IPL 2026 RCB vs GT Playing 11: Rajat Patidar-led Royal Challengers Bengaluru will square off against Shubman Gill-led Gujarat Titans in the 34th match of the IPL 2026 on April 24 at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru has been in top form under the captaincy of Rajat Patidar, having won four out of six games. Meanwhile, the Gujarat Titans had a mixed campaign having only three wins out of six games.

With RCB in the third position, Titans are in the 7th position of the IPL 2026 points table. The sides have met on 6 times, where both have 3 wins.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru won the toss and opted to bowl. Speaking at the toss, RCB captain Rajat Patidar said, “I just feel this will be a bowl-first pitch. And as you all know, chasing gives us a lot of clarity about the result, the score and the total. One change – Salty got injured, Bethell is in.”

“I think one great point that I like is that we are assessing the wicket and assessing the situation pretty well this year. And of course, there’s a lot of planning behind it.”

“It’s pretty obvious. Whenever you come here at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, it’s a good wicket to bat on. But I think there’s no grass on it, so first innings it might be a bit tacky,” concluded Patidar.

Meanwhile, GT captain Shubman Gill said, “Not really. I mean, generally on this ground, teams that have been chasing have had good success. But I think this looks like an even wicket. So hopefully it will be a good game for us.”

“Honestly, not really. It’s all about assessing the conditions early. And if you get off to a good powerplay, then you can build on that. So I think that’s the challenge for us. If you get off to a good start, then just keep mounting on that.”

“Games like that in such a big tournament can happen (on the match against MI). But I think it’s very important to keep reminding ourselves of the things that, as a team, bring us the best success and the best result.”

“And those are the things that we’outside the leg-stump be focusing on. we have got a couple of changes. Jason Holder comes in, he’s making his debut for us. And Manav Suthar comes back,” concluded Shubman Gill.

IPL 2026 RCB vs GT Playing 11

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Playing 11: Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar(c), Jitesh Sharma(w), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Suyash Sharma, Rasikh Salam Dar

Gujarat Titans Playing 11: Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill(c), Jos Buttler(w), Washington Sundar, Shahrukh Khan, Jason Holder, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Manav Suthar, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj