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8 match winners in RCB team. (Photo- PTI)

IPL 2026 Final: The big match of IPL 2026 is to be played today i.e. on 31st May. This season's two strongest teams, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Gujarat Titans (GT) are facing each other for the title. While on one hand, Gujarat Titans, captained by Shubman Gill, is looking to repeat history by booking a ticket to the finals, on the other hand, defending champion RCB, led by Rajat Patidar, will enter the field with the intention of winning the second consecutive title.

A new star shines in every match

Before this final match, RCB's confidence is at its peak. The biggest reason for this is the team's 'match winning' army. This season, Bengaluru has performed brilliantly so far and won 10 matches, but the most interesting thing is that the team has not reached here relying on any one or two players. In IPL 2026, the RCB team has achieved a feat which no other team has done this season.

In the matches won by Bengaluru, 8 different players have won the title of 'Player of the Match'. This simply means that the entire RCB team has taken the responsibility of winning the match together. Whenever any senior player flopped, some other match winner came forward and helped the team sail through. The names of Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Phil Salt, Venkatesh Iyer, Tim David, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Jacob Duffy are included in the list of being named Player of the Match.

Why did alarm bells ring for Gujarat?

Usually, there are two or three important players in any team, whose dismissal can take control of the match. But this time it is not so with RCB. Even if Gujarat team gets Virat Kohli or Rajat Patidar cheaply, they have dangerous batsmen like Tim David and Venkatesh Iyer. Whereas in bowling, the pair of Bhuvneshwar and Hazlewood has the ability to test any batting order.

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