Gujarat Titans (GT) captain Shubman Gill was not blissful after his group’s loss to Rajat Patidar-led Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) within the 2026 Indian Premier League (IPL).
The thirty fourth match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 between Shubman Gill’s Gujarat Titans and Rajat Patidar’s Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) was held on Friday, April 24 on the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore.
Virat Kohli shines as Gujarat Titans are crushed by RCB
Gujarat Titans misplaced the toss and have been invited to bat first within the match. Sai Sudarsan led his group to a strong begin and displayed a masterclass in batting.
Whereas Sai had some nice assaults, Gil on the non-striker aspect was simply ready to be attacked and when he acquired his possibilities he could not benefit from them.
In Gujarat Titans’ opening recreation, they cast a robust partnership scoring 128 runs off 76 balls, with Sai Sudarsan contributing 92 runs and Gill contributing 32 runs.
In the long run, Gujarat Titans posted 205/3 on the board, which was by no means sufficient. Chasing the goal, Virat Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal smashed an unbelievable fifty to guide RCB to a five-wicket win.
| RCB vs GT – Match abstract | ||||
match | venue | consequence | Rating | participant of the match |
| RCB vs GT Match 34 | bangalore | RCB wins by 5 wickets | GT 205/3 vs RCB 206/5 (18.5 ov) | Virat Kohli (81 off 44) |
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So whether or not the batsman is dropped or not, it is all the time robust for the fielders – Shubman Gill
After the loss, Shubman Gill expressed disappointment that his group couldn’t rating higher runs within the loss of life overs. Shubman Gill mentioned:
“Yeah, definitely these three overs from 16 to 19, we simply could not get our limits and we did not get as many runs as we needed. I feel these three overs have been crucial for us. So, on the finish of the powerplay, I feel we have been in a great place. It was all about taking wickets within the center overs and I do not assume we have been ready to try this proper after the powerplay was over.”
Virat Kohli was in luck as he was dropped by Gujarat Titans for 0 runs. When requested about this debacle, Shubman Gill mentioned,
“So it is all the time a case of whether or not the batsmen get dropped or not, however I feel it is robust for the fielders however how they get again into the sport is vital. Ball-wise, I feel we had our possibilities however it was troublesome to bat on this wicket at occasions and I do not assume we have been capable of hit the size balls persistently. You understand, there have been balls in all places, however I feel they batted nice within the center overs.”
Hopefully he can hit a bit extra within the powerplay – Shubman Gill
Shubman Gill additionally defined the decision to provide spinner Manav Staal an opportunity, who gave away 19 runs in two overs whereas dismissing Rajat Patidar. he mentioned:
“After we have been batting, the ball Krunal bowled sluggish was the identical as once I was batting, it had a little bit of grip. So I assumed we would get an opportunity. They have been manner forward within the recreation. If we are able to get a number of wickets on this over, it’d get us again within the recreation.”
In the long run, Shubman Gill, whereas heaping reward on Sai Sudarsan, criticized him slyly, demanding extra strikes within the powerplay. he mentioned:
“Yeah, I imply, he is been fairly upset with the way in which he is performed the previous few video games. However I feel he is coated nicely. However subsequent recreation, I hope he offers us a bit bit extra strikes on the ability play.”
