Gujarat Titans entered the final of IPL 2026 by defeating Rajasthan Royals by 7 wickets in Qualifier-2. In the match held on Friday, Shubman Gill made 3 big records in his name by scoring a century. He along with Sai Sudarshan made a partnership of 167 runs for the first wicket, due to which the target of 215 runs also appeared small. Sudarshan was out hit wicket for the second consecutive time.

Shubman Gill and Sai Sudarshan made a good start while chasing the target of 215 runs, both of them did not play risky shots and also kept taking single doubles. Sai scored 58 runs in 32 balls, in this innings he hit 1 six and 8 fours. He was in good form, but got out hit wicket in 13 overs bowled by Brijesh Sharma. He became the first batsman to be dismissed in this manner for the second consecutive time.

Shubman Gill created history

After Sai’s dismissal, Shubman Gill completed his century, he scored 104 runs in 53 balls with the help of 3 sixes and 15 fours. He was out LBW by Jofra Archer, but when his wicket fell, Gujarat Titans were on the verge of victory. Shubman Gill has become the first player in IPL history to score 2 centuries in the playoffs. He has also become the first captain to score a century in the IPL playoffs.

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Apart from this, Shubman Gill has also become the batsman to score the fastest century in the IPL playoffs. He completed his century in 47 balls.

There was a blunder on the toss.

The toss took place twice in Qualifier-2. Actually, when Shubman Gill tossed the coin for the first time, there was confusion about what Riyan Parag said. Due to which the toss took place once again, Riyan Parag won the toss and chose to bat first, which was a surprising decision on this pitch. Gill said after the match, “
There was some confusion about the toss, but I am happy to win.”

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Shubman Gill said on Sai Sudarshan’s hit wicket dismissal, “I don’t think I have ever seen anyone getting out like this twice in a row. Looks like his hands will have to be taped.” Regarding preparations for the final, he said that on Saturday we will rest, recover and just take stock of the pitch and weather.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi broke down after the defeat of Rajasthan Royals in Qualifier-2. This 15 year old player could not control his tears after the defeat, he went and sat in the corner. His video is going viral on social media. By winning this match, Gujarat Titans have made it to the IPL final for the third time, where they will face Royal Challengers Bangalore.

Riyan Parag’s decision to bat first after winning the toss was also surprising. Mohammad Siraj gave a great start, he dismissed Yashasvi Jaiswal (1) in the very first over. In the very next over, Kagiso Rabada dismissed Dhruv Jurel (7). After this, Ravindra Jadeja played a brilliant innings with Vaibhav Suryavanshi. Jadeja, who was struggling with injury, scored 45 runs in 35 balls.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi once again missed his century. Vaibhav, who had scored 97 runs in the eliminator, was out after scoring 96 runs in Qualifier-2 in the same manner as he had done in the eliminator. In this innings played in 47 balls, he hit 7 sixes and 8 fours.

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Vaibhav Suryavanshi became emotional after the defeat

While chasing the target, Shubman Gill and Sai Sudarshan made a partnership of 167 runs for the first wicket, the bowlers of Rajasthan Royals were seen yearning for the wicket. Gujarat achieved the target with 8 balls remaining. Rajasthan Royals’ dream of winning the title was shattered, after which Vaibhav Suryavanshi became emotional. He went and sat in a corner, tears were not stopping from his eyes.

VAIBHAV SURYAVANSHI CRYING AFTER MATCH LOSS

– Feel for Vaibhav, He did everything to win for his team but God has different plans pic.twitter.com/cpjiOM4gN8

— Sam (@cricsam02) May 30, 2026

The fellow player gave him a towel, due to which he repeatedly asked about his tears. This video is going viral on social media. Although Vaibhav’s individual performance was excellent, everyone is praising him.

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How was the performance in IPL 2026

Vaibhav Suryavanshi is currently the Orange Cap holder, he has scored 776 runs in 16 innings. He played brilliant innings (97 and 96) in both the playoff matches, but could not score his century. This season he scored 1 century and 5 half-centuries.

Virat Kohli could not score big in the match played on Friday, he was out in the last over of the powerplay after scoring 15 runs in 11 balls. Saqib Hussain, playing his first IPL season, was out. After the match he said that this wicket was like a dream for him. In this match, Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by 55 runs.

Saqib Hussain, who hails from Gopalganj, Bihar, was bought by Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 30 lakh for IPL 2026, although before this he was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders in 2024 but could not debut. This season is Shakib’s debut season, in the very first match of which he made a great start by taking 4 wickets. Now on Friday he made Virat Kohli his victim with a good ball.

What did Saqib say?

After the match, Saqib Hussain said, “The plan was to bowl according to the wicket. Varun bhaiya (Varun Aaron, SRH’s bowling coach) told me to bowl as per my strength. Virat Kohli’s wicket was like a dream for me.”

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Kohli and Venkatesh Iyer had made a partnership of 60 runs for the first wicket, out of which 44 runs were of Iyer. Kohli started slowly, but he was set. Shakib bowled the sixth over of the innings, in which he bowled good slow balls. Under pressure, Kohli took a risky shot, tried to hit it over cover but the ball went straight into the hands of Smrana Ravichandran.

Shakib further said, “The plan was to bowl slower balls, because on the pitch the ball was gripping and coming to rest. I want to become better. I just want to give my 100 percent.

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SRH will play eliminator match

Sunrisers Hyderabad won, but it was not as big a win as was expected. If Sunrisers had stopped Royal Challengers Bangalore before 160, they would have reached the top-2. Well, SRH will be happy with their team’s performance and this big win before the playoffs. Now the team will play the eliminator match on May 27, the other team of which has not been confirmed yet.

Madhav Tiwari was playing the first match of IPL 2026 against Punjab Kings on Monday, in which he played an important role in the victory of Delhi Capitals on the basis of his all-round performance. In this match played in Dharamshala, DC won the toss and chose to bowl first. PBKS scored a huge score of 210 runs. Madhav had taken 2 important wickets for 40 runs in 4 overs, after which he also did wonders with the bat.

Madhav Tiwari made Priyansh Arya, who was playing in an explosive style, his first victim, which was his first wicket of IPL. Earlier, Priyansh had beaten the main bowlers of Delhi fiercely, he had hit 2 sixes in the first over bowled by Starc. In the third over, he hit 2 sixes in the over of Lungi Ngidi. The ninth over was given to Madhav, he took the wicket of Priyansh in his very first over.

Showed strength with the bat also

After this he dismissed Cooper Connolly (38) in the 18th over. Madhav Tiwari took 2 wickets for 40 runs in 4 overs in his first IPL match. After this, he also made an important contribution in batting and took Delhi to victory.

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Delhi Capitals had a bad start while chasing the target of 211 runs. The team had lost its third wicket for 33 runs. Delhi made a comeback with half-centuries from Akshar Patel (56) and David Miller (51), but after their dismissal, the match became exciting. In the end, Ashutosh Sharma, who came as an impact player, played an important role in Delhi’s victory by scoring 24 runs in 10 balls and Madhav Tiwari scored 18 runs in 8 balls.

Earlier, Madhav had also impressed with fielding, he stopped a boundary by diving on a shot by Shreyas Iyer. He received the Player of the Match award.

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About Madhav Tiwari

Madhav comes from Mauganj in Madhya Pradesh. He is an all-rounder player, who plays for Madhya Pradesh team in domestic. 22-year-old Madhav made his IPL debut playing for Delhi Capitals, although he got to play only one match last season. This time also Delhi did not play him in the beginning, now the team is officially out of the playoff race, then Madhav got a chance.

Punjab Kings lost their third consecutive match. In the match held on Wednesday, Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 33 runs. Batting first, SRH had scored 235 runs, although this score could have been less if the Punjab players had taken the catch easily. Not 1 or 2, Hyderabad players got a total of 4 lives. Shashank Singh once again dropped an easy catch. After the match, PBKS captain Shreyas Iyer said that now a little too much is happening.

After the third consecutive defeat of Punjab Kings, Shreyas Iyer’s patience broke. He said, “It was a bit much because we dropped catches early on. After that the wicket started slowing down. Sunrisers Hyderabad players played great cricket and showed us how to win matches. I think we had a dream start to the tournament, and everyone was in very good shape. If we keep playing like this, it will do us no favors.”

Shreyas Iyer praised Cooper Connolly, who reduced the margin of Punjab’s defeat by scoring unbeaten 107 runs. If Connolly had not scored this century, perhaps Punjab would have lost by a margin of more than 100 runs. Iyer said, “Connolly is amazing. His thinking is very good. He has the special ability to score big runs even in pressure situations.”

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Iyer also praised spin bowler Yuzvendra Chahal, who created many wicket opportunities. The captain said, “The way Chahal bowled, he was absolutely fearless. I had told him to bowl aggressively, especially when the new batsmen are at the crease. Our luck was bad and we could not catch the catch.”

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Let us tell you that Punjab Kings players had dropped 3 catches yesterday. In the 8th over, Cooper Connolly dropped an easy catch of Ishan Kishan. In the very next over, Shashank Singh dropped the catch of Heinrich Klaasen on the ball of Yuzvendra Chahal. Ishan Kishan got a second lease of life in the 11th over, Lockie Ferguson dropped Ishan’s catch. Apart from this, Prabhsimran Singh also missed the opportunity of stumping against Ishan Kishan.

In the 48th match of IPL 2026, Chennai Super Kings defeated Delhi Capitals by 8 wickets. DC had scored 155 runs while batting first. Chasing the target, CSK won with 15 balls to spare. Opener batsman Sanju Samson batted brilliantly, he scored unbeaten 87 runs in 52 balls. After the defeat, Delhi captain Akshar Patel said that despite 8 specialist batsmen, Delhi remained behind by 10-15 runs, although he called the score of 155 a fighting total.

Talking about the behavior of the pitch of Arun Jaitley Stadium, Akshar Patel said that it was not easy to bat here. The ball was coming to the bat with extraordinary bounce, sometimes stopping. Giving the example of CSK batsman Sanju Samson, Akshar said that once the batsman gets settled on the crease, the wicket starts looking favorable for batting. He said that Delhi was behind by 10 to 15 runs.

Akshar praised the lower order batsmen of Delhi Capitals and called it a positive first. He praised the good batting in the end but admitted that Kuldeep Yadav was missed. Now every match will be important for Delhi. Patel said that now in the remaining matches, Delhi will have to play with a clear mindset and give everything to win.

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Let us tell you that 5 wickets of Delhi Capitals had fallen at the score of only 69. The opening pair of Pathum Nissanka (19) and KL Rahul (12) could not get a good start. Nitish Rana became the victim of Noor Ahmed after scoring 15 runs. Karun Nair once again disappointed, he was out after scoring 13 runs. Akshar Patel could score only 2 runs. In the end, due to the good innings of Tristan Stubbs (38) and impact player Sameer Rizvi (40), Delhi was able to reach a respectable score.

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If Delhi Capitals wins every match now, it will reach 16 points. Now Delhi will have to win every match, even one defeat can break the team’s hopes of going to the playoffs. Delhi is at seventh place in the points table.

Rohit Sharma played a brilliant inning of 84 runs in 44 balls against Lucknow Super Giants. He along with Ryan Rickelton made a partnership of 143 runs for the first wicket. This partnership made the target of 229 runs easy for Mumbai Indians, the team won by 6 wickets with 8 balls remaining. Rohit returned after 22 days. He was injured in the match against RCB on 12 April. Even on Monday, he came out to bat as an impact player.

Nicholas Puran played an explosive innings for Lucknow Super Giants, he was not in form in the previous matches. Puran scored 63 runs in 21 balls at a strike rate of 300. In this innings he hit 8 sixes and only 1 four. Mitchell Marsh played an important inning of 44 runs in 25 balls and finally Himmat Singh played an important inning of 40 runs in 31 balls. Chasing the target of 229 runs, Rohit Sharma and Ryan Rickelton gave an explosive start to Mumbai Indians. Rohit scored 84 runs in 44 balls with the help of 7 sixes and 6 fours.

Ryan Rickelton scored 83 runs in 32 balls with the help of 8 sixes and 6 fours. Both Rohit and Rickelton missed their centuries. Suryakumar Yadav was once again out cheaply, who was leading Mumbai Indians in the absence of Hardik Pandya. Surya scored 12 runs in 7 balls. In the end, Naman Dhir scored 23 runs in 12 balls and Will Jacques reached the target by scoring 10 runs in 4 balls.

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Rohit Sharma’s ball hits ground staff

According to reports, when Rohit Sharma was practicing at Wankhede before the match against Lucknow Super Giants, one of his shots hit the ground staff (Siban Biswas). He immediately ran to him and inquired about his condition. Then Rohit went to that staff member with an ice pack and then also sent medicines.

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Biswas told English newspaper Mid Day that Rohit Sharma sir had asked us to move away from the net, we went and stood on the side. While wrapping the rope, I did not pay attention to the players standing nearby. A ball came and hit my knee. Rohit sir came and asked about the injury. I said don’t worry, keep practicing. After this he brought an ice pack and sent medicines and spray to someone else.

How important Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s wicket is, was clearly visible from Kyle Jamieson’s celebration yesterday. Vaibhav has created his image as an explosive batsman, who starts hitting from the very first ball. It is not just one or two innings, rather he is scoring runs at a fast pace by doing the same in almost every match. Although his bat did not work against Delhi Capitals on Friday, he was out on his second ball. Rajasthan Royals lost this match by 7 wickets.

Rajasthan Royals won the toss and decided to bat first. Yashasvi Jaiswal (6) was out in the very first over. Vaibhav Suryavanshi got a strike on the fourth ball of the second over bowled by Kyle Jamieson, he hit a four on the very first ball. But on the very next ball, Jamieson made a brilliant comeback and bowled Vaibhav. The celebration of this New Zealand bowler was worth seeing, it was quite aggressive and it was clearly visible how important this wicket was for him and the entire Delhi.

The celebration of Kyle Jamieson after dismissing Vaibhav Suryavanshi. pic.twitter.com/s6Otq9Uu0X

— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) May 1, 2026

Why did Jamieson come under the target of fans?

After Kyle Jamieson bowled a yorker ball to Vaibhav, he celebrated it in an aggressive manner, shouting and clapping in front of him. However, he is also being criticized for this on social media. Fans feel that such celebration was not right after dismissing this 15 year old player.

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Calm down Jamieson, he is just 15 y/o pic.twitter.com/RtvBMwBYXS

— Shivani (@meme_ki_diwani) May 1, 2026

Many fans are criticizing Jamieson on social media. One wrote, “Brother, he is only 15 years old.” Another user wrote, “He is a 15-year-old kid, you are so happy after taking his wicket. It is clear from this celebration that your ego got hurt by the four on the last ball.”

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Many users made fun of the bowler by sharing the video of Kyle Jamieson laughing at this celebration.

Kyle Jamieson..relax..he is 15. Calm down with your send off. Speaks a lot about your fragile ego that a four from a kid rattled you.

— Anuj Nitin Prabhu (@APTalksCricket) May 1, 2026

Talking about the match, Rajasthan Royals had scored a huge score of 225 runs with the brilliant innings of Ryan Parag (90), Donovan Ferreira (47 not out), Dhruv Jurel (42). But the brilliant start of KL Rahul (75), Pathum Nissanka (62) made this target a little easier for Delhi. Delhi won the match by 7 wickets with 5 balls remaining.

Very rarely has Virat Kohli been seen getting up from the dugout and going to argue with the umpire after being angry over a decision. This happened during the Gujarat Titans vs Royal Challengers Bangalore match on Thursday, when the third umpire declared Rajat Patidar out. The video of Kohli arguing with the umpire is also going viral.

Why did Virat Kohli clash with the umpire?

This happened in the 8th over of Royal Challengers Bangalore’s innings. Rajat Patidar hit a shot off Arshad Khan’s ball, which went high. Jason Holder, who came running from long leg, took a good catch by diving, but it was not clear whether Holder took the catch or the ball touched the ground. The decision went to the third umpire, he looked at it and declared it out. But it was visible on the screen that the ball had touched the ground, the holder got up only by supporting the ball.

THE CONTROVERSIAL CATCH – What are your thoughts on the decision? pic.twitter.com/rbrdEQtkRr

—Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) April 30, 2026

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Virat Kohli was out, he had scored 28 runs in 13 balls. Kohli believed that Rajat Patidar should have been given not out because when Jason Holder caught the ball, the ball was touching the ground.

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match status

Batting first, Royal Challengers Bangalore were all out for 155 runs. Devdutt Padikkal scored the highest 40 runs for RCB. Arshad Khan took 3 wickets, Jason Holder and Rashid Khan took 2-2 wickets. Gujarat Titans achieved the target in 15.5 overs and won by 4 wickets. Captain Shubman Gill played the highest innings of 43 runs for GT. In this innings played in 18 balls, Gill hit 3 sixes and 4 fours. Jason Holder was chosen player of the match, who took 2 wickets and scored 12 runs. Apart from this, he also performed brilliantly in fielding, he took a total of 3 catches.

Nothing has been good for Mumbai Indians so far in IPL 2026. The team has lost 6 out of 8 matches. Under the captaincy of Hardik Pandya, Mumbai lost 4 consecutive matches at its home ground (Wankhede), this also never happened before in history. In the last match, Mumbai had scored a huge score of 243 runs, but even then it never seemed that the MI platoon was dominating the bowling. Sunrisers Hyderabad achieved the target with 8 balls remaining and won by 6 wickets. Know the 3 big reasons for defeat.

wrong decision after winning the toss

The Mumbai Indians vs Sunrisers Hyderabad match was held on pitch number 8 of Wankhede, this was the same pitch where RCB had scored 240 runs in the same season. Mumbai also scored 222 runs while chasing the target. In the match held on Wednesday, it was known that there would be effect of dew in the evening, batting would be easier in the second innings.

The toss fell in favor of Hardik Pandya, but he chose to bat first. Of course the pitch was suitable for batting, but keeping the dew in mind bowling should have been chosen first. Yesterday also it was seen that there was a lot of dew during the Sunrisers Hyderabad innings, the balls were missing from the bowlers’ hands.

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Jasprit Bumrah could not take any wicket

Mumbai Indians depend a lot on Jasprit Bumrah, but his magic has been rarely seen this season. Bumrah also gave away 54 runs in 4 overs against SRH, but he could not take any wicket. His partner Trent Boult also proved to be expensive, he is known for taking wickets in the powerplay but no bowler took a wicket in the powerplay. Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head had scored 93 runs in the powerplay, both of them made a partnership of 129 runs for the first wicket.

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Missed many wicket opportunities

Travis Head played a brilliant inning of 76 runs in 30 balls, in which he hit 8 sixes and 4 fours. However, Mumbai Indians had missed many opportunities to dismiss him. In the third over, Naman Dheer dropped a head catch at deep point on the ball of Trent Boult. Naman Dheer missed another chance in the fifth over, although it was a bit difficult but if the catch had been made then Mumbai could have created pressure.