IPL 2026 Final: RCB wins toss and elects to bowl first against GT
May 31, 2026 07:18 pm
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) has won the toss and chosen to bowl first in the IPL 2026 final against Gujarat Titans.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) Captain Rajat Patidar has won the toss and elected to bowl first against Gujarat Titans (GT) in the 2026 Indian Premier League (IPL) final in Ahmedabad on Sunday (May 31).
Defending champions RCB face former one-time winner and 2023 runners-up, the Gujarat Titans, in summit clash at the Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium.
RCB played last year’s final at the same venue, beating Punjab Kings.
While RCB is unchanged for their title defence, GT has made just one change to their playing XI.
Teams:
RCB - Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (captain), Krunal Pandya, Tim David, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Romario Shepherd, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Jacob Duffy and Rasikh Salam
RCB sub options - Venkatesh Iyer, Kanishk Chohan, Swapnil Singh, Abhinandan Singh, Jordan Cox
GT - Shubman Gill (captain), Sai Sudharsan, Jos Buttler (wk), Nishant Sindhu, Jason Holder, Washington Sundar, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Arshad Khan and Mohammed Siraj
GT sub options - Prasidh Krishna, Glenn Phillips, Anuj Rawat, Kumar Kushagra, Sai Kishore
-- Agencies
