In the second game of the first double-header Saturday of IPL 2026, IPL 2022 champions, Gujarat Titans (GT) will host the inaugural title winners, Rajasthan Royals (RR) at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on April 4. While the home team, who went down against Punjab Kings (PBKS) by 3 wickets in Mullanpur in their campaign opener will look to seal their first two points, the Riyan Parag & Co. will come in confident, especially after beating a competitive side like Chennai Super Kings (CSK).
Although, the Titans have been dominant against RR, boasting of a 6-2 head-to-head record, the Royals won their last match, which was played on April 28, 2025. While RR will look to continue their winning streak, a high-scoring thriller is expected to be on the cards tonight.
IPL 2026: GT vs RR Match Details
| Feature | Details |
| Match | Gujarat Titans vs Rajasthan Royals, Match 9 |
| Date | Saturday, April 4, 2026 |
| Timing | 7:30 pm (IST) |
| Toss Time | 7:00 pm (IST) |
| Venue | Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad |
| Captains | Shubman Gill (GT) and Riyan Parag (RR) |
| Live Telecast | Star Sports 1, Star Sports 1 HD, Star Sports 1 Hindi |
| Live Streaming | JioHotstar app and website |
GT vs RR: Head-to-head record
| Criterion | Stats |
| Played | 8 |
| Gujarat Titans won | 6 |
| Rajasthan Royals won | 2 |
| Tied/NR | 0/0 |
GT vs RR: Pitch Report
The Narendra Modi Stadium is known to provide a good batting track with the pitches being done with a mix of red and some black soil. The red soil surface usually is known to offer free-flowing strokeplay and true bounce, thus seeing the ball come well on the bat.
Average 1st innings score: 178
Toss Factor: Teams winning the toss are likely to put score on board first as majority of the results have seen the teams batting first coming out on top.
GT vs RR: Predicted Playing XIs
Gujarat Titans: Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill (C), Jos Buttler (wk), Washington Sundar, Glenn Phillips, Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Ashok Sharma, Mohammed Siraj
Impact Player: Prasidh Krishna
Rajasthan Royals: Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag (C), Dhruv Jurel (wk), Shimron Hetmyer, Ravindra Jadeja, Jofra Archer, Sandeep Sharma, Nandre Burger, Ravi Bishnoi, Brijesh Sharma.
Impact Player: Tushar Deshpande / Donovan Ferreira
GT vs RR Match Prediction: Who will win?
The Gujarat Titans come with only a few changes to their side and continue to back their top-order batters, who were seen struggling in their campaign opener against Punjab Kings (PBKS). However, they boast of an upper-hand when it comes to the head-to-head record, but seeing the Royals, who were charged up during their win over Chennai Super Kings (CSK), could be confident and register a win.
Prediction: Rajasthan Royals to win IPL 2026 Match 9.
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