Gujarat Titans will take on Rajasthan Royals in the ninth match of IPL 2026 at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad on Saturday. While GT suffered a loss in their opening clash against Punjab Kings, Rajasthan Royals registered a comprehensive eight-wicket win against Chennai Super Kings at Guwahati in their opening game.

GT’s captain Shubman Gill’s leadership was questioned after he introduced Prasidh Krishna in the 13th over when the match was virtually over. Krishna was able to keep GT in the contest as he bagged three quick wickets. 

GT would want to come up with an improved batting show as they could only post 162 runs on the board against PBKS.

On the other hand, RR were able to tick the right boxes with both bat and ball against CSK. RR bundled out CSK for 127 whereas they were able to chase down the total with 47 balls to spare. 

Vaibhav Suryavanshi smashed a 15-ball fifty and the prodigy batter would want to carry the good show. Furthermore, Nandre Burger and Jofra Archer blew away the opposition with their thundering spells against CSK, bagging two wickets each.

Head to Head: Matches: 8, Won by GT: 6, Won by RR: 2.

Gujarat Titans Squad: Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill(c), Jos Buttler(w), Glenn Phillips, Rahul Tewatia, M Shahrukh Khan, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Rashid Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Ishant Sharma, Jayant Yadav, Jason Holder, Luke Wood, Washington Sundar, Tom Banton, Kulwant Khejroliya, Anuj Rawat, Manav Suthar, Kumar Kushagra, Arshad Khan, Gurnoor Brar, Nishant Sindhu, Ashok Sharma

Rajasthan Royals Squad: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Riyan Parag(c), Dhruv Jurel(w), Shimron Hetmyer, Dasun Shanaka, Ravindra Jadeja, Jofra Archer, Sandeep Sharma, Ravi Bishnoi, Adam Milne, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Tushar Deshpande, Shubham Dubey, Nandre Burger, Kuldeep Sen, Sushant Mishra, Donovan Ferreira, Kwena Maphaka, Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Vignesh Puthur, Ravi Singh, Aman Rao Perala, Brijesh Sharma