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The Gujarat Titans barely caught a break after their rough loss in the IPL 2026 final. Just as they were trying to move past it, their team bus suddenly caught fire. Turns out, a short circuit was the culprit. Thankfully, everyone got out fast\u2014no one was hurt. The fire broke out Sunday night while the team was on their way back from the Narendra Modi Stadium to their hotel in Ahmedabad. Players ended up stranded on the roadside for about an hour, certainly not how they imagined their night going.<\/p>\n
Honestly, things could\u2019ve gone really wrong, but all the players are fine. Even so, the incident just added to an already awful night. Earlier, Gujarat Titans had lost to Royal Challengers Bengaluru by five wickets in the final\u2014a tough pill to swallow.<\/p>\n
This wasn\u2019t their only travel headache either. The Titans had bounced from Dharamsala to Mullanpur on May 27 to face Rajasthan Royals in Qualifier 2 on May 29. Then, bad weather held up their flight to Ahmedabad on May 30, so they didn\u2019t get in until late Saturday night.<\/p>\n
With all that travel, you have to wonder if fatigue played into their loss against RCB in the final. But Vikram Solanki, the team\u2019s Director of Cricket, wouldn\u2019t use it as an excuse. \u201cI don\u2019t want to take away from RCB\u2019s win by just saying we were tired from too many games in too few days. That\u2019s not what we\u2019re about,\u201d he said at the post-match press conference.<\/p>\n
He admitted that their total\u2014155 for 8\u2014was below par, but he liked the effort his side showed defending it. \u201cOf course, we\u2019ll look back and think about what we could have done differently. That\u2019s just part of the game. But sometimes, you just have to admit the other side played better,\u201d Solanki added.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n