Ahmedabad: The title match of IPL 2026 will be played today at the Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium in Ahmedabad. In this great match, the top team of the points table, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) will face the powerful Gujarat Titans (GT). The command of defending champion Bengaluru is in the hands of Rajat Patidar, while Gujarat Titans is being led by Shubman Gill. Both the captains have their eyes set on making their team win the trophy for the second time.

RCB played brilliantly this season and got a direct ticket to the final by defeating Gujarat in the first qualifier. Gujarat Titans, on the other hand, did not give up and confirmed their place in the final by defeating Rajasthan Royals (RR) in the second qualifier.

Journey and history of the final

*Royal Challengers Bengaluru: RCB, playing since the first season of the league (2008), has reached the final for the fifth time.
*Gujarat Titans: The Gujarat team, which debuted in the year 2022, is traveling to the finals for the third time in its 5-season history.

RCB vs GT: Head-to-head statistics

Till now there has been a tough competition between the two teams, but in terms of statistics, Bengaluru team seems to be slightly ahead. Both the teams have come face to face 9 times so far in IPL history:

Highest Score: RCB’s highest score against Gujarat is 254 runs, which was made in Qualifier-1 of this season. At the same time, Gujarat’s highest score against RCB was 205 runs.

Performance of both the teams season after season

* 2022: A total of 2 matches took place; Both teams won 1-1 match.
* 2023: Gujarat Titans won in the only encounter.
* 2024: RCB registered one-sided victories in both the matches.
* 2025: Gujarat won the only match.

Who dominated in IPL 2026?

In this current season (2026), 3 matches have been played so far between the two teams, in which Bengaluru has won 2 and Gujarat has won 1:

1. First match (April 24, Bengaluru): RCB won this match by 5 wickets. In this match, Virat Kohli played an explosive inning of 81 runs in 44 balls, while Sai Sudarshan scored a brilliant century for Gujarat.

2. Second match (30 April, Ahmedabad): Gujarat Titans made a brilliant comeback on their home ground and defeated RCB by 4 wickets. In this low-scoring match, no batsman could cross the 50 mark.

3. Third Match (Qualifier-1, Dharamshala): RCB defeated Gujarat Titans by a huge margin of 92 runs. Playing first, Bengaluru had scored a mountain-like score of 254 runs, in response to which the entire Gujarat team was bundled out for 162 runs. In this match, captain Rajat Patidar had scored unbeaten 93 runs in just 33 balls.