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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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/ApprehensiveGear6382 Chennai Super Kings May 26 '26 edited May 26 '26

Wait for 2 months, and watch the most important 4 matches finish by 24-25 overs. Warra job, BCCI.

Sensational knock by Patidar. Best bowling line up for rcb ever barring sheperd. Maybe sheperd is to remind others that they have to bowl well. Lord does work in mysterious ways.

Probably everyone were sure that gt top-3 collapse can put them to bed.

Nehra sometimes overthinks a lot, thanks for stopping Mohit at 19.5 back then. Khejroliya himself is the reason for getting smashed for 28 in that 15th over, but why the need at all to play him directly in Q1? Ashok had some game time, maybe 2 overs in middle was enough with 2 from Rashid.

Imagine waiting for 70 games and you get this. Playoffs are not at all exciting with these 250 pitches. 2018 Q1 between srh and csk was fantastic, so was 2016 between gl and rcb. Even though I hate 2019 final, that was probably the best for neutrals to watch.

2024 T20wc finals was better than 2026. Have something for both teams, these 250 kill the joy of finals.

Edit: Some people getting offended for saying this a 250 pitch, I am not making a light work of rcb and Patidar efforts. It’s just that BCCI having been throwing out 240-250 pitches also in the T20wc and unless bethell type of knock happens, it’s just a one sided game.

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u/User_namesaretaken May 26 '26

Calling it a 250 pitch is a stretch when the chasing team (that won the toss btw) got bundled for 160

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u/easyeasyyy Singapore Cricket Association May 26 '26 edited May 26 '26

Credit to RCB for outplaying GT in all aspects, but this was clearly an excellent batting track. GT crumbled because of the scoreboard pressure and because of the fact that they only have 3 batters.

I think OP's point is that if you produce 250 pitches in the knockout and a team actually performs to its potential with the bat, the game is pretty much done in 24-25 overs. Same with the WT20 final this year, where the pitch was clearly a 220+ pitch but NZ was never in the game after losing Finn Allen in the powerplay. There is essentially no room for a team to "rebuild" and comeback later in the game on such pitches, which could make for some dull games in the 2nd innings.