Ahmedabad: The wait of cricket lovers is over. The title match of the Indian Premier League IPL 2026 will be played today at the world’s largest cricket ground, Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. In this final match, the teams of defending champion Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Gujarat Titans (GT) will face each other. Cricket fans are watching this match as a battle between the legacy of ‘King’ Virat Kohli and the captaincy of ‘Prince’ Shubman Gill.

This historic match evening at 7:30 Will start, while the captains of both the teams will enter the field for the toss at 7:00 pm.

Both RCB and Gujarat Titans have won the IPL trophy once in history. In such a situation, RCB captain Rajat Patidar and Gujarat Titans captain Shubman Gill have their eyes set on making their franchise champion for the second time.

• Journey to the final: In the Qualifier-1 played in Dharamshala, RCB had given a crushing defeat to Gujarat Titans and got a direct ticket to the finals.
• Strong comeback of Gujarat: After the defeat against RCB in Qualifier-1, Gujarat Titans made a strong comeback against Rajasthan Royals in Qualifier-2 and completely defeated them to enter the finals.
  Since both the teams are in great form at the moment, a very tough match can be seen in Ahmedabad.

Narendra Modi Stadium: Mathematics of pitch number 6

This great match of Narendra Modi Stadium pitch number 6 Will be played on. The recent statistics of this field are quite interesting:

From the year 2025 till now, the average score of the first innings on this ground has been 203 runs.

Out of these 16 matches, 11 have been won by the team batting first. Here the average score of the first innings of the winning team reaches 213 runs. In such a situation, the team winning the toss may prefer to bat first.

Head-to-head record: neck-and-neck

The record between the two teams has been extremely balanced in IPL history:

total matches	rcb win	Gujarat’s victory	record in ahmedabad
9	5	4	1-1 (tied)

An interesting statistic is that out of 9 matches played between these two teams, the chasing team has won 8 times.

However, Qualifier-1 played in Dharamshala was the only match between these two, which was won by the team batting first (RCB).

What will Phil Salt play?

There is still suspense over the play of aggressive opener Phil Salt for RCB. However, captain Rajat Patidar has clarified in the press conference that no player in the team is injured.

On the other hand, there is no news of any player being injured or unavailable from the Gujarat Titans camp. During Qualifier-2, Gujarat fast bowler Mohammad Siraj had to take treatment (help of physio) on the field due to shoulder and neck strain, but now he is completely fit and ready to play.

Battle of the Giants: The Last Battle for the Orange and Purple Cap

Many mini-battles will be seen inside the field in today’s match. While RCB legend Virat Kohli will face the challenge of pace and bounce from Jason Holder and Kagiso Rabada, Gujarat’s Sai Sudarshan, Jos Buttler and Shubhman Gill will face the opening balls of Sultan of Swing Bhuvneshwar Kumar.

Along with this, today will also be the final battle for the individual awards of the season:

• Purple Cap: The race to win the Purple Cap between Kagiso Rabada (28 wickets) and Bhuvneshwar Kumar (26 wickets) may continue till the last overs.
• Orange Cap: Currently, Vaibhav Suryavanshi is on top with 776 runs, but Gujarat Titans’ Shubhman Gill (722 runs) and Sai Sudarshan (710 runs) can win the Orange Cap title by playing a big innings today.

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