Gujarat Titans have confirmed their place by defeating Rajasthan Royals by seven wickets. Indian Premier League The (IPL) 2026 final will be held on May 29 at the Maharaja Yadvendra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur, New Chandigarh.
Winning the toss, RR chose to bat first and posted a strong score of 214/6 in 20 overs. Vaibhav Suryavanshi played a stormy inning of 96 runs in 47 balls with the help of eight fours and seven sixes at a strike rate of 204.26. Ravindra Jadeja and Donovan Ferreira also made valuable contributions in the latter stages of the innings. For GT, Kagiso Rabada claimed 2/35, while Jason Holder finished with figures of 2/27.
In reply, GT displayed brilliant batting and achieved the target in just 18.4 overs. Openers Sai Sudarshan and Shubman Gill laid the right foundation with an explosive opening stand. Sudarshan scored 58 runs in 32 balls with the help of eight fours and one six at a strike rate of 181.25.
Leading from the front, captain Shubman Gill played a brilliant inning of 104 runs in 53 balls with the help of 15 fours and three sixes at an excellent strike rate of 196.23. His match-winning century ensured GT completed the chase comfortably and advanced to the title clash.
With this win, Gujarat Titans will now face Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL 2026 final on May 31 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
Here are the top stats and milestones from Qualifier 2:
- Shubman Gill recorded his second IPL century as captain, the third highest by any captain in the history of the tournament.
- Gill became the first batsman to score multiple centuries in IPL playoff history.
- Shubman Gill also recorded the fastest century by a Gujarat Titans batsman in the IPL.
- Gill now has five IPL centuries, which is the joint fourth most in the history of the tournament.
- Sai Sudarshan recorded his third hit-wicket dismissal in men's T20s, which came in the IPL, the joint-most by any batsman.
- Shubman Gill and Sai Sudarshan's 167-run partnership against RR in Mullanpur is now the highest partnership for any wicket in IPL playoff history.
- Sai Sudarshan now has nine 50-plus scores in IPL 2026, which is jointly the second-most in an IPL edition.
- Sai Sudarshan became one of the few batsmen to score more than 700 runs in two different IPL seasons (2025 and 2026). Shubman Gill also achieved the feat of scoring more than 700 runs in 2023 and 2026.
- Shubman Gill and Sai Sudarshan now have 11 century partnerships in men's T20 cricket, the most by any pair.
- Gill and Sudarshan also equaled the record for the highest opening partnership of eight centuries in men's T20.
- Gujarat Titans scored 19 runs in the first over of the innings against Jofra Archer, which is the third most runs scored in the opening over of an IPL playoff match.
- Vaibhav Suryavanshi hit 19 sixes in IPL Playoff 2026, the most by any batsman in a single playoff edition.
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