Shubman Gill’s Gujarat Titans will play Riyan Parag-led Rajasthan Royals in the IPL 2026 Qualifier 2 match on Friday, May 29, at Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur, New Chandigarh. The winner of the match between the two former IPL champions will advance to the IPL 2026 final against Royal Challengers Bengaluru, which is set for Sunday, May 31, at Narendra Modi Stadium. The losing team will be eliminated from the competition.
While Royals defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by 47 runs in the IPL 2026 Eliminator on Wednesday in New Chandigarh to secure their spot in the Qualifier 2, the Titans were hammered by 92 runs against RCB in the Qualifier 1 on Tuesday, May 26.
In the knockout game, Vaibhav Sooryvanshi will once again be held to high standards by the Royals. On Wednesday, the 15-year-old left-handed batter from Samastipur, Bihar, scored an incredible 97 runs from just 29 balls for the Men in Pink versus Sunrisers. Jofra Archer will spearhead the RR’s pace assault in bowling. In the Eliminator match, he was responsible for the removal of three SRH batters.
In order to defeat the Royals and secure their spot in the final for the third time in five years, Titans would like to recover from their lackluster performance against RCB in Qualifier 1 and put on a spectacular show.
GT vs RR Head-to-Head
Matches: 10
GT: 7
RR: 3
NR: 0
GT vs RR Toss Time
The toss for the IPL 2026 GT vs RR Qualifier 2 match will take place at 7:00 PM IST, and the match will start at 7:30 PM IST.
GT vs RR Pitch Report
The Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur, New Chandigarh, will host the IPL Qualifier 2 match on Friday. RR scored 243 runs in the last IPL 2026 game played here. They then successfully defended that total by dismissing Sunrisers Hyderabad for 196 runs in 19.2 overs. Fans watching this knockout encounter should anticipate another run fest, as there are high hopes for a high-scoring game on Friday.
GT vs RR Probable XIIs
GT: Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill (c), Jos Buttler (wk), Nishant Sindhu, Washington Sundar, Jason Holder, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Arshad Khan/Sai Kishore, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna.
RR: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Riyan Parag (c), Donovan Ferreira, Dasun Shanaka, Ravindra Jadeja, Jofra Archer, Nandre Burger, Yash Raj Punja, Brijesh Sharma, Sushant Mishra/Tushar Deshpande/Ravi Bishnoi.
