RCB’s veteran player is out (Photo-PTI)
Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Gujarat Titans: Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Rajat Patidar won the toss and invited Gujarat to bat first. The big thing is that RCB suffered a big blow in this match. RCB’s explosive opener Phil Salt was out of the match. Captain Rajat Patidar told that Ye Salt is injured and that is why he is not playing. RCB gave a chance to Jacob Bethal in his place, who had scored a stormy century against India in the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup. Bethal will play for the first time this season.
Debut of veteran player
Gujarat Titans also made two changes in their team. Gujarat has given a chance to all-rounder Jason Holder against RCB. He will debut for Gujarat. This right-handed batsman and bowler has experience of 342 matches in which he has taken 365 wickets. He has also scored more than 3 thousand runs in T20 cricket. He is known for hitting long sixes. Apart from Holder, spinner Manav Suthar has also got a chance.
Playing XI of Gujarat Titans
Sai Sudarshan, Shubman Gill, Jos Buttler, Washington Sundar, Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Jason Holder, Rashid Khan, Manav Suthar, Kagiso Rabada and Mohammed Siraj.
RCB’s playing eleven
Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar, Jitesh Sharma, Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Suyyash Sharma, Rasik Salaam.
Victory is necessary for Gujarat
RCB’s performance in IPL 2026 has been excellent but the condition of Gujarat Titans is tenuous. RCB has won 4 out of 6 matches while Gujarat has won 3 out of 6 matches. RCB team is at third position with 8 points and Gujarat has scored 6 points and is at 7th position. However, it will not be so easy for Gujarat to win the match because it is not easy to win the match by batting first in Bengaluru. Even bigger targets can be achieved here and Bengaluru’s batting is in tremendous form this season.
