IPL 2026: Gujarat Titans were not eliminated even after facing a crushing defeat in Qualifier 1 against Royal Challengers Bangalore, understand how they can make it to the finals.

IPL 2026, One more Chance for Gujarat Titans: In the first qualifier match of IPL 2026, the teams of Gujarat Titans and Royal Challengers Bangalore were face to face. Both the teams had finished in the top-2 in the points table with 18 points, due to which an exciting match was expected. However, a completely one-sided match was seen on the field.

Royal Challengers Bangalore performed brilliantly in every department, due to which the team registered a big win and secured its place in the finals. The fans of Gujarat were definitely disappointed, but despite this defeat, the team is not out of the tournament.

IPL 2026: Gujarat Titans not out of the tournament even after defeat

Gujarat Titans had to face a big defeat in this match, due to which the fans looked quite disappointed. However, the team will still have one more chance to reach the finals.

The winning team of the eliminator match played between Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad will face Gujarat in Qualifier-2. The team that wins that match will play the final against RCB.

IPL 2026: How was the condition of the match?

Talking about the match, Gujarat won the toss and invited RCB to bat first. After this, RCB batsmen adopted an aggressive style and on the basis of Rajat Patidar’s explosive innings of 93 runs in 33 balls, the team scored 254 runs in 20 overs.

Gujarat team, which came to chase the target, had a very bad start and the team lost 5 wickets for just 51 runs. After this, Rahul Tewatia definitely struggled and played an inning of 67 runs, but he could not save the team from defeat.

IPL 2026: Schedule of remaining matches of playoff

IPL 2026 has now reached its final stage. The eliminator match of this season will be played between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals on May 27 in New Chandigarh. The winning team of this match will play Qualifier-2 against Gujarat Titans on May 29 in New Chandigarh.

After this, the final match of IPL 2026 will be held in Ahmedabad on 31 May.