Patidar 93 Not Out, and Dharamshala Was Finished Early
IPL Reports / Patidar 93 Not Out, and Dharamshala Was Finished Early
Royal Challengers Bengaluru 254/5 (20 overs)
Gujarat Titans 162 (19.3 overs)
HPCA Stadium, Dharamshala, 26 May. First against second. Both on 18 points. Bengaluru ahead on net run rate. The winner goes to the final. The loser gets a second life in Qualifier 2.
Venkatesh Iyer went in the second over, 19 off 7, caught by Gill off Kagiso Rabada. Kohli made 43 off 25 and bottom-edged Jason Holder onto his stumps. Padikkal followed two balls later, caught behind, 30 off 19. At 8.4 overs Bengaluru were 94 for 3. Rajat Patidar was not out. He stayed not out. 93 off 33. Five fours. Nine sixes. Strike-rate 281. Krunal Pandya made 43 off 28. Bengaluru 254 for 5. Player of the match: Patidar.
Gujarat lost five wickets in the powerplay. Sai Sudharsan hit-wicket off Jacob Duffy, 14 off 9, the bat bouncing into the stumps. Gill bowled by Bhuvneshwar for 2. Jos Buttler bowled by Hazlewood for 29 off 11. Nishant Sindhu caught and bowled first ball. Jason Holder caught off Rasikh Salam for a duck. 51 for 5. Rahul Tewatia made 68 off 43 from there. It was not a chase. It was a delay. Gujarat 162 all out in 19.3. Margin: 92 runs.
TATA IPL 2026 Qualifier 1: Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Gujarat Titans. If the player does not load, open it on YouTube.
Bengaluru went to Ahmedabad without playing again until the final. Gujarat had to beat Rajasthan to join them. They did. The 92-run hole from this night did not get filled.