Rcb Bowlers 9 Meter Length Costs Gujarat Titans Ipl Final
RCB vs GT Final: Royal Challengers Bangalore achieved the honor of becoming champion for the second time by defeating Gujarat Titans in IPL 2026. Virat Kohli led the team to victory by scoring unbeaten 75 runs. However, the biggest reason for RCB’s victory was the 9 meter net. You might be wondering what is this 9 meter net? Let us tell you that this is the trap which forced Gujarat Titans to kneel. RCB trapped the entire Gujarat team in this trap and in the end its dream of winning the IPL was shattered. Let us tell you what is 9 meter net.
What is RCB’s 9 meter net?
Even if RCB wins Virat Kohli He may have been named Player of the Match, but the victory of this team was decided by its bowlers. Rasikh Salam, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Josh Hazlewood bowled brilliantly and restricted Gujarat Titans to just 155 runs. Batsmen like Shubhman Gill, Sai Sudarshan got trapped in the net of RCB bowlers and this net was 9 meters long. Actually, RCB bowlers troubled Gujarat Titans batsmen with short off length bowling. His length remained about 9 meters away from the batsmen and on the Ahmedabad pitch, Gujarat batsmen kept getting trapped in it. Half of the Gujarat Titans team collapsed in front of short of length balls.
5 batsmen trapped in 9 meter net
5 batsmen of Gujarat lost their wickets on short of length balls. The names of captain Shubhman Gill, Sai Sudarshan, Nishant Sindhu, Arshad Khan and Jason Holder are included in these batsmen. Captain Shubman Gill was the first to get out on the short of length ball. This ball of Josh Hazlewood came very fast towards Gill on which he tried to play a big shot but he was completely dodged. Rajat Patidar took an easy catch.
The game with Gujarat is over!
Sai also trapped on short ball
Sai Sudarshan was dismissed by Bhuvneshwar Kumar on a short of length ball. Sudarshan tried to pull this ball but he was dodged by the speed and wicketkeeper Jitesh Sharma took an easy catch. Nishant Sindhu also lost his wicket on short of length. He tried to hit a six on the short ball of Rasikh Salam but Devdutt Padikkal standing at long on caught it easily. Jason Holder was caught out by Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Arshad Khan by Josh Hazlewood on a short of length ball.
It is clear that RCB bowlers read the pitch well and Gujarat team got trapped in it. The target of 156 runs proved to be modest for RCB. Venkatesh Iyer gave a good start to RCB by scoring 32 runs in 16 balls. Virat Kohli scored unbeaten 75 runs. Tim David also played a good inning of 24 runs and RCB won the IPL for the second consecutive time.
