The final of IPL 2026 is today between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Gujarat Titans in Ahmedabad. Both the teams have won 1-1 title. Shubman Gill would like to win his first title as captain today, while Rajat Patidar will be eyeing to become the third captain in IPL history to win two consecutive trophies. Virat Kohli will initially face Kagiso Rabada and Mohammad Siraj, whose pair has wreaked havoc this season. Know which 7 players everyone will keep an eye on today, who can change the course of the match on their own.

Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli played a brilliant inning of 81 runs in the first match against Gujarat Titans this year, for which he was adjudged Player of the Match. However, he was able to score only 28 runs against GT on this ground. He played an important inning of 43 runs against Gujarat in Qualifier-1. He is the most experienced player. Even the chase of 200 is not easy in Ahmedabad, in such a situation if RCB comes to bowl first then Kohli’s role in batting will be very important. Kohli has scored 600 runs in 15 innings in this edition, which includes 1 century and 4 half-centuries.

Shubhman Gill

Gujarat Titans captain Shubhman Gill is the player of the match of Qualifier-2, who scored a brilliant century. He is second in the list of batsmen who have scored the most runs this season and is also a contender to win the Orange Cap. He has scored 722 runs in 15 innings. Although he has not been able to score a single half-century in 3 matches against RCB this season, he has scored 77 runs in 3 matches. In Qualifier-1, he was out after scoring only 2 runs. If GT has to win today, Gill’s bat will be necessary.

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Rajat Patidar

Rajat Patidar had scored unbeaten 93 runs in the first qualifier against Gujarat Titans. After this innings, the morale of the captain will be boosted, because he is coming back after playing 2 consecutive half-century innings. He scored 56 runs against SRH. However, today the challenge is bigger because this ground is the home ground of GT. Patidar is the lifeblood of RCB’s middle order, today he will have to play another good innings. This season he has scored 486 runs in 13 innings, which includes 5 half-centuries.

Sai Sudarshan

Sai Sudarshan is in the race for Orange Cap, he has scored 710 runs in 16 innings. He is only 66 runs behind Vaibhav and 12 runs behind Gill. In the last two matches, Sai has been out hit wicket due to his own mistake, he had scored a half-century in Qualifier-2. Today he will have to avoid such mistake and play a good innings.

Josh Hazlewood

Josh Hazlewood has a lot of experience, the benefit of which RCB can see in the final today. He has taken 13 wickets in 12 matches played this season. In the last 3 matches against GT, he has got only 2 wickets. The last time both the teams faced each other in Ahmedabad, Hazlewood had proved to be very expensive. He had given away 56 runs and could not take even a single wicket, today all eyes will be on his performance.

Kagiso Rabada

South African fast bowler Kagiso Rabada, who is included in Gujarat Titans, currently has the Purple Cap, he has taken 28 wickets in 16 matches. He took 2 wickets for RCB in Qualifier-1, but also cost 54 runs. Rabada had taken a wicket in his very first over in the last match, he will face Virat Kohli and Venkatesh Iyer. Iyer’s role is to hit shots as soon as he arrives, Rabada will be watched to see how he handles it.

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Bhuvneshwar Kumar

The secret of the success of Royal Challengers Bangalore is also Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who is second in the list of bowlers taking the most wickets this season. Till the last match, he had the purple cap, which he has the last chance to win today. Bhuvi has taken 26 wickets in 15 matches of IPL 2026. When the last match between these two was held in Ahmedabad, Bhuvneshwar had taken 3 wickets for 28 runs. Even in the qualifiers, he had dismissed 2 batsmen of GT, which also included the wicket of Shubman Gill.