
Dharamshala’s beautiful HPCA stadium witnessed complete cricket massacre on Tuesday Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) locked horns with Gujarat Titans (GT) in qualifier 1 ipl 2026. In a high-stakes encounter, RCB produced a brilliant display of aggressive batting and disciplined bowling to book their place in the grand finale. Driven by a sensational captain’s innings and a tireless bowling performance, Bengaluru completely defeated the Titans, leaving fans completely astounded by their impressive 92-run win.
Rajat Patidar rocks the stage by playing a sensational innings against GT
RCB lost after electing to bat first on Dharamshala’s excellent surface Venkatesh Iyer In the early 19th. However, the foundation was laid steadily with his innings of 43 runs in 25 balls. Virat Kohli and faster than 30 Devdutt Padikkal. When both departed quickly leaving RCB at 94/3, the captain Rajat Patidar Took center stage and turned the match.
Patidar played an innings for the ages while relentlessly attacking Gujarat’s bowling lineup. The RCB captain completed his half-century in just 21 balls and played a stormy innings of 93 unbeaten runs in just 33 balls. Hitting a whopping pace of 281.81, Patidar hit 5 fours and 9 sky-high sixes.
he found a capable ally Krunal PandyaWho made a valuable contribution of 43 runs on 28 balls. The two put up a vital partnership which completely bowled over the GT spinners and fast bowlers. Late cameo, including 15 runs in 5 balls Jitesh SharmaRoyal Challengers Bangalore reached a mammoth score of 254/5 in the allotted 20 overs. For Gujarat, jason holder Whereas, was one of the bowlers with figures of 2/39 Kagiso Rabada Took two wickets but gave away 54 runs in his 4 overs.
RCB enters IPL 2026 final after defeating GT in Qualifier 1
Chasing a tough target of 255, Gujarat Titans needed a great start but they suffered a disastrous top-order collapse during the powerplay. new zealand Quick jacob duffy broke first, removed Sai Sudarshan (14)Through hit-wicket. Bhuvneshwar Kumar Then gave a big blow by cleaning the GT Skipper Shubman Gill For just 2 runs.
degenerated into a procession Josh Hazlewood rejected dangerous jos buttler For 29, and Rasikh Salaam taken out Nishant Sindhu (5) and Holder (0) in exactly the same over. By the end of the mandatory powerplay, Titans’ score was 51/5.
Rahul Tewatia Heroic for the Titans, fighting single-handedly, scoring 68 runs off 43 balls with the help of 8 fours and 4 sixes. They made a disappointing partnership of 50 runs for the ninth wicket. Mohammad Siraj To delay the inevitable. However, the goal was far from reach.
Duffy finished as the chief destroyer with exceptional figures of 3/39, well supported by Bhuvneshwar (2/28) and Rasikh Salaam (2/24). Pandya took two wickets for 16 runs and bowled out Gujarat Titans for 162 runs in 19.3 overs. With this 92-run win, RCB officially confirmed their place in the IPL 2026 final, leaving their global fanbase completely excited.
Here’s how fans reacted:
What a spectacular show in Dharamshala! π₯ RCB’s lethal bowling unit defeated GT by a huge margin of 92 runs in Qualifier 1, officially sealing our glorious berth in the IPL 2026 final! Next stop: Trophy. Let’s go, challengers! π΄π₯ππ#RCBvsGT #IPL2026 #playbold #rcbβ¦ pic.twitter.com/OL0U0ecRxP
β CricketTimes.com (@CricketTimesHQ) 26 May 2026
Rajat Patidar today
batting π₯
captaincy π₯
Fielding π₯
cool π₯π₯π₯π₯π₯π₯π₯– Krishna Gautam (@nkgoutham) 26 May 2026
π¨Rajat Patidar single-handedly transformed the Chokers franchise into a major champion team.
He led RCB to the trophy in his very first year as captain and now, he has once again helped RCB reach the finals with his brilliant batting and excellent captaincy.
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– Tejash π© (@LoyleRohitFan) 26 May 2026
Captain Dhurandhar Rajat Patidar plays for my club β€οΈπ₯Ή
This is a flex.
A privilege.
and an honor pic.twitter.com/azkJfIR0B1β α΄α΄α΄α΄Κα΄Ι’Κ β (@jaan_tea) 26 May 2026
Life as an RCB fan after Rajat Patidar joined the club pic.twitter.com/S9xNB8Frze
– Bhavesh30 (@bhaveshb2005) 26 May 2026
16 runs on 11 balls
21 balls 50 more
33 balls 93
to kill brutally
Rajat Manohar Patidar π₯β€οΈπ₯ pic.twitter.com/MqS1PsBme2– PEDDI._.REDDY (@Virat_Charan26) 26 May 2026
With such performance in the playoffs, RCB has shown what a champion team they are. This innings of Rajat Patidar can become the innings of the tournament. When he gets going he is a fantastic player.
β Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) 26 May 2026
Playoff-King Rajat Patidar in IPL Playoffs:
– 93*(33) vs GT Q1 2026
6 innings 338 runs Average 112.66 | SR 193.14 pic.twitter.com/5aUMBNNSm
β Journalist Satendrasahayo (@satendersahayo2) 26 May 2026
Andy Flowers This is the tweet.
He has won trophies wherever he has worked.
There was a play off with LSG in IPL-2 and after that LSG never even came close to the play off.
RCB β Play-offs, Trophy and Finals so far this year. How important it is to have a coach who knows how to bring …– Prasanna (@prasannalara) 26 May 2026
RCB is in the final of IPL 2026
– The 2025 IPL champions are going for back to back titles! pic.twitter.com/9uM4jtZr4f
– Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) 26 May 2026
Dominance in every department! What a way to book your place at the finals! One more win left… πβ₯οΈ #rcb pic.twitter.com/obkyiC8OfK
– AB de Villiers (@ABdeVilliers17) 26 May 2026
RCB is not the defending champion; They are ‘attacking champions’ #IPL2026
β Dodda Ganesh ΰ€¦ΰ₯ΰ€‘ΰ€Ό ΰ€ΰ€Ύΰ€¨ΰ₯ΰ€Ά (@doddaganesha) 26 May 2026
Learn to deal with aggression because it is not going to end soon, it started in 2008 and will continue until they end it for a day βπ» pic.twitter.com/LuzqpOAWmf
-` (@OxygenKohlii18) 26 May 2026


