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Gujarat Titans Bus Fire: Gujarat Titans players' bus catches fire after losing IPL final

  
  
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  After losing the thrilling final match of the IPL played here, the Gujarat Titans (GT) players and support staff narrowly escaped a major accident on the road. After losing the match on Sunday night, when the team was returning to the hotel by bus, the bus broke down due to a short circuit on the way and started emitting heavy smoke. All the players and staff were immediately evacuated from the bus for safety reasons. According to the information received, despite the smoke spreading inside the bus, all the players are completely safe and no one was injured. The players had to wait on the roadside for some time, after which another bus was arranged to take them to the hotel. RCB in the final It was a very disappointing night for Gujarat Titans after a crushing 5-wicket defeat. Fatigue as the reason for the defeat? Gujarat Titans' travel schedule had been extremely busy for the last few days. The team had to travel from Dharamshala to Mullanpur (Punjab) on May 27, where they played a Qualifier-2 match against Rajasthan Royals on May 29. After this, their flight to Ahmedabad was severely delayed due to bad weather in Mullanpur on May 30 and the team could reach their home ground only late on Saturday evening. Vikram Solanki (Director of Cricket, GT) said, “I don’t want to diminish the credit for RCB’s victory by simply saying that we played too many matches in too few days and our team was tired. Of course our score (155/8) was not as expected, but our bowlers fought brilliantly to defend it. We will definitely assess where we went wrong, but we have to accept that the opposition played better.”
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