Dharamshala, 26 May. On Tuesday night at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) Stadium, captain Rajat Patidar hit such a stormy half-century (93 not out, 33 balls, nine sixes, five fours) that Gujarat Titans (GT) could not recover till the end and defending champion Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) reached the final of the Tata Indian Premier League (IPL-19) for the second consecutive year with a thumping win of 92 runs in the first qualifier. Secured a place in.
defending champions Record score set in IPL playoffs
Constrained to bat first, RCB scored 254 runs for five wickets with Patidar’s record-breaking innings and his two valuable partnerships with Virat Kohli (43 runs, 25 balls, one six, five fours) and Krunal Pandya (43 runs, 28 balls, two sixes, five fours). This is the biggest score so far in the IPL playoffs. In this sequence, the record of 233 runs set by GT in 2023 against Mumbai Indians (MI) was left behind.
Tewatia’s fifty meaningless in front of Duffy and Company, Titans restricted to 162
When it came to chasing the difficult target, Jacob Duffy (3-39), Bhuvneshwar Kumar (2-28), Rasikh Salam (2-24), Krunal Pandya (2-16) and Josh Hazlewood (1-39) looked dominant and despite Rahul Tewatia’s half-century effort (68 runs, 43 balls, four sixes, eight fours), Shubman Gill’s team scored 162 in 19.3 overs. It fell apart on runs.
Titans now wait for Qualifier 2
While RCB is on the verge of defending the title with this spectacular win, GT will get another chance to enter the finals. In fact, the winning team of the eliminator played between Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) in New Chandigarh on Wednesday will now face the Titans in Qualifier 2 on the same ground on May 29. The winning team of that match will challenge RCB for the title on May 31 in Ahmedabad.
As captain, Patidar broke the previous record of sixes.
Overall, the main attraction of Qualifier 1 was Rajat Patidar, who decided the tone of the match in the first innings itself with his excellent batting. ‘Player of the Match’ Rajat took his tally to 41 in the current season with the help of nine sixes and became the batsman to hit the most sixes in the IPL as a captain. In this sequence, he broke the record of Shreyas Iyer, who had hit 39 sixes during the captaincy of Punjab Kings in the last season.
Highest strike rate in an innings of 90 or more runs
In fact, when Patidar came to bat, the team’s score was 2-93 runs in 8.2 overs. After this, on one side Patidar scored 93 runs on 33 balls while on the other side (including extra runs) the rest of the batsmen together scored 68 runs on 37 balls. The matter was not limited to this, but his strike rate in this inning was 281.81, which is the highest strike rate of any inning of more than 90 runs in the history of IPL. In this sequence, he also left behind Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s record of innings of 103 runs scored in 37 balls.
Partnership of 72 runs on 38 balls between Kohli and Padikkal
If we look at RCB’s innings, even though Venkatesh Iyer (19 runs, seven balls, one six, three fours) fell victim to Kagiso Rabada (2-54) in the second over. But Kohli, along with Devdutt Padikkal (30 runs, 19 balls, five fours), scored 72 runs in 38 balls for the second wicket.
Virat made a unique record, 500 against 8 teams+ run
If seen, Virat also made a unique record during his innings. Kohli, who has been participating in the IPL since the first season, also completed his 500 runs against the Titans today and with this he became the first batsman to score more than five hundred runs against eight teams in the IPL. He has also scored more than 500 runs against Punjab Kings, Chennai Super Kings, Delhi Capitals, Mumbai Indians, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders.
600 for the fourth consecutive session+ First batsman of IPL to score runs
Not only this, Kohli also reached the figure of 600 runs in this IPL season. He has become the first player in history to score 600 or more runs in four consecutive IPL seasons. In this sequence, Kohli had scored 973 runs in the year 2016, which is the most runs scored by any batsman in a single season of IPL.
Patidar and Pandya scored 95 runs in 47 balls.
Well, in the ninth over, Jason Holder (2-39) bowled Kohli and Padikkal also walked in the same over. But after this the colors of Patidar were seen. This 32-year-old batsman from Madhya Pradesh scored 95 runs in 47 balls along with Pandya for his second consecutive and fifth half-century in the current season. While Rabada took the second victim in the form of Pandya, Rajat gave the team a record score of the playoffs in the presence of Tim David (four runs) and Jitesh Sharma (15 not out, five balls, one six, one four).
Gujarat faltered in the very beginning in front of the mountain-like target, when Sai Sudarshan (14 runs, nine balls, three fours), who started fast, was strangely hit wicket against Duffy in the third over. Actually, due to the fast shot, the ball flew towards the boundary, but the bat left the hand and hit the stump directly.
8 Gujarat batsmen had returned within 88 runs.
On the other hand, captain Shubhman Gill (two runs) and Jos Buttler (29 runs, 11 balls, two sixes, four fours) also came under the target of Bhuvi and Hazlewood respectively in consecutive overs. Whereas Rasikh Salam took two wickets in the sixth over. The line of wickets was so tight that eight batsmen had returned at 88 in the 12th over.
Tewatia reduced the margin of defeat with a partnership of 68 runs with Siraj
Well, Tewatia, who landed at seventh position, reduced the margin of defeat of the team a bit with his only half-century of the season and the second of his IPL career. During this, before being out on the ball of Bhuvi as the ninth batsman, he bowled Mohd. Keeping Siraj (five runs, one four) standing at one end, he also made the biggest partnership of 68 runs.
wednesday match : : Eliminator – Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals (New Chandigarh, 7.30 pm).
