IPL 2026: Kagiso Rabada caught smoking? Viral video gets fans' attention ahead of RCB's clash

Kagiso Rabada (Pic: X/File Pic)

The Gujarat Titans (GT) are all set to lock horns with the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in the IPL 2026 match on April 24 at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.

Ahead of the game, a video has gone viral across social media platforms, with the fans suspecting that GT skipper Shubman Gill and star pacer Kagiso Rabada are seen smoking cigarettes.

Gill has been in fine touch with the willow. So far, he has featured in five matches and has garnered 265 runs for the franchise. The right-handed batsman is also the third leading run-scorer in the ongoing edition of the cash-rich league.

In Gujarat's previous match against the Mumbai Indians (MI), Rabada returned with the figures of three wickets for 33 runs in his spell of four overs. Later, the Titans won the match by a huge margin of 99 runs at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.

Currently, the Royal Challengers are in third position with four wins and two defeats. They have a net run rate (NRR) of +1.171 and eight points. On the other hand, the Titans are placed in the sixth position with three wins and the same number of defeats. With a net run rate (NRR) of -0.821, they have six points.

IPL 2026, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Gujarat Titans: Full Squads

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Virat Kohli, Josh Hazlewood, Swapnil Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jacob Duffy, Krunal Pandya, Jitesh Sharma (WK), Venkatesh Iyer, Phil Salt (WK), Rajat Patidar (C), Nuwan Thushara, Romario Shepherd, Tim David, Devdutt Padikkal, Yash Dayal, Rasikh Salam, Jordan Cox, Jacob Bethell, Vicky Ostwal, Mangesh Yadav, Suyash Sharma, Vihaan Malhotra, Abhinandan Singh, Kanishk Chouhan, Satvik Deswal.

Gujarat Titans: Ishant Sharma, Jos Buttler (WK), Jason Holder, Jayant Yadav, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Tewatia, Luke Wood, Shahrukh Khan, Glenn Phillips, Prasidh Krishna, Rashid Khan, Mohammed Siraj, Washington Sundar, Sai Kishore, Shubman Gill (C), Tom Banton (WK), Yarra Raj, Anuj Rawat, Sai Sudharsan, Manav Suthar, Kumar Kushagra (WK), Arshad Khan, Nishant Sandhu, Gurnoor Brar, Ashok Sharma.