{"id":12451,"date":"2026-05-26T17:13:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T17:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1win.za.com\/ipl\/rajat-patidars-93-fires-rcb-to-ipl-playoff-record-254-5"},"modified":"2026-05-26T17:13:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T17:13:08","slug":"rajat-patidars-93-fires-rcb-to-ipl-playoff-record-254-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1win.za.com\/ipl\/rajat-patidars-93-fires-rcb-to-ipl-playoff-record-254-5","title":{"rendered":"Rajat Patidar\u2019s 93 Fires RCB to IPL Playoff Record 254\/5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For years, RCB have treated playoff cricket like a place where hope goes to get bruised. On Tuesday at Dharamsala, they flipped that script. Their 254\/5 against Gujarat Titans in Qualifier 1 didn\u2019t just set up a strong position\u2014it became the most imposing team total in IPL playoff history, surpassing Gujarat\u2019s 233\/3 against Mumbai Indians during Qualifier 2 of IPL 2023. In a game phase where most batting sides usually tighten their shot-selection, RCB kept expanding the chase until Gujarat\u2019s plans, rhythm and options ran out.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>RCB posted 254\/5 in IPL Qualifier 1 against Gujarat Titans at Dharamsala.<\/li>\n<li>The total became the highest in IPL playoff history, bettering GT\u2019s 233\/3 versus MI in Qualifier 2 (IPL 2023).<\/li>\n<li>Rajat Patidar made an unbeaten 93, playing a captain\u2019s innings under major pressure.<\/li>\n<li>RCB\u2019s final five overs yielded 86 runs, turning a strong score into a historic one.<\/li>\n<li>The knock was framed as both a tactical control through aggression and a statement of temperament.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Patidar\u2019s captaincy innings: more than a big number<\/h2>\n<p>Rajat Patidar\u2019s unbeaten 93 wasn\u2019t the top individual score in IPL playoff history. His own 112 not out against Lucknow Super Giants in the 2022 Eliminator still holds the higher benchmark. Yet the value of the Dharamsala innings came from context: the armband, the match situation, and the weight that comes with a franchise that has often carried the emotional hangover of playoff failures.<\/p>\n<p>RCB\u2019s innings, in terms of execution, had a clear design. Virat Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal provided the early tempo, giving the innings speed rather than letting it settle into a cautious rhythm. Gujarat did manage to find a brief route back when wickets began to cluster together, a moment where playoff innings often lose their shape and start shrinking. Patidar refused to allow that collapse.<\/p>\n<p>He didn\u2019t bat like a batter trying to chase a target up to a hundred. Instead, he played as a captain intent on inflicting scoreboard damage\u2014turning each phase into a reason for the opposition to scramble for answers. That approach gave the innings its real force.<\/p>\n<h2>The late surge that broke the chase before it started<\/h2>\n<p>RCB\u2019s finishing burst was decisive. Their last five overs brought 86 runs, a surge that transformed the match from \u201cexcellent\u201d to \u201chistoric.\u201d The article frames the difference clearly: a total around 210 would likely have kept Gujarat in the contest, while a score near 230 would have created pressure. But 254\/5 didn\u2019t just pressure the chase\u2014it turned it into a psychological assault before the first ball of the response was even faced.<\/p>\n<h2>Breaking playoff logic with controlled aggression<\/h2>\n<p>Knockout cricket typically rewards control, but RCB found control through aggression rather than restraint. Their innings wasn\u2019t powered by aimless slogging; it moved through distinct stages with intention. Kohli set the tempo, Padikkal delivered early disruption, and Patidar held the middle overs together before ripping the game open.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why the 93 may sit below the 112 on the all-time playoff record list, but above it in captaincy significance. In 2022, Patidar established himself as a playoff performer, and in 2026 he is presented as leading RCB into a final with one of the most commanding knocks of their history.<\/p>\n<p>This wasn\u2019t just a massive score\u2014it was described as a statement of temperament. RCB didn\u2019t wait for playoff night to reveal their mettle; they attacked the stage from the start. Patidar stood at the centre of that shift, converting what looked like a potentially dangerous platform into the biggest team innings IPL playoff cricket has ever produced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For years, RCB have treated playoff cricket like a place where hope goes to get bruised. 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