Gujarat Titans face nightmare right after IPL 2026 final defeat and team bus fire

The final match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026, was played between Shubman Gill’s Gujarat Titans (GT) and Rajat Patidar’s Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad. The result of the match goes in the favor of RCB as they defeated Gujarat Titans by 5 wickets and won their second title of the tournament.

GT face double blows as team bus catches fire after final loss

However, the team bus was returning to the hotel after the match at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad when it suddenly caught fire. All players and staff were safely moved out of the bus in time, preventing a serious accident.

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Reports suggest the incident happened late Sunday night when the Gujarat Titans squad was heading back to their hotel after the match. During the journey, a short circuit is believed to have started inside the bus, leading to smoke and small flames. Once the issue was noticed, the driver stopped the bus immediately and everyone, including captain Shubman Gill, was evacuated without delay. Thankfully, no one was hurt.

It was a very difficult night for Gujarat Titans. They first faced a defeat to RCB in the IPL 2026 final by 5 wickets, and soon after, their return trip turned tense when the team bus caught fire. It was a scary and exhausting moment for the players, both physically and mentally.

When asked whether fatigue played a major role in Gujarat’s defeat to RCB in the final after a long and tiring journey before the match, Gujarat Titans Director of Cricket Vikram Solanki addressed the question in the post-match press conference and praised RCB for their performance, saying: “I don’t want to diminish RCB’s remarkable victory by saying that we were too tired after playing so many matches in such a short time. Our team doesn’t make such excuses. It’s true that 155 was a low total on this pitch, but our bowlers put up a valiant fight to defend even this low total. We will definitely assess where we could have improved, but you also have to accept that the opposition played much better than us.“