31 May,2026 10:40 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Virat Kohli (Pic: X/@RCBTweets)
In the IPL 2026 final match against Gujarat Titans (GT), Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) have reached the score of 100 runs for the loss of four wickets after the completion of 10 overs at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
RCB's Impact Player Venkatesh Iyer smashed 31 runs in just 16 balls, with the help of four boundaries and two maximums. Devdutt Padikkal was dismissed on one run in four balls.
Skipper Rajat Patidar scored 15 runs before departing. Facing 13 balls, he smashed a boundary and a maximum. Krunal Pandya's innings also came to an end with one run in two balls.
Stalwart Virat Kohli and Tim David are unbeaten at the crease.
Gujarat's Rashid Khan has bagged two wickets. Mohammed Siraj and Kagiso Rabada have managed to pick up one wicket each. Jason Holder is yet to claim any wickets.
Earlier, having been put to bat first, GT's opening batsman Sai Sudharsan managed to score 12 runs in 12 balls, including two boundaries. Captain Shubman Gill registered 10 runs in eight balls, with the help of two boundaries.
Facing 18 balls, Nishant Sindhu scored 20 runs, which included three boundaries. Wicketkeeper-batsman Jos Buttler departed after scoring 19 runs in 23 balls. His knock included a boundary. Arshad Khan lost his wicket in 15 runs in six balls, including two maximums.
Later, Jason Holder was dismissed on seven runs in five balls, including a boundary. Washington Sundar played a fighting knock of an unbeaten 50 runs off 37 deliveries, laced with five boundaries. Rashid Khan also scored seven runs in three balls, including a maximum. Rahul Tewatia registered seven runs in five balls, including a boundary. Kagiso Rabada stayed unbeaten on three runs in three balls. With this, the Titans posted a total of 155 runs for the loss of eight wickets in 20 overs against the Royal Challengers.
Bengaluru's Rasikh Salam returned with the figures of three wickets for 27 runs in four overs. Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Josh Hazlewood claimed two wickets each. Krunal Pandya also chipped in with one wicket. Jacob Duffy went wicketless in the IPL 2026 match against the Titans.
