Gujarat Titans defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by 4 wickets in IPL 2026 on Thursday. In this match played in Ahmedabad, Gujarat achieved the target of 156 runs in 25 balls. This is Gujarat’s second fastest run chase in IPL. Bhuvneshwar Kumar became the second Indian bowler to complete 350 wickets in T20. During RCB’s innings, Virat Kohli was seen arguing with the umpire over Rajat Patidar’s catch. Read some such records and moments made in the Bengaluru-Gujarat match… First of all, top-2 records 1. Bhuvneshwar Kumar completed 350 wickets in T-20 cricket. Bengaluru bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar has completed his 350 wickets in men’s T-20 cricket. He has become the second Indian bowler to do so. Before Bhuvi, Yuzvendra Chahal had achieved this feat. Chahal is on top with 391 wickets. Bhuvi achieved this feat leaving behind legends like Bumrah and Ashwin. 2. Gujarat’s second fastest run chase: Gujarat Titans won against RCB on Thursday with 25 balls to spare. This is the second fastest race chase in the history of Gujarat. Their biggest win with the most balls came against Rajasthan Royals in 2023. Then the team achieved the target with 37 balls remaining. Top-7 moments of the match from here 1. Kohli hit 5 consecutive fours in Rabada’s over. Virat Kohli hit 5 fours in one over against Gujarat. He hit Kagiso Rabada with the very first ball. He hit the first ball at midwicket, the second at mid-off and the third at deep point for a four. The fourth ball was sent to third man and the fifth ball was sent to cover for four runs. 2. Kohli looked angry with the umpire’s decision on Patidar’s catch. High-voltage drama was seen in the 8th over of Bengaluru’s innings. Rajat Patidar played a pull shot on the fourth ball of Arshad Khan’s over. The ball went towards deep backward square leg, where Jason Holder took a brilliant diving catch. During this, Virat Kohli sitting on the dug out looked angry with the umpire’s decision. He believed that the catch was not clean. However, the third umpire gave out after seeing the replays. 3. Venkatesh Iyer got hit on the elbow. In the 18th over, Arshad Khan’s sharp short pitch ball hit the elbow of Venkatesh Iyer. After this he appeared to be in a lot of pain. While trying to hit a pull shot, Iyer turned the bat quickly and the ball went straight to his elbow. The physio had to come to the field immediately. However, Iyer continued batting. 4. Boundary hit after 23 balls in Bengaluru’s innings. During Bengaluru’s innings, no boundary was hit till 23 balls between 14 and 18 overs. Finally, in the 18th over, Bhuvneshwar Kumar ended the boundary drought by hitting a four on the fourth ball of Arshad Khan. Earlier in the 14th over, Romario Shepherd had hit a six on the fourth ball of Rashid Khan. 5. Bengaluru’s innings ended due to runout. Bengaluru was all out in the 20th over of the first innings. The team was all out for the first time this season due to runout on the second ball of the over. Josh Heddlewood tried to steal a single by pushing on the ball of Arshad Khan, but Shubman Gill shattered the stumps on the direct throw. 6. Gill scored 24 runs in Hazlewood’s over. Shubman Gill scored 24 runs in the second over of Gujarat’s innings. He hit 3 fours and 2 sixes in this over of Hazlewood. Gill hit fours on the first and second balls. He hit a six on the fourth ball and a four on the fifth ball. Then he finished the over with a six over deep backward square leg. 7. Jitesh Sharma missed the catch of Butler. Josh Butler missed the catch in the fourth over of the second innings. Josh Hazlewood bowled short the 5th ball of the over. Butler tried to scoop, but the ball hit his gloves and went back. Keeper Jitesh Sharma tried to catch the ball with one hand by diving to his right, but the ball was scattered. 8. Rashid gave victory to Gujarat by hitting a four. Rashid Khan ended the match on the ball of Suyyash Sharma in the 16th over. On a flat length delivery that fell outside the off-stump, Rashid came out of the crease and played a ‘flat-bat’ shot. The ball went beyond the extra cover boundary after a tap. After Gujarat’s victory, Virat Kohli smiled and hugged Rashid Khan. —————————————————— Also read this news related to IPL… IPL- Bengaluru lost the third match in the season; Gujarat defeated by 4 wickets Gujarat Titans defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by 4 wickets in IPL on Thursday. Gujarat won the toss and chose to bowl in Ahmedabad. Bengaluru was all out for 155 runs in 19.2 overs. The host team chased the target of 156 runs for 6 wickets in 15.5 overs. Rashid Khan gave victory to the team by hitting a four on Suyyash Sharma’s ball. Read full news
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