Overview
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru beat Gujarat Titans by 92 runs on Tuesday after Patidar hit an unbeaten 93 off 33 balls to power RCB to 254 for 5, and Gujarat were bowled out for 162 in 19.3 overs.
- Kagiso Rabada dropped Patidar at deep square leg early in the late surge and analysts say that reprieve led to 114 runs in the last six overs that turned the match decisively in RCB’s favour.
- Bhuvneshwar Kumar took 3 for 28 in a tight opening spell to support RCB’s bowlers and reclaimed the Purple Cap as the tournament’s leading wicket-taker.
- Gujarat remain alive in the playoffs and must win Qualifier 2 against the Eliminator winner, which will be either Sunrisers Hyderabad or Rajasthan Royals, for another chance at the final.
- Patidar’s captaincy keeps him among five skippers to reach back‑to‑back IPL finals and analytical pieces using a WPA Impact Index model valued his single‑match impact at about ₹11.02 crore while assigning a modeled ₹2.81 crore cost to Rabada’s dropped catch, with both figures presented as editorial model outputs rather than real transactions.