26 May,2026 11:52 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Shubman Gill (Pic: File Pic)
In the IPL 2026 match against Gujarat Titans (GT), Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) emerged victorious by 92 runs at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamshala.
After suffering a loss, GT's skipper Shubman Gill said, "I think we were going pretty well till the 12th-13th over. Our fielding wasn't upto the mark. One of those games we would like to forget and start over. I don't think it was our day. Under pressure situations we were not upto the mark. It's all about getting a good start. The outfield was quick, but with the way the pitch behaving, the total was chaseable. You don't see that kind of dismissal, very unfortunate".
With an aim of chasing the target of 255 runs, the Titans were bowled out for 162 runs in 19.3 overs.
Opening batsman Sai Sudharsan unusually lost his wicket. The bat slipped from his hands and hit the stumps, which made him return to the pavilion. Facing nine balls, Sudharsan scored 14 runs, including three wickets. Skipper Shubman Gill was dismissed on two runs in seven balls.
Wicketkeeper-batsman Jos Buttler departed after scoring 29 runs in 11 balls, including four boundaries and two maximums. Nishant Sindhu managed to score five runs in three balls, including a boundary. Jason Holder registered a three-ball duck. Washington Sundar also departed on eight runs in eight balls, including a boundary.
Rashid Khan scored eight runs in nine balls before losing his wicket. His knock also included a maximum. Kagiso Rabada also registered nine runs in five balls, including two boundaries. Impact Player Rahul Tewatia played a fighting knock of 68 runs in 43 balls, including eight boundaries and four maximums. Mohammed Siraj was dismissed on five runs in 13 balls, including a boundary. Prasidh Krishna stayed unbeaten on six runs in seven balls, which included a boundary.
Bengaluru's Jacob Duffy returned with the figures of three wickets for 39 runs in four overs. Rasikh Salam, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, and Krunal Pandya bagged two wickets each. Josh Hazlewood also claimed one wicket. Impact Player Romario Shepherd went wicketless in the IPL 2026 match against GT.
Earlier, having been put to bat first, RCB's opening batsman Venkatesh Iyer scored 19 runs in seven balls, including three boundaries and a maximum. Stalwart Virat Kohli missed his well-deserved half-century by just seven runs. Facing 25 balls, he scored 43 runs, with the help of five boundaries and a maximum.
Facing 19 deliveries, Devdutt Padikkal garnered 30 runs, laced with five boundaries.
Captain Rajat Patidar delivered an exceptional knock of an unbeaten 93 runs. Facing just 33 deliveries, he smashed five boundaries and nine maximums. Shouldering him was wicketkeeper-batsman Jitesh Sharma, who scored an unbeaten 15 runs in five balls, including a boundary and a maximum. With this, the Royal Challengers posted a total of 254 runs for the loss of five wickets in 20 overs against the Titans.
Completing their quotas of four overs each, Kagiso Rabada and Jason Holder claimed two wickets each. Rabada conceded 54 runs, whereas Holder leaked 39 runs. Prasidh Krishna also chipped in with one wicket. Mohammed Siraj, Rashid Khan, and Kulwant Khejroliya went wicketless in the IPL 2026 match against RCB.
