GT vs RCB, IPL 2026 – Gujarat Titans bowl at home, both teams unchanged

Throw Gujarat Titans chose to bowl vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru

With RCB opener Phil Salt still recovering from injury, Jacob Bethell will continue to open with Virat Kohli. Seamer Rasikh Dar is the most likely player to come in from the Impact Subs bench for RCB when they bowl later in the evening.

Neither Prasidh Krishna nor Ashok Sharma played in GT’s first bowling eleven, with left-arm seamer Arshad Khan retaining his place in the team. Neither Prasidh nor Ashok were part of GT’s Impact Subs list. Rahul Tewatia is likely to step in as GT’s Impact Player when they race.

The pitch had a covering of live grass, and Gill figured it might help with swing in the power play. However, Patidar felt that the surface might not help bowlers “too much”.

Gujarat Titans: 1 Shubman Gill (captain), 2 B Sai Sudharsan, 3 Jos Buttler (wk), 4 Jason Holder, 5 M Shahrukh Khan, 6 Washington Sundar, 7 Arshad Khan, 8 Rashid Khan, 9 Kagiso Rabada, 10 Mohammed Siraj, 11 Manav Suthar
Impact Subs: Rahul Tewatia, Glenn Phillips, Anuj Rawat, Nishant Sindhu, Kulwant Khejroliya

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: 1 Virat Kohli, 2 Jacob Bethell, 3 Devdutt Padikkal, 4 Rajat Patidar (capt), 5 Jitesh Sharma (wk), 6 Tim David, 7 Romario Shepherd, 8 Krunal Pandya, 9 Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 10 Suyash Sharma, 11 Josh Hazlewood
Impact Subs: Rasikh Dar, Jordan Cox, Mangesh Yadav, Vicky Ostwal, Venkatesh Iyer