By Admin 
On Tuesday, 26 May 2026, the IPL Qualifier-1 match will be played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Gujarat Titans at the HPCA Stadium in Dharamshala. The league stage matches of IPL 2026 are over. Now everyone’s eyes are on the qualifier matches. The teams of Royal Challengers Bangalore and Gujarat Titans, sitting at the top 2 positions in the points table, will play each other in Qualifier-1.
Fans can enjoy this Qualifier-1 match even sitting at their home. Fans can watch live streaming of the Qualifier-1 match in Hindi and English on all Star Sports channels. You will be able to watch live streaming of the match in all types of languages on Jio Hotstar app on mobile phones and on many websites.
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The Qualifier-1 match will start at 7:30 pm. Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Rajat Patidar and Gujarat Titans captain Shubman Gill will come to the field for the toss at 7 o’clock.
In the points table, Royal Challengers Bangalore are at first place with 18 points. Gujarat Titans are also in second place with 18 points. Due to the amazing performance by Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL 2026, their net run rate is better than that of Gujarat Titans. For this reason his team has got the top spot in the points table. The team that wins today’s match will directly reach the finals. The team that loses will get another chance to reach the final in Qualifier-3.
Probable playing-11 team of Royal Challengers Bangalore
Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (captain), Phil Salt (wicketkeeper), Krunal Pandya, Team David, Romario Shepherd, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Suyyash Sharma and Rasikh Salaam Dar.
Probable playing-11 team of Gujarat Titans
Sai Sudarshan, Shubman Gill (captain), Jos Buttler (wicketkeeper), Washington Sundar, Jason Holder, Nishant Sindhu, Rashid Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Arshad Khan, Kagiso Rabada, and Mohammed Siraj.
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