Gujarat Titans beat Rajasthan Royals by 7 wickets in IPL 2026 Qualifier 2 at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur on 29 May 2026, with Shubman Gill’s stunning 104 off 53 balls carrying GT to their highest successful chase and into a final showdown with RCB. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s 96 off 47 ended without a century for the second game running, but it couldn’t stop Gill from scripting a knockout classic.
Match Result — Qualifier 2
Gujarat Titans won by 7 wickets. RR posted 214/6 (20 ov); GT chased it down with Shubman Gill (104 off 53) and Sai Sudharsan (58 off 32) adding 167 for the first wicket. Player of the Match: Shubman Gill. GT advance to the IPL 2026 Final vs RCB in Ahmedabad on 31 May.
हिन्दी: गुजरात टाइटन्स ने राजस्थान रॉयल्स को 7 विकेट से हराकर IPL 2026 फाइनल में जगह बनाई। शुभमन गिल ने 53 गेंदों में शतक जड़ा।
Match Highlights
- Result: Gujarat Titans beat Rajasthan Royals by 7 wickets
- RR innings: 214/6 in 20 overs — Sooryavanshi 96 (47b), Jadeja 45* (35b), Ferreira 38* (11b)
- GT chase: Won with Gill–Sudharsan 167-run opening stand; Tewatia finished with a six
- PoM: Shubman Gill — 104 off 53 balls, century in 47 balls (GT’s quickest ever)
- Turning point: Jaiswal out for 1 in over 1, Jurel for 7 in over 2 — RR’s top order gone inside 10 balls
- Final: GT vs RCB, Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad — 31 May 2026
How GT Won — The Turning Point
The match turned before RR even settled. Mohammed Siraj, handed the new ball, removed Yashasvi Jaiswal for just 1 off 2 deliveries — a sharp early breakthrough that left Sooryavanshi exposed to Kagiso Rabada’s 150kph missiles from over two. Dhruv Jurel, elevated to No. 3 in RR’s reshuffled line-up, fell to Rabada for 7, and at 9 for 2 inside two overs, RR’s plan to give Sooryavanshi a set partner had already unravelled. The match, at that point, was a solo mission for a 15-year-old on a two-paced pitch.
Sooryavanshi is exactly the batter who thrives on solo missions — he’ll back away, create room, and upper-cut a short ball over backward point with a physio still on the field, which is precisely what he did when Siraj returned after going off injured. He reached a 31-ball fifty, his slowest of the tournament but no less extraordinary, and was racing to 96 off 47 when Rabada found an extra bouncer that ballooned off the edge to deep third. For the second match in a row — after 97 in the Eliminator — the century evaded him. With Jadeja (45* off 35) and Ferreira (38* off 11) rescuing RR to 214/6, the total felt competitive. RR captain Riyan Parag later conceded 230–240 would have made the chase “very challenging.” At 215, against GT’s top two, it wasn’t.
📊 The Stat That Decided It
Gill and Sudharsan put on 167 for the first wicket — GT’s highest-ever opening partnership in a knockout match, and the duo became just the second pair in T20 playoff history to both cross 50 in the same innings while sharing a 150+ stand chasing 200-plus. GT reached the powerplay at 69/0. By the time RR finally separated them, the equation read 48 off 55 balls with seven wickets in hand. The chase was over as a contest by the 14th over. This is also GT’s highest ever successful chase and the second-highest in any T20 knockout globally — the kind of record that underlines how thoroughly RR’s 214 was dismantled.
Match Timeline
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Overs 1–6 (RR)
Siraj removes Jaiswal first ball; Rabada bowls Jurel for 7 — RR 9/2 inside two overs. Sooryavanshi and Jadeja, promoted to stabilise, partner up and power RR to 70/2 by over 6. Jadeja is going at a faster strike rate than Sooryavanshi at this point — 26 off 11 balls. A stunning, chaotic powerplay.
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Overs 7–15 (RR)
Strategic timeout at 80/2 with Sooryavanshi 34 and Jadeja 33. Rashid Khan’s two-over spell haemorrhages 45 runs — the leg-spinner’s final over goes for 27. Siraj, hampered by a shoulder niggle, leaves the field. Sooryavanshi races to his sixth IPL fifty in 31 balls. Parag and Riyan fall as RR are 120/5 in the 13th. Archer hits a six then departs next ball to Prasidh Krishna.
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Overs 16–20 (RR)
Sooryavanshi is dismissed for 96 off 47 by Rabada — edged to deep third, two short of a second consecutive playoff century. Jadeja (45* off 35) and Ferreira (38* off 11) launch a late assault: Ferreira’s cameo includes three sixes in the final over as RR reach 214/6. Impact sub Rahul Tewatia comes in for the dismissed Siraj at end of over 16.
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GT Chase — Overs 1–19.3
Powerplay: 69/0. GT’s openers take RR apart from ball one. Gill hits crisp boundaries off Archer in over 2. The 50-run stand arrives in just 4 overs, 100 in 8.4. Sudharsan (58 off 32) departs to Brijesh Sharma — first wicket falls at 167. Gill reaches his century off 47 balls with a lofted inside-out boundary over extra cover off Jadeja, the quickest by any GT player in IPL history. Gill then falls LBW to Archer for 104. Washington Sundar hits 16 off 9 before Nandre Burger removes him. Tewatia ends it in the 19th over with a straight six off Brijesh Sharma. GT win by 7 wickets.
Top Performers
Rajasthan Royals
- Vaibhav Sooryavanshi — 96 off 47 balls (SR 204.2). Set IPL 2026 boundary record (130 fours/sixes). Reached 1,000 career IPL runs in just 440 balls — fastest ever, smashing Andre Russell’s 545.
- Ravindra Jadeja — 45* off 35 (SR 128.5). Promoted up the order, laid a platform after the early wreckage, then anchored a 42-run 7th-wicket stand with Ferreira.
- Donovan Ferreira — 38* off 11 (SR 345.4). Explosive impact-player cameo in the death changed the game’s final total by at least 20 runs.
Gujarat Titans
- Shubman Gill — 104 off 53 balls (SR 196.2). Fifth IPL century; century in 47 balls (GT’s quickest ever); third-highest score in an IPL playoff chase. Forged a 167-run opening stand to break the match open.
- B Sai Sudharsan — 58 off 32 balls (SR 181.2). Reached his half-century in 26 balls. Gave Gill the ideal partner for the highest-ever GT playoff opening stand.
- Kagiso Rabada — Dismissed Jurel early and returned to prise out the dangerous Sooryavanshi for 96, the two most decisive wickets of RR’s innings.
🏆 Player of the Match
Shubman Gill — 104 off 53 balls. In the biggest match of Gujarat Titans’ season — a knockout to reach their third IPL final — Gill produced what may be his finest IPL innings: 104 off 53 at his home outskirts in Chandigarh, century in 47 balls, a 167-run stand with Sudharsan that turned a demanding 215 chase into a training session. He charged Jadeja for boundaries, flat-batted Prasidh into the ground, and walked off to a standing ovation. That’s why he is GT’s captain.
RR’s 214 wasn’t the problem — it was Sooryavanshi scoring 96 of those runs while the other nine combined for 118 with four extras. Had Parag’s middle order converted even one more start, 240 was reachable. Instead, Jadeja was pressed into opening duty at No. 3, and while he delivered brilliantly, the structural weakness — a thin batting unit past Sooryavanshi — was brutally exposed once the teenager fell. RR vs GT head-to-head history now swings further in GT’s favour in knockout encounters, and that will sting Parag’s side as they look back on a campaign built almost entirely on one teenager’s shoulders.
The under-the-radar performer here was Ferreira’s 38* off 11. Had that cameo not lifted the target from around 195 to 214, this chase might have been a canter. It wasn’t easy — it only looked easy because of Gill. The GT captain knows Mullanpur like his backyard: he grew up in the region, and there was something fitting about him scoring what may be the biggest knock of his IPL captaincy career right there. Sunday’s final in Ahmedabad will be home territory again. RCB beat GT in Qualifier 1 two days ago — this one carries revenge motivation that Gill won’t need reminding of. Check the IPL 2026 points table for the full playoff picture heading into the final.
⚡ Playoff Race Impact
Gujarat Titans qualify for the IPL 2026 Final — their third final in five seasons since the franchise’s inception. They face Royal Challengers Bengaluru at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad, on Sunday 31 May 2026. RCB, who beat GT in Qualifier 1, are the defending champions. For RR, the season ends with a deeply promising generation — Sooryavanshi’s 776 runs at SR 237.3 in a single season is a record that stands alone, and no 15-year-old in cricket history has arrived louder at the highest level. This was a heartbreaking exit, but it’s unmistakably a beginning, not an end.
FAQs
Who won the RR vs GT Qualifier 2 match on 29 May 2026?
Gujarat Titans won by 7 wickets at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur (New Chandigarh). GT chased RR’s 214/6 with Shubman Gill’s 104 off 53 and Sai Sudharsan’s 58 off 32 — a 167-run opening stand — doing the heavy lifting. Gujarat Titans advance to the IPL 2026 Final against RCB on 31 May in Ahmedabad.
Who was the Player of the Match in GT vs RR Qualifier 2 IPL 2026?
Shubman Gill won the Player of the Match award for his 104 off 53 balls. He reached his century in just 47 balls — the quickest by any Gujarat Titans player in IPL history. His opening stand of 167 with Sai Sudharsan is the highest ever opening partnership by GT in a knockout match.
How many runs did Vaibhav Sooryavanshi score in the Qualifier 2?
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi scored 96 off 47 balls, falling agonisingly short of a century for the second consecutive playoff match (he had made 97 in the Eliminator). Despite the dismissal, the innings extended his IPL 2026 season tally to 776 runs at a strike rate of 237.3, breaking the single-season boundary record with 130 fours and sixes — surpassing Jos Buttler’s previous mark of 128 set in IPL 2022.
Where is the IPL 2026 Final and who will play?
The IPL 2026 Final is at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad on Sunday 31 May 2026. Gujarat Titans face Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB). RCB qualified via Qualifier 1, while GT took the longer route through Qualifier 2. This is a repeat of the Qualifier 1 matchup, now at GT’s home venue — and GT will carry strong revenge motivation having lost to RCB just two days earlier.
Bottom Line
This was Shubman Gill’s knockout — a captain’s 104 that turned the biggest game of GT’s season into a statement. RR gave everything, with Sooryavanshi’s extraordinary 96, Jadeja’s composed rescue act, and Ferreira’s death-over carnage pushing the total to 214. It still wasn’t enough. Gujarat Titans are through to their third IPL final, and they’ll carry the confidence of GT’s highest-ever successful chase into Ahmedabad on Sunday. For full venue analysis ahead of the decider, see the Narendra Modi Stadium pitch report.
