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Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Gujarat Titans Betting Preview, Odds & Predictions

Simon Lewis

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Last updated: 25 May 2026

Simon Lewis 25 May 2026

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Royal Challengers topped the IPL table on net run rate with nine wins.
Gujarat Titans matched the Challengers’ results but were 0.088 behind on net run rate.
Explore betting opportunities in handicaps, batters to Score Over/Under Runs, bowlers to Take Over/Under Wickets markets and Match Sixes.

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Kagiso Rabada is backed to take 2 or more wickets (Getty Images).

This Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Gujarat Titans prediction preview looks ahead to the IPL group match played in India. Royal Challengers have suffered three defeats in their last six matches but have otherwise been in great form.

Match Details
Recent Form
Head-to-Head Record
Team News
Key Stats
Match Analysis
Betting Markets to Watch
Latest Odds

The Titans have been in the best form of all the teams in the IPL, with six wins from their last seven matches.

Match Details

Match	Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Gujarat Titans
Competition	Indian Premier League
Date	26 May 2026
Time	16:00 SAST
Venue	Dharamsala, India

Recent Form

Team	Last 5 Matches
Royal Challengers Bengaluru	LWWWL
Gujarat Titans	WWWLW

The Titans are on a slightly better run of form, but the Royal Challengers are the defending champions and tend to bring their A-game when it really counts.

Head-to-Head Record

Season	Winner	Margin of victory	Competition
2026	Gujarat Titans	4 wickets	IPL
2026	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	5 wickets	IPL
2025	Gujarat Titans	8 wickets	IPL
2024	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	4 wickets	IPL
2024	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	9 wickets	IPL

The two teams have met just eight times in the IPL, with each side claiming four wins. With the side chasing having won the last five matches between the two, it’s likely that the winning skipper will look to put the opposition in to bat first.

Team News

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: The Challengers have some of the tournament’s top performers in their ranks and will be tough to beat, especially with the winner going straight through to the final.

Possible XI: Phil Salt, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (c), Jitesh Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Romario Shepherd, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Suyash Sharma, Rasikh Salam Dar.

Gujarat Titans: The Titans top-order has been in great form, but their devastating bowling attack led by Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj and Rashid Khan have played a huge role in their success this season.

Possible XI: Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill (c), Jos Buttler, Nishant Sindhu, Washington Sundar, Jason Holder, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Arshad Khan, Mohammed Siraj.

Key Stats

Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s Virat Kohli is their leading run-scorer (557 runs at 50.6).
Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s Krunal Pandya has scored 28*, 73 & 41* in 3 knocks.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s Rasikh Salam has taken 14 wickets this season.
Gujarat Titans’ Sai Sudharsan is top of the IPL runs list with 638 runs (ave 49.1).
Gujarat Titans’ Shubman Gill has scored 84, 85 & 64 in his last 4 knocks.
Gujarat Titans’ Kagiso Rabada is joint top of the IPL wickets list with 24 wickets.

Match Analysis

The last match at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium saw the Royal Challengers run out 23-run winners over the Punjab Kings. The Royal Challengers hit 12 sixes in posting a score of 222/4 off their 20 overs, with the Punjab Kings responding with a score of 199/8 off their 20 overs, including just 10 sixes.

The pitch should yield plenty of runs as the ball comes nicely onto the bat, which encourages strokeplay. The side batting first is usually looking to post a score of 210-plus.

Although there’s little joy in the track for the bowlers, if they hold a tight line and length and hit the deck hard they can keep the batters under control.

Betting Markets to Watch

Result

The Titans have had a better run of form than the Royal Challengers, but I’m backing the defending champions to bring out their best form to fly through to the final.

Best Gujarat Titans Batter

Sai Sudharsan (638 runs) and Shubman Gill (616 runs) are the leading two run-scorers in this season’s IPL, so there’s little to choose between the two, but Sudharsan has scored 57, 55, 61, 53* and 84 in his last five knocks and is the league’s more in-form batter.

Take Over/Under Wickets

Rasikh Salam has taken 3/36 and 2/53 in his last two matches and I’m backing him to take more than one wicket in this match. Kagiso Rabada has taken 2/22, 2/33, 3/28 and 3/32 in his last five matches and is also a good call to take more than one wicket in the match.

Latest Odds

Market	Odds
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Win	1.76
Gujarat Titans Win	1.96
Match to go to a Super Over	29.00

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Verdict

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The Royal Challengers are backed to win the match, while Sai Sudharsan is my pick to be the best Gujarat Titans batter.

Rasikh Salam and Kagiso Rabada are both backed to take more than one wicket in the match.

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