The bus of Gujarat Titans team returning to the hotel after the IPL 2026 final caught fire, video of this has surfaced. This accident happened when the players were going to the hotel, however all the players were safely taken out of the bus and sent in another vehicle. But the players had to stay on the road for about an hour, during which the police stood by forming a security cordon around the players because the fans had started gathering in large numbers. Mohammad Siraj has also shared a photo of him sitting on the road on Instagram.

How did Gujarat Titans bus catch fire?

Short circuit is being said to be the cause of fire in the Gujarat team bus. According to the news, as soon as this was discovered, the players were first taken out of the bus safely. During this time, the policemen present with the bus stood around the players, so that no fans harass them.

Gujarat Titans bus caught little fire in Ahmedabad due to short circuit in AC

The incident happened while going to the hotel after the final match, the players were taken down due to short circuit. Other arrangements were made to take them to the hotel pic.twitter.com/OOSFKLJLFM

—Kamit Solanki (@KamitSolanki) June 1, 2026

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In fact, seeing the team bus standing on the road and seeing the players on the road, people passing by started stopping. Someone started taking photos and someone started making videos. During this time, the policemen did not allow any other vehicle to stop there and created a security cordon to prevent the fans from reaching the players.

Mohammad Siraj shared the photo

Mohammad Siraj shared a photo on Instagram, in which he, Ishant Sharma are sitting on the road with Sai Kishore. This is a photo of the time when the players were taken down due to fire in the bus and arrangements for another bus were being made.

Mohammed Siraj’s Instagram story. pic.twitter.com/Z7ikH0ooKj

— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) June 1, 2026

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Talking about the IPL final, Gujarat Titans batting first scored 155 runs. The team’s openers (Shubhman Gill, Sai Sudarshan) could not score big, there was a change in the batting order and Nishant Sindhu was sent at number three, but this did not prove to be the right decision. The team reached a respectable score with Washington Sundar’s half-century innings (50). However, due to the brilliant innings of Virat Kohli, RCB achieved this target easily and registered a spectacular victory by 5 wickets. This is RCB’s second consecutive IPL trophy.

Gujarat Titans team bus caught fire after IPL 2026 final. This accident happened when the team was going from Narendra Modi Stadium to the hotel. All the players were inside the bus when the fire broke out. It is being told that the fire broke out due to short circuit. This came to light in time. Immediately all the players were taken off the bus safely. In the final match held in Ahmedabad on Sunday, Royal Challengers Bangalore won their second trophy by defeating Gujarat by 5 wickets.

Players stuck for 1 hour

After the IPL final, Gujarat Titans players were going from Narendra Modi Stadium to the hotel in the team bus, when on the way their bus had a short circuit and caught fire. According to the report, as soon as this was discovered, the first players were evacuated safely. The good news is that no player suffered any kind of loss. But it turned out to be a bad night, the players were stuck there for about an hour and then another vehicle was arranged and they were taken to the hotel.

Earlier, after winning the second qualifier, Gujarat Titans team reached Ahmedabad late due to the storm. Shubman Gill and team reached Ahmedabad for the finals on Saturday at around 11 pm.

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Gujarat Titans made many mistakes

In the final, Gujarat Titans had to bat first after losing the toss. The pitch was definitely difficult for batting, but Shubman Gill (10) and Sai Sudarshan (12) were out after playing bad shots. The team made a big change in the batting order in the final and sent Nishant Sindhu at number three, who slowed down the game. Jos Buttler, who came at number four, was also seen struggling. Sindhu scored 20 runs in 18 balls and Butler scored 19 runs in 23 balls, from here GT started lagging behind. The team was able to reach a respectable score of 155 due to the half-century innings of Washington Sundar (50).

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Chase master Virat Kohli gave an easy victory to Royal Challengers Bangalore by playing an unbeaten inning of 75 runs in the final. In this innings played in 42 balls, he hit 3 sixes and 9 fours. Venkatesh Iyer gave a good start to the team by scoring 32 runs in 16 balls, which initially removed the pressure from RCB. RCB became the third team to win the IPL trophy twice consecutively.