IPL 2026: Skipper Patidar’s carnage puts RCB in control vs GT

RCB skipper Rajat Patidar during his 33-ball 93 vs GT in Dharamsala on Tuesday. PIC/PTI

Defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru rode on a brutal assault from skipper Rajat Patidar to post a daunting 254 for five against Gujarat Titans in the IPL Qualifier 1 here on Tuesday.

Patidar turned the game on its head with a sensational 33-ball 93, smashing nine sixes and five fours after surviving two dropped chances, as RCB plundered 86 runs in the last five overs to seize complete control. In fact, they got 114 runs off the last six overs.

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