RCB into The Finals: In the first playoff of IPL 2026, RCB defeated Gujarat Titans by 92 runs. With this, RCB team managed to make it to the IPL final for the fifth time. Now RCB is just one step away from winning its second IPL title. RCB won its first IPL title last season by defeating Punjab Kings. Now this season, they will face the winning team of Qualifier-2 in the final on 31st May. The final match will be played at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
What is RCB’s record so far in the IPL final?
Royal Challengers Bangalore team has played the finals in IPL four times so far, out of which their team has managed to become champion only once. RCB reached the final for the first time in IPL 2009 and there they had to face defeat at the hands of Deccan Chargers. After this, his team also made it to the finals in IPL 2011, but there Chennai Super Kings defeated them by a huge margin of 58 runs. For the third time his team was successful in making it to the finals in 2016. But in the final of that season, Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated them by 8 runs. Whereas in 2025, his team was successful in winning the trophy for the first time by winning the final.
Rajat Patidar played captaincy innings
In this season’s Qualifier-1 match, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) captain Rajat Patidar played a explosive innings. He played an explosive inning of 93 unbeaten runs in just 33 balls, which included 5 fours and 9 sixes. With this, Patidar has now become the batsman with the joint highest score as a captain in IPL playoff history. In this matter he equaled David Warner.
Status of first qualifier match
Talking about the first qualifier match, the Royal Challengers Bangalore team, batting first, scored 254 runs at the loss of 5 wickets on the scoreboard. In reply, Gujarat Titans team managed to score only 162 runs. Gujarat’s batsmen proved to be a huge flop in this match. Only three batsmen of the team were able to score runs in double digit scores. Rahul Tewatia scored the most runs for GT in this match. He played an inning of 68 runs in 43 balls with the help of 8 fours and 4 sixes. But his innings could not bring victory to the team.
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