On the Friday’s match of the 34th IPL 2026, Royal Challengers Bangalore did wonderfully to win against Gujarat Titans by five wickets. GT scored 205 runs for 3 in M Chinnaswamy stadium of Bengaluru. In reply, RCB chased down the run target with 5 wickets in hand and 7 balls remaining. It seems that Shubman was pretty disappointed.

After the match, Shubman Gill said, "I think in the three overs from 16th to 19th, we didn't hit any boundaries and didn't get the runs we wanted. Those three overs were very crucial for us. I mean, we were in a good position at the end of the powerplay. The key was to take wickets in the middle overs, which I think we failed to do immediately after the powerplay."

Regarding Kohli's dropped catch on 0, he said, "It's always difficult when someone drops a catch, but what's more important is how you get back into the game. Bowling-wise, we had some good opportunities, but we consistently hit the length ball, which is sometimes difficult on this wicket. However, some balls went off the mark, and he batted brilliantly in the middle overs."

Regarding Sai Sudarshan's century, Gill said, "He was very disappointed with the way he got out in the last few matches. But, I think he made good amends." Now in the next match, hopefully, he'll give me a little more strike in the powerplay.

Meanwhile, RCB captain Rajat Patidar said that it was a tough match, but there were a lot of lessons learned from this game. Talking about the start, the way we started our bowling, the way Bhuvi and Hazlewood bowled in the right areas, was very good. Suyyash also bowled very well. In the death overs, it was good to see the yorkers from Rasik, Bhuvi, and Hazlewood.

Regarding restricting GT in the end, Patidar said, "We had set a target that if we could restrict them to a score of less than 200 or around 200, it would be easier for us to chase that target. The way we executed our plans according to our bowling was absolutely perfect. We restricted them to a score of 200 to 205."

Rajat described the Kohli-Padikkal partnership as excellent and said that it was great to see Devdutt's special innings. Dev's innings was very fast, and I really enjoyed watching Kohli bat. However, we lost some wickets quickly in the middle overs, one after another. This is the lesson we learned from this game. We will try to correct the mistakes made in this match going forward.