL trophy.
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
