Reasons For Gujarat Titans Loss: In the first qualifier of IPL 2026, Gujarat Titans, captained by Shubman Gill, had to face defeat by 92 runs against Royal Challengers Bangalore. Bengaluru, which won, has secured a place in the finals.
The question is whether the losing Gujarat is out of the tournament? Here you will get the answer and will know the 3 major reasons for Gujarat’s defeat.
Was Gujarat out of the tournament with the defeat?
Now Gujarat has one more chance to reach the final. Now the team will play the second qualifier. In Qualifier-1, Gujarat will face the team that wins the Eliminator. Now let us know what were the three major reasons for Gujarat’s defeat.
1- Not being able to inspect the pitch properly (wrong decision to bowl first)
In the match, Gujarat captain Shubman Gill won the toss and decided to bowl. Gill could not inspect the pitch properly. Bengaluru, which was invited to bat first, batted brilliantly and put 254 runs on the board for 5 wickets in 20 overs. This was the biggest total in the history of IPL playoffs.
2- Rajat Patidar dropping the catch on 20 runs
One of the biggest reasons for Gujarat’s defeat was the dropping of catch by Bengaluru captain Rajat Patidar. Patidar batted aggressively and scored 93* runs in 33 balls, hitting 5 fours and 9 sixes. During this period his strike rate was 281.82.
When Patidar was on the score of only 20 runs, Kagiso Rabada dropped his catch on the ball of Prasidh Krishna. During this, Bengaluru’s score was 134 runs for 3 wickets. During this time Venkatesh Iyer, Virat Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal were out. If Patidar had been caught, the team might not have even been able to reach the total of 200 runs. Gujarat would have had a lesser target and the result could have been different.
3- Bad bowling
Very poor bowling was seen from Gujarat side. Mohammad Siraj and Kagiso Rabada, who played the role of main bowlers for the team throughout the season, proved to be expensive. Apart from this, other bowlers also gave away a lot of runs.
Siraj spent 46 runs in 3 overs with an economy of 15.30. Rabada gave 54 runs in 4 overs at an economy of 13.50. He took 2 wickets. Rest Kulwant Khejroliya scored 31 runs in 2 overs, Prasidh Krishna scored 53 runs in 4 overs, Jason Holder scored 39 runs in 4 overs and Rashid Khan scored 29 runs in 3 overs. Holder took 2 wickets and Prasidh took 1 wicket.