{"id":19148,"date":"2026-05-27T01:17:58","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T01:17:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/2026\/05\/27\/rajat-patidar-stands-alongside-ms-dhoni-and-rohit-sharma-in-historic-ipl-captaincy-record-cricket-news\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T01:17:58","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T01:17:58","slug":"rajat-patidar-stands-alongside-ms-dhoni-and-rohit-sharma-in-historic-ipl-captaincy-record-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/?p=19148","title":{"rendered":"Rajat Patidar stands alongside MS Dhoni and Rohit Sharma in historic IPL captaincy record | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-131336462,imgsize-56070,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/patidar-dhoni-rohit-2705.jpg\" alt=\"Rajat Patidar stands alongside MS Dhoni and Rohit Sharma in historic IPL captaincy record\" title=\"Rajat Patidar, MS Dhoni and Rohit Sharma (BCCI\/IPL Photo)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Rajat Patidar, MS Dhoni and Rohit Sharma (BCCI\/IPL Photo)\">Rajat Patidar, MS Dhoni and Rohit Sharma (BCCI\/IPL Photo)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: Royal Challengers Bengaluru skipper <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/rajat-patidar\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Rajat Patidar<\/a> carved his name deeper into IPL folklore as he powered the defending champions into a second straight final with a dominant 92-run win over Gujarat Titans in Qualifier 1 at Dharamsala on Tuesday.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>Powered by a clinical all-round display, RCB completely outplayed GT in every department to storm into the IPL 2026 final, moving one step closer to a rare back-to-back title triumph.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>The standout moment of the night came from Patidar, who delivered yet another explosive playoff masterclass. He remained unbeaten on a blistering 93 off just 33 balls, smashing 9 sixes and striking at an astonishing 281.82 as he tore apart the GT bowling attack.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>With this feat, Patidar joined an elite group of captains who have led their teams to consecutive IPL finals. He is now only the fifth skipper in tournament history to achieve the milestone, alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/ms-dhoni\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">MS Dhoni<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/rohit-sharma\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Rohit Sharma<\/a>, Hardik Pandya and Shreyas Iyer.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"cdatainfo   id-r-component \" data-pos=\"19\">\n<ul>\n<li>Captains who have led their teams to back-to-back IPL finals:<\/li>\n<li>MS Dhoni (2010, 2011)<\/li>\n<li>Rohit Sharma (2019, 2020)<\/li>\n<li>Hardik Pandya (2022, 2023)<\/li>\n<li>Shreyas Iyer (2024, 2025)<\/li>\n<li>Rajat Patidar (2025, 2026)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/>RCB\u2019s consistency has also placed them in an elite bracket of franchises to reach successive finals as defending champions, alongside powerhouse teams such as Chennai Super Kings, Mumbai Indians and Gujarat Titans across different IPL eras.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/>The 92-run victory also stood out historically, ranking among the biggest wins in IPL playoff cricket in terms of margin of runs.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"cdatainfo   id-r-component \" data-pos=\"26\">\n<ul>\n<li>Biggest wins in IPL knockouts\/playoffs (by runs):<\/li>\n<li>105 RR vs DC (Wankhede, 2008)<\/li>\n<li>92 RCB vs GT (Dharamsala, 2026)<\/li>\n<li>86 CSK vs DC (Chennai, 2012)<\/li>\n<li>81 MI vs LSG (Chennai, 2023)<\/li>\n<li>71 RCB vs RR (Pune, 2015)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"27\"\/>GT, however, remain alive in the competition and will get another opportunity to reach the final when they face the winner of the Eliminator between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals in Qualifier 2 on Friday.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"29\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/ipl-2026\/rajat-patidar-stands-alongside-ms-dhoni-and-rohit-sharma-in-historic-ipl-captaincy-record\/articleshow\/131336452.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rajat Patidar, MS Dhoni and Rohit Sharma (BCCI\/IPL Photo) NEW DELHI: Royal Challengers Bengaluru skipper Rajat Patidar carved his name deeper into IPL folklore as he powered the defending champions into a second straight final with a dominant 92-run win over Gujarat Titans in Qualifier 1 at Dharamsala on Tuesday.Powered by a clinical all-round display,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19149,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19148\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}