The Titans won the toss and chose to bowl first. Kulwant Khejroliya replaced Arshad Khan in the Shubman Gill-led team’s line-up. The pacer is playing his first game of the season. Meanwhile, Jacob Duffy is playing for RCB in place of either of Romario Shehpherd or Suyash sharma (impact sub options).
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Playing XI:
Venkatesh Iyer, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (c), Jitesh Sharma (w), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jacob Duffy, Josh Hazlewood, Rasikh Salam Dar
Impact Substitutes:
Romario Shepherd, Suyash Sharma, Kanishk Chouhan, Abhinandan Singh, Jordan Cox
Gujarat Titans
Playing XI:
Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill (c), Jos Buttler (w), Washington Sundar, Nishant Sindhu, Jason Holder, Rashid Khan, Kulwant Khejroliya, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna
Impact Substitutes:Rahul Tewatia, Glenn Phillips, Anuj Rawat, Kumar Kushagra, Sai Kishore
Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Gujarat Titans will face each in the first qualifer of the 2026 IPL at the scenic Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) in Dharamshala. Both teams will aim to become the first finalist of the league. It marks the first time in history that Dharamshala is hosting a playoff game in the IPL.
While both teams finished the league stage with 18 points (9 wins), they played each other twice in the league stage with one each for both teams. Both sides won their homes. RCB won in Bengaluru by five wickets while GT registered victory in Ahmedabad by four wickets.
Toss: The toss will take place at 7:00 PM IST
Pitch Report: A high-scoring match is expected. All group stage games at the venue in the tournament saw totals of 200 plus being scored.
Weather Report: No rain is expected but a cold day is in store relative to the extreme heat in rest of the country with temperatures ranging between 14 to 21 degree celcius.
RCB Squad: Venkatesh Iyer, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar(c), Jitesh Sharma(w), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Suyash Sharma, Josh Hazlewood, Rasikh Salam Dar, Philip Salt, Abhinandan Singh, Swapnil Singh, Jordan Cox, Kanishk Chouhan, Jacob Duffy, Richard Gleeson, Vicky Ostwal, Vihaan Malhotra, Mangesh Yadav, Satvik Deswal
GT Squad: Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill(c), Jos Buttler(w), 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, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Shahrukh Khan, Ishant Sharma, Luke Wood, Ashok Sharma, Connor Esterhuizen, Gurnoor Brar, Manav Suthar, Jayant Yadav