Watch: Shubman Gill's spectacular catch dismisses Venkatesh Iyer in RCB vs GT IPL 2026 Qualifier 1

Just when the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) went off to a flying start thanks to Venkatesh Iyer’s three boundaries and one six in his first six deliveries during the first qualifier of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association in Dharamsala, Shubman Gill grabbed a spectacular catch to break the momentum. 

The Gujarat Titans (GT) captain won the toss and decided to bowl first on a surface which was expected to provide with some help with the new ball while batting could get easier in the second innings. RCB, however, wasn’t much disappointed with the invitation.

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On the fifth delivery of the second over, Iyer shuffled across in the creased and scooped Kagiso Rabada’s fiery delivery over the fine leg region for a 57-meter six. He used all of the pace and sent over the fence for a huge six.

Watch Shubman Gill's catch here: 

However, on the very next delivery, the southpaw marked his way into the dressing room. It was a back of a length delivery from the right-arm pacer as the all-rounder looked to take him on. He swung across the line as the top edge flew over the mid-off region.

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Gill, who was stationed at that position, charged back and took a sharp running catch to put curtains down to the knock as Bengaluru lost their very first wicket of the contest.

Venkatesh Iyer stunned as Gill's running catch shifts Qualifier 1 momentum in GT's Favour

After a delay of around five minutes due to the issue with the sightscreen, the game started as Venkatesh cleared his intent with the first delivery being crunched through the cover-point region for a boundary. He continued the aggressive approach with the second successive boundary before cracking the fourth ball for the same result into the wide mid-off region.

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The Madhya Pradesh all-rounder perhaps had thought of going hard inside the powerplay but was stunned before the reflexes of Shubman Gill. Bengaluru lost two more wickets to reach 99/3 at the halfway mark of the game. 

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RCB 203/4 (Rajat Patidar 62, Jason Holder 2/39) vs GT in IPL 2026 Q1 in Dharamsala.