IPL 2026: Gujarat Titans vs Rajasthan Royals, Qualifier 2 – Match Preview

Gujarat Titans will face Rajasthan Royals in the second qualifier at New Chandigarh in the ongoing IPL 2026 on Friday. Both teams would look to enter their third IPL final and come up with a collective effort. 

GT had a poor outing against defending champions RCB in the first qualifier as they were totally dominated in all three aspects of the game. More disappointingly, GT were sloppy in the field as Kagiso Rabada gave a reprieve to Rajat Patidar when he was on 20.

GT bowlers could not hit the right areas against RCB and then they succumbed to pressure of chasing down 255. Ergo, they would need to come up with an improved performance against RR.

On the other hand, Rajasthan Royals claimed a comprehensive 47-run win against Sunrisers Hyderabad. Vaibhav Suryavanshi was the star of show as he smashed a brilliant knock of 97 runs off just 29 balls. The left-hander batted at his absolute best as he scored five fours and 12 sixes.

However, RR could only manage 243 runs on the board when they were looking all set to post at least 270 runs on the board. RR would not want to falter in such a way after dominating the first 10 overs.

Head to Head: Matches: 10, Won by GT: 7, Won by RR: 3.

Gujarat Titans Squad: Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill(c), Jos Buttler(w), Nishant Sindhu, Washington Sundar, Jason Holder, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Kulwant Khejroliya, Glenn Phillips, Anuj Rawat, Kumar Kushagra, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Luke Wood, Connor Esterhuizen, Ishant Sharma, Jayant Yadav, Shahrukh Khan, Manav Suthar, Arshad Khan, Gurnoor Brar, Ashok Sharma

Rajasthan Royals Squad: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Dhruv Jurel(w), Riyan Parag(c), Donovan Ferreira, Dasun Shanaka, Ravindra Jadeja, Jofra Archer, Nandre Burger, Sushant Mishra, Brijesh Sharma, Yash Raj Punja, Shubham Dubey, Aman Rao Perala, Ravi Bishnoi, Tushar Deshpande, Adam Milne, Shimron Hetmyer, Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Kwena Maphaka, Sandeep Sharma, Kuldeep Sen, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Emanjot Singh Chahal, Vignesh Puthur