Why Shubman Gill Is Not Playing Against Rajasthan Royals: Before the Gujarat Titans take on the Rajasthan Royals in their IPL 2026 match, the team suffered a major blow when their star bat Shubman Gill was removed from the playing XI due to an injury.
Fans are worried about the team because this is GT’s chance for a win in this season as it has not yet accomplished that.
Why Shubman Gill Is Not Playing Against Rajasthan Royals?
Shubman Gill is absent from today’s game because of a muscle spasm. Acting captain Rashid Khan made this announcement before the game, saying Gill has pain (like he did when he missed the last international tour) but is not hurt badly to miss the match, so the team management just wants to give him some time to recover. It sounds like he will be back in time for the next matches.
Injury History Raises Concern
Gill is no stranger to this problem as he had suffered from this earlier too, which forced him to miss competitive matches as the team wanted to ensure they don’t rush the player into matches without adequate recovery from his injury.
Gill Replacement in Playing XI
With Gill not playing in the match against KKR, there comes the inclusion of Kumar Kushagra in the playing XI. This is the debut match for this player in IPL 2026.
Match Update: Rajasthan Royals Start Strong
After tossing up and winning, Rajasthan Royals decided to bat first on the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad. Their top batting order put up an excellent show, which helped them score over 130 runs in just 13 overs.
Rajasthan Royals Playing XI
Yashasvi Jaiswal
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi
Dhruv Jurel (wk)
Riyan Parag (c)
Shimron Hetmyer
Donovan Ferreira
Ravindra Jadeja
Jofra Archer
Nandre Burger
Tushar Deshpande
Sandeep Sharma
Impact Substitutes
Ravi Bishnoi
Lhuan-dre Pretorius
Shubham Dubey
Brijesh Sharma
Ravi Singh
