IPL 2026 Final LIVE: RCB vs GT — RCB ARE CHAMPIONS, Kohli Hits Winning Six

IPL 2026 Final live: RCB chase 156 to win back-to-back titles. GT 155/8 in 20 overs. Live score updates, key moments and match report from Ahmedabad.

By North Desk Bureau

The wait is over. IPL 2026 comes down to one match — 40 overs of cricket at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad tonight.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru, defending champions, against Gujarat Titans, playing on home turf. The prize: ₹20 crore and the IPL 2026 trophy.

RCB won the toss and chose to bowl first.

IPL 2026 Final Live

TOSS: RCB won. Elected to bowl.

RCB (Unchanged): Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (c), Krunal Pandya, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Jacob Duffy, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Washington Sundar, Romario Shepherd, Yash Dayal

GT: Shubman Gill (c), Sai Sudharsan, Jos Buttler, Washington Sundar, Rahul Tewatia, Jason Holder, Rashid Khan, Arshad Khan, Kagiso Rabada, R Sai Kishore, Kulwant Khejroliya

FIRST INNINGS — GT 155/8 in 20 overs

RCB bowled GT out for a below-par 155. Josh Hazlewood dismissed Shubman Gill for just 10 in the third over. Bhuvneshwar Kumar then removed Sai Sudharsan for 12 — both dangerous openers back in the hut with only 26 on the board. Washington Sundar fought hard in the middle order. Jos Buttler made 19 before being stumped off Krunal Pandya.

Top scorer: Washington Sundar — 50* off 37 balls; Best bowler: Rasikh Salam— 3/27, Bhuvaneshwar 2/29

RCB need 156 to win and become back-to-back IPL champions.

CHASE — RCB Win by 5 Wickets

Venkatesh out for 32. Padikkal for 1.

70/2 at end of 6 overs–Powerplay ends.

Patidar gone for 15 in 9th over. Krunal out for 1. Double blow by Rashid Khan.

161/5 in 17 overs. Kohli batting at 75 (42). Jitesh batting too.

Virat Kohli’s unbeaten half-century guided RCB to their second consecutive IPL title, chasing down GT’s 155 in Ahmedabad. Kohli — visibly injured and unable to sprint through the innings — finished with 648 runs for the season at a strike rate of 167, the defining knock of a champion’s night. RCB join Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians as the only franchises in IPL history to win back-to-back titles.

Player of the Match: Virat Kohli Result: RCB won the IPL 2026 Final

Read: IPL 2026 Prize Money: Winner Gets ₹20 Crore

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