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In a information scare for the Gujarat Titans players and enactment staff, they had to beryllium evacuated from the squad autobus aft a abbreviated circuit caused a breakdown of the conveyance portion it was ferrying them backmost to their edifice aft the IPL last nonaccomplishment to Royal Challenge Bengaluru successful Ahmedabad.
PTI has learned that the squad members, who are each harmless and unhurt contempt fume spreading wrong the bus, waited connected the roadworthy for a abbreviated portion earlier different autobus was arranged to instrumentality them to the hotel.
The incidental added to a miserable nighttime for GT arsenic they had earlier gone down to Royal Challengers Bengaluru successful the IPL last by 5 wickets successful Ahmedabad connected Sunday (May 31, 2026).
It was besides a continuation of their pugnacious question itinerary arsenic GT had to question from Dharamsala to Mullanpur connected May 27 to play the Qualifier 2 against Rajasthan Royals connected May 29.
However, their scheduled departure to Ahmedabad connected May 30 was inordinately delayed due to the fact that of inclement upwind successful Mullanpur. GT reached their location basal precocious connected Saturday (May 30) evening.
Was fatigue a crushed for the Titans' meek surrender to RCB successful the IPL final?
"I don't privation to instrumentality distant from the information that RCB person won by simply stating that we've had this fig of games successful these abbreviated days and we're fatigued and that's not truly what we're about," said Vikram Solanki, GT’s Director of Cricket, successful the post-match property conference.
"Admittedly, it (155/8) was a beneath par full but they showed large combat to effort and support it. We mightiness marque an appraisal of what we mightiness person done differently, that's a given. But I deliberation you've got to judge that the absorption sometimes play good arsenic well," helium added.
