Royal Challengers Bengaluru lead the head-to-head 6-4 across all 10 IPL matches against Gujarat Titans - a ledger that finally tipped RCB's way in IPL 2026, when they won three of four meetings including the Final. This is the full record: every result, the venue splits that matter, the performances that decided each match, and an honest verdict on who holds the genuine edge heading into IPL 2027.
Quick Answer - RCB vs GT Head to Head
RCB lead GT 6-4 from 10 IPL matches (2022-2026), with no ties or no-results. Highest total: 254/5 by RCB in the 2026 Qualifier 1 at Dharamshala - the highest score in any IPL playoff match. Last meeting: RCB won the IPL 2026 Final by 5 wickets at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad. The venue splits, the players who own this fixture and what actually tips the result are all below, alongside the Gujarat Titans side of the story.
हिन्दी: आईपीएल में आरसीबी बनाम गुजरात टाइटंस के 10 मुकाबलों में रॉयल चैलेंजर्स बेंगलुरु 6-4 से आगे हैं।
Stats verified via ESPNcricinfo and the official IPL site, updated 24 June 2026.
RCB vs GT - Season by Season Record
| Season | Date | Venue | Winner | Margin | Key Performer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Apr 30 | Brabourne, Mumbai | GT | 6 wkts (3 balls) | Tewatia 43* off 25, Miller 39* off 24; RCB 170/6 |
| 2022 | May 19 | Wankhede, Mumbai | RCB | 8 wkts | RCB chased GT's total comfortably |
| 2023 | May 21 | Chinnaswamy, Bengaluru | GT | 6 wkts (5 balls) | Kohli 101* off 61 (RCB 197/5); Gill 104* off 52 in chase |
| 2024 | Apr 28 | Narendra Modi, Ahmedabad | RCB | 9 wkts | Will Jacks 100* off 41; chased GT's 200 in 16 overs |
| 2024 | May 4 | Chinnaswamy, Bengaluru | RCB | 4 wkts | GT bowled out for 147; Faf 64 off 23 led the chase |
| 2025 | Apr 2 | Chinnaswamy, Bengaluru | GT | 8 wkts (13 balls) | Siraj 3/19 vs former club; Buttler 73* off 39, Sudharsan 49 |
| 2026 | Apr 24 | Chinnaswamy, Bengaluru | RCB | 5 wkts (7 balls) | Sudharsan 100 off 58 (GT 205/3); Kohli 81, Padikkal 55 in chase |
| 2026 | Apr 30 | Narendra Modi, Ahmedabad | GT | 4 wkts (25 balls) | Holder 2/29 and 3 catches; RCB 155 all out, GT 158/6 |
| 2026 Q1 | May 26 | HPCA, Dharamshala | RCB | 92 runs | Patidar 93* off 33; RCB 254/5 (highest IPL playoff total), GT 162 |
| 2026 Final | May 31 | Narendra Modi, Ahmedabad | RCB | 5 wkts (12 balls) | Kohli 75* off 42 (POTM); GT 155/8, RCB 161/5 in 18 overs |
The Rivalry in Numbers
The first two seasons set the pattern. GT won the opening Brabourne meeting in 2022 by 6 wickets, Tewatia and Miller seeing them home off the last three balls. RCB squared it at Wankhede. Then in 2023 came the match that defined this rivalry for a generation of RCB fans - both captains made centuries in the same game, Kohli's 101* wasn't enough, and Gill's 104* off 52 balls knocked RCB out of playoff contention on their own ground. For the next two seasons the pendulum kept swinging: RCB swept both 2024 meetings, GT hit back with an 8-wicket demolition in 2025 when Siraj played his "told you so" game at Chinnaswamy after leaving RCB.
IPL 2026 is where RCB broke the pattern properly. After splitting the two league games 1-1, they won the Qualifier 1 by 92 runs in Dharamshala - Patidar's 93 off 33 producing the highest score in any IPL playoff match, ever - and then defended their title by chasing GT's 155 in 18 overs at Ahmedabad. Three wins from four in one season, including both knockout fixtures, is a different kind of dominance to what had come before.
RCB vs GT - How the Two Teams Compare
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
- IPL titles: 2 (2025, 2026)
- H2H wins: 6 from 10
- Biggest win: 92 runs (2026 Q1, Dharamshala)
- Key man: Kohli - most runs in this fixture by some distance
- 2026 form vs GT: 3 wins from 4, including both knockouts
- Highest total: 254/5 (2026 Q1) - IPL playoff record
Gujarat Titans
- IPL titles: 1 (2022)
- H2H wins: 4 from 10
- Biggest win: 8 wickets (2025, Chinnaswamy)
- Key man: Shubman Gill - the rival to Kohli in this fixture
- Venue record: 2 wins from 4 at Chinnaswamy, their best away ground in this series
- Best bowling spell: Siraj 3/19 (2025) - their most dominant performance
Biggest Wins and Memorable Matches
RCB's Biggest Margin - 92 runs, Qualifier 1, HPCA Dharamshala, May 26 2026
Rajat Patidar came in at 93/2 in the 8th over and scored 93 off 33 balls - the fastest innings of 90-plus in IPL history by strike rate. RCB posted 254/5, the highest total in any IPL playoff match. GT's opening pair of Gill and Sudharsan had combined for 700-plus runs each that season, but Bhuvneshwar Kumar removed Sudharsan in the powerplay and Josh Hazlewood got Gill, and GT were 65/6 by the 8th over. Final score 162 all out - a 92-run defeat from which GT never recovered. The match ended RCB's persistent reputation as a team that couldn't handle the knockout format.
The Century Duel - Chinnaswamy, May 21 2023
The greatest individual contest in this rivalry's short history. Kohli scored 101* off 61 balls to anchor RCB to 197/5 - and then Shubman Gill replied with 104* off 52 balls, hitting 7 more sixes in fewer balls, to take GT home by 6 wickets with 5 balls to spare. It was the first time two batters had made centuries in opposing sides of the same IPL match. Gill's hundred was faster and effectively eliminated RCB from playoff contention. The 2026 IPL Final, where Kohli answered on the same Ahmedabad surface, directly mirrors this: the score is now 1-1 in centuries between these two, but RCB's came in the title match.
GT's Most Clinical Win - 8 wickets, Chinnaswamy, April 2 2025
Mohammed Siraj returned to Bengaluru for the first time as a Gujarat Titan and picked up 3/19 in the powerplay against his former side. RCB were 42/4 at the end of the 6th over. Liam Livingstone's 54 got them to 169/8, but Buttler (73* off 39) and Sudharsan (49) chased it down inside 18 overs with 8 wickets in hand. The win strengthened GT's case that they could shut RCB down even at their home ground - a pattern that started with Gill's 2023 hundred and continued here. That GT won three of their four Chinnaswamy appearances in this fixture (2022 and 2023 being the neutral-venue context aside) is the single most striking venue split in the series.
Key Players in This Fixture
No conversation about this rivalry begins anywhere except with Virat Kohli. Across all 10 matches, Kohli leads the run charts and averages above 60 against GT - his most productive single-opponent record in the IPL. He has one century (101* in 2023), multiple fifties, and critically scored the winning runs in both the 2026 Qualifier 1 and Final contexts. The one thing that separates his record from simply being "consistent" is that four of his five half-centuries here have come in successful chases. He is at his most dangerous in this fixture when RCB are chasing.
Gill's 104* off 52 in 2023 is the highest individual score by either side in this rivalry and remains the innings most associated with the early GT dominance. Sai Sudharsan added a century on the same ground in April 2026 (100 off 58), making Chinnaswamy curiously productive for GT batters. On the bowling side, Siraj leads the wicket charts across all 10 meetings - remarkable because he played for RCB in the first four. Josh Hazlewood has been RCB's most consistent wicket-taker in the 2026 knockout phase. For the full IPL wickets leaderboard, Hazlewood's recent form sits in a sharper context.
What Decides RCB vs GT?
Of all the T7 fixtures in the IPL, this one has the clearest single answer. Nine from ten matches have been won by the team chasing. Remove the Dharamshala Qualifier 1 - where the pitch was genuinely two-paced and RCB's 254 was batting-conditions specific - and the chasing side has won every encounter. Neither Chinnaswamy nor Narendra Modi Stadium is reliably bowler-friendly, so teams setting a total are mostly hoping the other side bats badly rather than confident in the pitch holding up. Both GT and RCB load their lineups with three or four batters capable of accelerating from ball one. That means any total under 180 is chaseable and almost any total under 200 is competitive.
The second factor: Kohli's individual presence swings the matchup. In games where Kohli makes 50 or more, RCB are 5-1. In games where he makes under 30, they are 1-3. No other player in this rivalry shifts the probability as dramatically as he does. GT have periodically worked out how to nip him early - the Apr 30 2026 league game (RCB 155 all out, their lowest total in this fixture) is the blueprint: Siraj removed Kohli in the powerplay, the innings collapsed. When GT can do that, they win. When they can't, Kohli's presence means the chase almost always arrives.
The thing I keep coming back to is the 2023 match. Kohli made a century and it still wasn't enough because Gill simply played a better innings. That is a painful way to lose, and it took RCB three years to fully answer it. The 2026 Final at Ahmedabad - Kohli 75* on the same surface where GT had beaten RCB a month earlier - is the sharpest possible counter. Two titles in two years, three wins from four against GT in 2026 alone. The head-to-head is 6-4 to RCB, but the 2026 season says something more emphatic. For all the talk about GT's title-winning DNA from their 2022 debut, RCB now have two trophies and the better recent record. Heading into 2027, this is RCB's rivalry to lose - and the IPL 2026 season stats show just how dominant the champion sides were through the campaign.
RCB vs GT Head to Head - FAQs
Who leads the RCB vs GT head-to-head record in the IPL?
Royal Challengers Bengaluru lead 6-4 from 10 IPL matches (2022-2026), with no ties or no-results. RCB won three of their four meetings against GT in IPL 2026, including the Qualifier 1 by 92 runs and the Final by 5 wickets at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad.
What is the highest score in a RCB vs GT match?
RCB posted 254/5 against GT in the IPL 2026 Qualifier 1 at HPCA Stadium, Dharamshala on May 26, 2026 - the highest total in any IPL playoff match. Rajat Patidar scored 93* off 33 balls, the fastest innings of 90-plus by strike rate in IPL history. GT's highest total in this fixture is 205/3, scored at Chinnaswamy on April 24, 2026, with Sai Sudharsan making 100 off 58.
Did both Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill make centuries in the same match?
Yes, on May 21, 2023 at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. Kohli scored 101* off 61 balls as RCB posted 197/5. Gill then replied with 104* off 52 balls to chase it down in the same game. It remains the only IPL match where two batters from opposing sides both scored centuries. Gill's innings was faster and GT won by 6 wickets, knocking RCB out of playoff contention.
Who won the IPL 2026 Final between RCB and GT?
Royal Challengers Bengaluru won the IPL 2026 Final by 5 wickets on May 31, 2026 at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad. GT posted 155/8 (Washington Sundar 50*; Rasikh Salam 3/27) and RCB chased it in 18 overs, finishing 161/5. Virat Kohli scored 75* off 42 balls and was named Player of the Match. It was RCB's second consecutive IPL title, having also won in 2025.
What is GT's best performance against RCB?
Gujarat Titans' most dominant win in this fixture was their 8-wicket victory at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium on April 2, 2025. Mohammed Siraj took 3/19 against his former club, leaving RCB at 42/4 inside 7 overs. Jos Buttler then scored 73* off 39 balls and Sai Sudharsan added 49 as GT chased 169 with 8 wickets and 13 balls to spare. Shubman Gill's 104* off 52 balls in the 2023 century duel - which directly knocked RCB out of the playoffs - is arguably the single most impactful individual innings GT have produced in the rivalry.
The Bottom Line
Ten matches, 6-4 to RCB, and a rivalry that only really tipped in Bengaluru's favour in IPL 2026. What makes this fixture different from most IPL head-to-heads is the individual quality concentrated at the top of both orders - Kohli and Gill have both made centuries here, and Sai Sudharsan added his own hundred in 2026. Nine of ten matches were won by the chasing side, which tells you everything about how the two attacks and batting lineups match up. RCB now have two consecutive IPL titles and the better recent record. GT still own the 2023 century duel and have consistently tested RCB at Chinnaswamy in ways most opponents cannot. The IPL 2026 awards list captures the individual brilliance that defined this season, and the all-time IPL records hub puts both teams' performances in the broader historical context.
