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New Delhi. The final of IPL (Indian Premier League) 2026 is to be played between Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Gujarat Titans (GT) on 31 May (Sunday) at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Both the teams, which have performed brilliantly this entire season, are now one step away from winning the title. RCB had made it straight to the finals by defeating Gujarat Titans in Qualifier-1.

In that match, RCB captain Rajat Patidar played a explosive inning of 93 runs in 33 balls. On the other hand, in Qualifier-2, Gujarat Titans defeated Rajasthan Royals and made their place in the finals. Shubman Gill had scored a brilliant century in the match against Rajasthan Royals. This innings of Gill included 15 fours and 3 sixes. RCB has made its place in the IPL final for the 5th time. Whereas Gujarat Titans will play the final for the third time in IPL.

It was under the captaincy of Rajat Patidar that RCB won its first IPL trophy in 2025. And in 2022, Gujarat Titans won the trophy in their very first IPL season.

Gujarat Titans have an excellent record at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. This IPL season, Gujarat has won 5 out of 7 matches while playing at home. In such a situation, the challenge for RCB is not going to be easy at all. However, the eyes of the fans will be on Virat Kohli and the fans would like to see Virat lift the IPL trophy once again.

This IPL season has also been strong for Virat Kohli. This IPL season, Virat has scored 600 runs in 15 matches at a strike rate of 164.38, which also includes a century.

Talking about RCB’s bowling, Bhuvneshwar Kumar has performed well this season. Bhuvneshwar Kumar has taken 26 wickets in 15 matches in this IPL season.

Both the opening batsmen of Gujarat Titans are in very good form. Shubman Gill has scored 722 runs in 15 matches in this IPL season at a strike rate of 163.71.

Whereas Sai Sudarshan has scored 710 runs in 16 matches in this IPL season at a strike rate of 159.55. Talking about Gujarat’s bowling, Kagiso Rabada has taken 28 wickets in 16 matches and is leading in the race for Purple Cap. In this IPL season, both the teams clashed with each other twice and RCB won both times.

Royal Challengers Bangalore Squad: Venkatesh Iyer, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (captain), Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Suyash Sharma, Josh Hazlewood, Rasik Salam Dar, Philip Salt, Abhinandan Singh, Swapnil Singh, Jordan Cox, Kanishk Chauhan, Jacob Duffy, Richard Gleeson, Vicky Ostwal, Vihaan Malhotra, Mangesh Yadav and Satvik Deswal.

Gujarat Titans Squad: Sai Sudarshan, Shubman Gill (captain), Jos Buttler (wicket-keeper), Washington Sundar, Nishant Sindhu, Jason Holder, Rashid Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Arshad Khan, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Anuj Rawat, Glenn Phillips, Rahul Tewatia, Kulwant Khejroliya, Kumar Kushagra, Sai Kishore, Shahrukh Khan, Ishant Sharma, Luke Wood, Ashok Sharma, Connor Esterhuizen, Gurnoor Brar, Manav Suthar and Jayant Yadav.