RCB eye back-to-back IPL titles on a pitch that already beat them once this year
RCB Captain Rajat Patidar looking at the pitch, during practice, a day before IPL final match against GT, at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Friday. EXPRESS PHOTO BY PRAVEEN KHANNA 29 05 2026.
Defending champions RCB are preparing with quiet composure for the IPL final at Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium, facing a steep uphill battle after the BCCI relocated the match from their home ground in Bengaluru. They enter the final as distinct outsiders on unfamiliar turf, carrying the psychological baggage of a heavy defeat at this very venue earlier in the season. (Read more from Shankar Narayan in Ahmedabad)
