The Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) are in control of the first innings against the Gujarat Titans in the finals of the IPL 2026 on May 31 at Narendra Modi Stadium.
Their bowlers picked the crucial wickets of Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill, Nishant Sindhu and Jos Buttler on intervals to dominate the innings in the summit clash.
After being invited to bat first, Sai Sudharsan and Shubman Gill opened the innings while Jacob Duffy opened the bowling attack.
Josh Hazlewood brought the first breakthrough, dismissing Shubman Gill for 10 runs. He got dismissed on a short-length delivery with decent bounce, where Shubman Gill tried for a pull shot but mistimes as the ball went high in the air in mid-off, and Rajat Patidar bagged the catch.
Nishant Sindhu, who came to bat at No.3, joined Sai Sudharsan at the crease. However, Bhuvneshwar Kumar bagged the crucial wicket of Sai Sudharsan for 12 runs. He got dismissed on a wide off delivery as the ball top-edged and went in the air towards short fine leg, where Jitesh Sharma took an impressive catch.
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With the dismissal of openers, Jos Buttler joined Nishant Sindhu as the Gujarat Titans scored 45 runs in the power play. However, Nishant Sindhu got dismissed by Rasik Salam for 20 runs. He got dismissed for a catch by Devdutt Padikkal near the boundary rope.
Jos Buttler lost his wicket to Krunal Pandya after the batter stepped out for a big shot but misses it and Jitesh Sharma collects the ball and stumps as Gujarat Titans lost four wickets for 73 runs.
RCB Playing 11: Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar(c), Jitesh Sharma(w), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Romario Shepherd, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jacob Duffy, Josh Hazlewood, Rasikh Salam Dar
Gujarat Titans Playing 11: Shubman Gill (c), B Sai Sudharsan, Jos Buttler (wk), Washington Sundar, Jason Holder, Nishant Sindhu, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Arshad Khan, Mohammed Siraj
