Delhi:Today, Gujarat Titans (GT) team will face Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the Qualifier 1 match of IPL 2026, in which everyone’s attention will be on captain Shubman Gill. This big match between the two teams will be played at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamshala.

This is the second consecutive year under the captaincy of Shubman Gill, when Gujarat Titans have finished in the top-4.

Along with captaincy, Gill has also led the team from the front with the bat. In 13 innings of the league stage this season, he has scored 616 runs at an average of 47.38 and strike rate of 161.67, which includes 6 half-centuries. During this period, his inning of 86 runs against Kolkata Knight Riders at Narendra Modi Stadium was his best score.

At the same time, this season Gill has scored 75 runs in two innings against RCB. If we talk about the overall record, then against the Bangalore team captained by Rajat Patidar, Gill has scored a total of 393 runs in 16 innings at an average of 30.23 and strike rate of 143.43, which also includes a brilliant century.

If we look at the head-to-head record of both the teams, then in the history of IPL, the teams of Bengaluru and Gujarat have come face to face 8 times so far, where both the teams have won 4-4 matches, that is, the matter is absolutely equal.

Now that Shubman Gill is ready for another big and knockout match, let us take a look at how this 26-year-old batsman has performed so far in the IPL playoffs.

Shubman Gill’s record in IPL playoffs

Right-handed batsman Gill made his IPL debut with KKR in 2018 and remained in the same team till 2021. During this period, KKR reached the playoffs in 2018 and 2021, where Gill scored 184 runs in 5 innings of 5 knockout matches.

After this, Gill joined Gujarat in IPL 2022 and played a big role in making the team champion in his very first season. Since then, he has taken Gujarat to the playoffs four times, where he has scored 291 runs in 6 playoff matches while playing for Gujarat.

If we talk about the overall IPL playoffs, then this right-handed batsman has scored a total of 475 runs in 11 matches at a strong average of 47.50 and strike rate of 144.81, which includes 1 half-century and 1 century. His best score in the playoffs is 129 runs, which he scored against Mumbai Indians in Qualifier 2 of IPL 2023 at the Narendra Modi Stadium.