Stats Highlights: RCB and Patidar shatter records in Qualifier 1 rout
Stats highlights from Royal Challengers Bengaluru's massive 92-run win against Gujarat Titans in the first Qualifier in Dharamsala.
RCB breach new horizons
254/5 by RCB is the highest total in an IPL knockout/Play Off contest, surpassing 233/3 by GT against MI in Ahmedabad in the second Qualifier in 2023 - exactly to this day three years ago. It is the third highest total for RCB and the first instance of a team scored 250+ against GT.
Highest totals in IPL knockout/Play Offs
| Total | Team | Vs | Venue | Match | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Dharamsala | GT | RCB | 254/5 | Qualifer 1 |
| 2023 | Ahmedabad | MI | GT | 233/3 | Qualifer 2 |
| 2025 | New Chandigarh | GT | MI | 228/5 | Eliminator |
| 2014 | Wankhede | CSK | PBKS | 226/6 | Qualifer 2 |
| 2012 | Chennai | DC | CSK | 222/5 | Qualifer 2 |
38 boundaries by RCB is the most by a side in an IPL knockout/Play Off game surpassing 33 by CSK against DC in the second Qualifier in 2012.
5 - Instances of a team hitting 250+ in a knockout or Play Off game in T20 competitions - four of these have come from Indian teams, all since December 2025.
92 runs - The winning margin for RCB, the second highest in an IPL knockout/Play Off game, second to 105 run win for RR against DC at the Wankhede in 2008. This is Titans' second biggest margin of defeat by runs, only second to the 99-run defeat to MI in Ahmedabad earlier this season
Kohli breaks more records
6 - Instances of Kohli aggregating 600+ runs in an IPL edition - the most by a player. This is the fourth consecutive year Kohli has scored 600+ runs, the first player to do so.
Most 600+ run seasons in IPL
| Player | Instances | Seasons |
|---|---|---|
| V Kohli | 6 | 2013, 2016, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026 |
| KL Rahul | 4 | 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022 |
| C Gayle | 3 | 2011, 2012, 2013 |
| D Warner | 3 | 2016, 2017, 2019 |
| S Gill | 3 | 2023, 2025, 2026 |
7 - 50+ partnerships between Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal - the joint second most for a pair in an IPL season, only behind that of eight between Kohli and Faf du Plessis in IPL 2023.
Patidar smashes in Play Offs again
338 - Runs scored by Rajat Patidar in IPL knockout/Play Off matches. His strike rate of 193.14 and average of 112.66 are both the best for a batter in these games. He has smashed 24 sixes off just 175 balls (balls per six 7.3), the fourth most behind Suresh Raina (40 sixes, Bp6 11.5), MS Dhoni (28 sixes, Bp6 14.1), and Kieron Pollard (25 sixes, Bp6 8.0).
9 - Sixes by Patidar in Dharamsala is the second most by a player in IPL knockout/Play Offs, only behind Shubman Gill's 10 against MI in Ahmedabad in 2023.
Patidar in IPL knockout/Play Offs
| Inngs | Runs | Avg | SR | 100s/50s | 4s/6s | HS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/2 | 25/24 | 112.66 | 112* | 6 | 338 | 193.14 |
18 wickets by Kagiso Rabada in Powerplay in IPL 2026 - the most by a bowler in the first six overs in a season in the tournament. He surpassed 17 by Mohammed Shami, also for Gujarat Titans, in 2023.
Titans' seamers have bagged 31 wickets in this phase in 2026, the most by a pace attack in an IPL edition, bettering 30 wickets by MI in 2013.
35 sixes conceded by Rabada - the most by a bowler in an IPL edition, surpassing 34 by Anshul Kamboj, also in 2026.
68 - The ninth wicket stand of 68 between Rahul Tewatia and Mohammed Siraj is the second highest for ninth wicket or lower in IPL, only behind the 83-run stand between Rashid Khan and Alzarri Joseph against MI at Wankhede in 2023.
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