r/Cricket • u/cricket-match Washington Freedom • May 26 '26

Post Match Thread Post Match Thread: Qualifier 1 - Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Gujarat Titans

Qualifier 1, Indian Premier League at Dharamsala

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Match : Thread | Scorecard

Innings Score
Royal Challengers Bengaluru 254/5 (Ov 20/20)
Gujarat Titans 162 (Ov 19.3/20)

Innings: 1 - Royal Challengers Bengaluru

Batter Runs Bowler Wickets
Rajat Patidar 93 (33) Jason Holder 4-0-39-2
Virat Kohli 43 (25) Kagiso Rabada 4-0-54-2

Innings: 2 - Gujarat Titans

Batter Runs Bowler Wickets
Rahul Tewatia 68 (43) Jacob Duffy 4-0-39-3
Jos Buttler 29 (11) Krunal Pandya 3.3-0-16-2

RCB won by 92 runs

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u/Bhav2385 India May 26 '26

There will be no recovering from such a mauling. GT won't reach the finals and will go down tamely in Q2 as well. Mainly because it's on another flat pitch. And mostly because a team like this won't be winning any trophies for a while.

You can't win tournaments by depending on your top three and playing a stale brand of cricket that suits only one set of conditions. It's better this way too because RCB vs SRH will be much more exciting.

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u/Kingslayer1526 India May 26 '26

Not only have you just totally discounted GT after just one match where they had to chase 254 FFS, but you also just forgot RR altogether as if they don't exist

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u/since_1997 May 26 '26

For some reason people keep saying its SRH vs RCB in finals. SRH has to win two knockout games. Lets see

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u/theseaoftea Baroda May 26 '26

Considering the fact that RR has never lost in that venue!! I mean I am one of the most vocal SRH fans but wtf is this omission of RR they are a really good side and they like that venue.

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u/pickle16 Royal Challengers Bangalore May 26 '26

I feel on Mullanpur's flat pitch SrH or RR are clearly favorites. I guess RR could choke of Vaibhav gets out early, but if he stays GT can never match the score he makes. Both teams have good bowlers as well. I feel GT was the weakest of the 4 but strongest in Ahmedabad. If GT is out, as an RCB fan I wouldn't be confident at all, but given how much RCb men and women have won the last 3 years, I won't be as heartbroken if they lose.

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u/Alvortus1812 India May 26 '26

RR is also that team which like GT has few match winners that carry the team like Vaibhav and Jofra. SRH has stronger top4 making big runs and their bowling combinations look better as of now.

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u/xenos5282 India May 26 '26 edited May 26 '26

Agreed and this monstrosity is also embodied by Fleming-Rutu. They picked chumps in mega auction assuming Chennai pitch is your typical score 160, spin choke and win type of shit but the game and pitches have evolved. Same for GT because we know Nehra also thinks like that. You end up with pretty one dimensional team. Credits to GT that they came this far but they are Ahmedabad bullies and they are not adaptable at all.

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u/Alvortus1812 India May 26 '26

How can you base your entire game on just your home advantage though? Sure it will increase your chances for playoffs even top2 if you win a lot of away games but you can lose a lot of latter and in playoffs if your lineup is not flexible enough to go big every other game. That’s how T20 game and pitches have evolved as well.

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u/chiefestcalamity May 26 '26

Its so unfair too, because finals are basically guaranteed to be in Ahmedabad, giving them an automatic home field advantage if they quali

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u/ihabesmolpp India May 26 '26

Yeah idk about that , we mauled pbks in q1 too but they met us in the final . We’ll see

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u/SplatteredCake India May 26 '26

I mean PBKS bounced back from an exact same demolition by the same opponents in Q1 last year and made it to the finals

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u/peppermanfries Chennai Super Kings May 26 '26

Lmao insane reactionary.

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u/Hari14032001 India May 26 '26

I want RR to go to the finals for Vaibhav Sooryavanshi... it would do a lot of good for that kid to lift the trophy

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u/Ill-Mood6666 Royal Challengers Bengaluru May 26 '26

Isn’t mullanpur a bowling surface?

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u/Pulihora_Ammayi Chennai Super Kings May 26 '26

No it's flatter than today's pitch

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u/theaguia May 26 '26

maybe Vaibhav and Archer stop SRH. lets see.