Gujarat Titans (GT) skipper Shubman Gill admitted that his side fell short with the bat in the IPL 2026 final in Ahmedabad, as Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) secured a five-wicket victory to clinch their second consecutive IPL title on Sunday.
During the post-match presentation, Gill reflected on his side’s batting struggles and their inability to build momentum after losing early wickets.
“If we’d have gotten 180–190, it’d have been a good match,” Gill said. “Maybe a little two-paced [the pitch], but not too much. There was some early movement for the pacers. We lost early wickets and never got momentum. We felt we’d be in the game if we took one or two wickets in the powerplay.”
Batting first, GT suffered early setbacks as openers Gill (10) and Sai Sudharsan (12) were dismissed cheaply. Washington Sundar anchored the innings with an unbeaten half-century off 37 balls, while Nishant Sindhu (20) and Jos Buttler (19) also contributed useful runs to help GT post 155/8 in their allotted 20 overs.
“We gave away 15–20 runs too many, and they got away in the powerplay,” said Gill of RCB’s blazing start in response. “We were one of the best bowling sides. We came back strongly after losing the first two games. We kept challenging and improving ourselves. Very happy overall. Couldn’t get over the line. We’d still have had things to improve on even if we’d won the trophy.”
With the ball, Rashid Khan was GT’s standout performer, claiming two crucial wickets while conceding just 25 runs in his four overs at an economy rate of 6.25. Mohammed Siraj, Kagiso Rabada and Arshad Khan also chipped in with a wicket each.
The two teams met three times before the final this season. Both sides registered one win each during the league stage, while RCB defeated GT in Qualifier 1 in Dharamshala.
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