Why is RCB in trouble after losing the toss? (PC-PTI)
RCB vs GT: In the first qualifier match of IPL 2026, Gujarat Titans captain Shubhman Gill won the coin bet. With this, Gujarat created a big problem for RCB. In fact, there is a record between these two teams which almost guarantees winning the match as soon as they win the toss. What is this record, know further but in the meantime, let us tell you that RCB did not give place to Phil Salt in the playing eleven in the qualifier match, while Gujarat also made a surprising change in its team and gave a chance to Kulwant Khejroliya in place of Arshad Khan, who is playing his first match this season.
Gujarat won the toss, will now become the boss of the match?
gujarat titans After winning the toss, they decided to bowl first and with this, a big difference seems to be making in this match. Actually, so far 8 matches have been played between Gujarat and Bengaluru in IPL and every time only the team chasing the score has won. In the years 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026, the team chasing the target wins everything. However, in Dharamshala the team batting first can also win and its equation is something like this.
This is how the team batting first will win in Dharamshala.
In Dharamshala, the team batting first can win only if it scores more than 210. Since 2023, 6 night matches have been played in Dharamshala in which the team batting first won 3 matches and the team chasing 3 times won. Whenever the team batting first scored more than 210, it won.
Playing XI of Gujarat Titans- Sai Sudarshan, Shubman Gill, Jos Buttler, Washington Sundar, Nishant Sindhu, Jason Holder, Rashid Khan, Kulwant Khejroliya, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj and Prasidh Krishna.
Playing XI of Royal Challengers Bangalore– Venkatesh Iyer, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar, Jitesh Sharma, Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jacob Duffy, Josh Hazlewood and Rasikh Salam Dar.
