
Samira Vishwas
Tezzbuzz|27-05-2026
A brilliant over from Jason Holder has gained momentum for the Gujarat Titans during the qualifier 01 of the IPL 2026 game played against the Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
He bagged the crucial wickets of Virat Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal in a single over, restricting the run flow for Bengaluru.
After being invited to bat first, Virat Kohli and Venkatesh Iyer opened the innings while Mohammed Siraj opened the bowling attack.
Despite a solid start from Iyer, he couldn’t convert the start as Kagiso Rabada bagged the wicket of the opener for 19 runs.
He got dismissed on a back of lengthy delivery where the batter swings the bat across the line, but got top edged as the ball flied to mid off and Shubman Gill picked a catch.
Devdutt Padikkal who came to bat at No. 3 joined Virat Kohli as the side scored 76 runs in the powerplay.
The duo forged a 72-run partnership before Jason Holder picks the wicket of Virat Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal in the same over.
Viat Kohli got dismissed on a short of length delivery and got bowled out after an inside edge.
He scored 45 runs off 25 deliveries which included 5 fours and 1 six.Meanwhile, Padikkal got dismissed on a catch by Jos Buttler behind the wickets for 30 runs. With their dismissals RCB lost three wickets for 94 runs.
Rajat Patidar and Krunal Pandya came to bat at No. 4 and 5 as the duo aiming to forge a partnership aiming to post a massive total against Titans.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Playing 11: Venkatesh Iyer, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar(c), Jitesh Sharma(w), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jacob Duffy, Josh Hazlewood, Rasikh Salam Dar.
Gujarat Titans Playing 11: Shubman Gill (c), B Sai Sudharsan, Jos Buttler (wk), Nishant Sindhu, Washington Sundar, Jason Holder, Rashid Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Kulwant Khejroliya, Prasidh Krishna.




