Shubman Gill reveals turning point in match-winning knock against RCB, says 'got a bit lucky...'

Gujarat Titans (GT) secured a comfortable victory over Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) by four wickets in their IPL 2026 clash on Thursday, April 30 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. While chasing 156, GT skipper Shubman Gill starred with a quickfire 43 runs off just 18 deliveries.

Shubman Gill opens up on his match-winning knock vs RCB

GT won the toss and invited RCB to bat first. However, GT's bowling attack did a splendid job, dismissing RCB batters on 155, with Arshad Khan being the star bowler, picking up three wickets for 22 runs.

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In the second Innings, despite losing Sai Sudharsan early, Shubman Gill made sure of a flying start with his fiery innings, with the help of four boundaries and three sixes. Meanwhile, Jos Buttler also made a valuable contribution of 39 runs off 19 balls in the run-chase. Rahul Tewatia and Jason Holder provided the finishing touches with unbeaten 27 off 17 and 12 off 10 respectively.

Opening up on his blistering innings, Shubman Gill revealed that it feels so satisfying with a match-winning knock. Although, the former KKR batter admitted that he got a little lucky on the first delivery of his innings but had confidence to attack the bowlers.

"Feels very satisfying. I was just feeling I was in the zone. First ball I got a bit lucky and then I thought today was my day. I was confident of taking the bowling on," said Shubman Gill.

Talking further, Shubman said that it feels good to restrict a side to just 155 on a flat wicket like Ahmedabad. The GT skipper also focused on the side's poor fielding while revealing the energy was quite high after the second over of the first innings.

"On a wicket to restrict a team like them to 155 is very nice. At times we haven’t fielded as well, but today the energy was quite high after the 2nd over," added Gill.

Shubman Gill's strong IPL season

The GT skipper is silently dropping a great campaign in the ongoing IPL 2026 with the bat, scoring 373 runs in just eight outings at an average of 46.63 with a great strike rate of 155.41.

The right handed batter has scored three half-centuries in the tournament, with his highest score of 86 off 50 balls coming up against Ajinkya Rahane's Kolkata Knight Riders.