The 2026 season was Gujarat Titans' fifth appearance in the Indian Premier League (IPL). They were one of the ten cricket teams that competed in the 2026 IPL. The team was captained by Shubman Gill and coached by Ashish Nehra.
Gujarat Titans finished in second place in the league stage, and advanced to Qualifier 1 in the playoffs. The team lost Qualifier 1 to Royal Challengers Bengaluru but won Qualifier 2 against Rajasthan Royals to qualify for Gujarat's third final. However, they lost the final again to Royal Challengers Bengaluru. Captain Gill scored the most runs (732) while Kagiso Rabada took the most wickets (29) for Gujarat in the 2026 season; Rabada's 29 wickets were also the most by any bowler in the tournament.
Pre-season
The 2026 Indian Premier League was the 19th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), a professional Twenty20 (T20) cricket league held in India, organised by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Gujarat Titans had previously won the title once in their debut season of 2022. The team finished in third place in the previous season. The tournament featured ten teams competing in 74 matches from 28 March to 31 May 2026. Gujarat played all their home matches at Narendra Modi Stadium. Gujarat's matches against Chennai Super Kings (match 37 and match 66) were switched venues due to the 2026 Gujarat local elections.
Player retention Franchises were allowed to retain any number of players from their squad, including traded players while excluding players signed as temporary replacements. Franchises were required to submit their retention lists before 15 November 2025. Gujarat retained twenty players, including captain Shubman Gill. Gujarat also traded Sherfane Rutherford to Mumbai Indians.
+ Retained players Domestic Overseas Gurnoor Brar Shubman Gill Arshad Khan Shahrukh Khan Sai Kishore Prasidh Krishna Kumar Kushagra Anuj Rawat Ishant Sharma Nishant Sindhu Mohammed Siraj Sai Sudharsan Washington Sundar Manav Suthar Rahul Tewatia Jayant Yadav Jos Buttler Rashid Khan Kagiso Rabada Glenn Phillips + Released players Batters Wicket-keepers All-rounders Bowlers Sherfane Rutherford Kusal Mendis Karim Janat Mahipal Lomror Dasun Shanaka Gerald Coetzee Kulwant Khejroliya
Auction The season's auction took place on 16 December 2025 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The auction purse for each franchise was set at , with franchises being deducted an amount from the purse for every retained player. Gujarat had a purse remaining of . Gujarat bought five players in the auction, including three capped overseas players.
+ Auctioned players Domestic Overseas Capped Uncapped Capped Uncapped Prithvi Raj Ashok Sharma Tom Banton Jason Holder Luke Wood
Squad Players with international caps as of start of 2026 IPL are listed in bold. Ages are as of . Withdrawn players are indicated by a dagger symbol () and placed at the bottom of the table.
+ Gujarat Titans squad for the 2026 Indian Premier League Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Salary Notes 3 Manav Suthar Left-handed Left-arm orthodox 4 Kulwant Khejroliya Left-handed Left-arm medium-fast Replacement 5 Washington Sundar Left-handed Right-arm off break 7 Shubman Gill Right-handed Right-arm off break Captain 16 Jayant Yadav Right-handed Right-arm off break 18 Jason Holder Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Overseas 19 Rashid Khan Right-handed Right-arm leg break Overseas 20 Arshad Khan Left-handed Left-arm medium-fast 23 Sai Sudharsan Left-handed Right-arm leg break 25 Kagiso Rabada Left-handed Right-arm medium-fast Overseas 29 Ishant Sharma Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 35 Shahrukh Khan Right-handed Right-arm off break 43 Prasidh Krishna Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 46 Rahul Tewatia Left-handed Right-arm leg break 60 Sai Kishore Left-handed Left-arm orthodox 63 Jos Buttler Right-handed Overseas 73 Mohammed Siraj Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Gurnoor Brar Left-handed Right-arm medium-fast Connor Esterhuizen Right-handed Overseas; replacement Kumar Kushagra Right-handed Glenn Phillips Right-handed Right-arm off break Overseas Anuj Rawat Left-handed Ashok Sharma Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Nishant Sindhu Left-handed Left-arm orthodox Luke Wood Left-handed Left-arm fast-medium Overseas Tom Banton Right-handed Right-arm off break Overseas; withdrawn Prithvi Raj Left-handed Left-arm medium Withdrawn
Support staff Aashish Kapoor and Vijay Dahiya replaced Matthew Wade as assistant coaches while Matthew Hayden joined as batting coach.
Position Name Head coach Ashish Nehra Assistant coach Aashish KapoorNarender NegiParthiv PatelVijay Dahiya Batting coach Matthew Hayden Source: News18
League stage Gujarat Titans began their season with two losses against Punjab Kings and Rajasthan Royals. They won their next three matches against Delhi Capitals, Lucknow Super Giants and Kolkata Knight Riders. They lost the next two matches to Mumbai and Royal Challengers Bengaluru. However, won the next five matches against Chennai, Bengaluru, Punjab, Rajasthan and Sunrisers Hyderabad. They lost the match to Kolkata but won against Chennai to finish the league stage in second place with nine wins from 14 matches, and advanced to Qualifier 1 in the playoffs.
Points table
League progression
Fixtures
Playoffs Bracket
Qualifier 1
Qualifier 2
Final
Statistics
At the IPL end of season awards, Sai Sudharsan was awarded for scoring most fours in the season while Kagiso Rabada was awarded for most wickets and Mohammed Siraj was awarded for most dot balls.
+ Most runs Runs Player 732 Shubman Gill 722 Sai Sudharsan 526 Jos Buttler 377 Washington Sundar 190 Rahul Tewatia + Most wickets Wickets Player 29 Kagiso Rabada 21 Rashid Khan 19 Mohammed Siraj 17 Jason Holder 16 Prasidh Krishna
References
External links
Gujarat Titans at IPLT20.com