New Delhi, May 31 -- Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) will lock horns against Gujarat Titans (GT) in the final of IPL 2026 in Ahmedabad on Sunday as both teams eye their second title.

The Rajat Patidar-led side, in fact, will have the chance to defend the IPL title that they won in 2025 by beating Punjab Kings in the final. Gujarat Titans, on the other hand, won their only IPL title so far in their debut season in 2022 under Hardik Pandya's captaincy.

In IPL 2023, Gujarat Titans lost to Chennai Super Kings by five wickets via the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method after the match went for two days because of rain in Ahmedabad.

It is important to note that unlike Qualifier 1, Eliminator and Qualifier 2 of the IPL, the final does have a reser...