India, May 30 -- Rajat Patidar-led Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and the franchise's fans could well suffer a heartbreak in the IPL 2026 final against the Gujarat Titans on May 31, Sunday at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. An eerie factor could go against them, with the trophy landing in the Titans' hands, thereby also denying Rajat Patidar a legacy-defining captaincy tenure.

Why will the Royal Challengers Bengaluru cease to win the tournament-decider?

The previous three finals before finally succeeding in 2025 came on a Sunday. The Royal Challengers made it to their first final in 2009 on May 24, 2009 at the New Wanderers in Johannesburg and they lost to the Deccan Chargers by six runs. Two years later, the Chennai Super Ki...