Stats Highlights: RCB and Patidar shatter records in Qualifier 1 rout

Stats highlights from Royal Challengers Bengaluru's massive 92-run win against Gujarat Titans in the first Qualifier in Dharamsala.

254/5 by RCB is the highest total in an IPL knockout/Play Off contest, surpassing 233/3 by GT against MI in Ahmedabad in Qualifier 2 in 2023. It is the third highest total for RCB and the first instance of a team scoring 250+ against GT.

Highest totals in IPL knockout/Play Offs

38 boundaries by RCB is the most by a side in an IPL knockout/Play Off game, surpassing 33 by CSK against DC in Qualifier 2 in 2012.

5 – Instances of a team hitting 250+ in a knockout or Play Off game in T20 competitions; four have come from Indian teams, all since December 2025.

92 runs – The winning margin for RCB, the second highest in an IPL knockout/Play Off game, behind RR's 105-run win against DC at Wankhede in 2008. It is GT's second biggest margin of defeat by runs, only behind the 99-run loss to MI in Ahmedabad earlier this season.

Kohli breaks more records

6 – Instances of Kohli aggregating 600+ runs in an IPL edition – the most by a player. This is the fourth consecutive year Kohli has scored 600+ runs, the first player to do so.

Most 600+ run seasons in IPL

7 – 50+ partnerships between Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal – the joint second most for a pair in an IPL season, behind only eight between Kohli and Faf du Plessis in IPL 2023.

Patidar smashes in Play Offs again

338 – Runs scored by Rajat Patidar in IPL knockout/Play Off matches. His strike rate of 193.14 and average of 112.66 are both the best for a batter in these games. He has smashed 24 sixes off 175 balls (balls per six 7.3), the fourth most behind Suresh Raina (40 sixes), MS Dhoni (28 sixes), and Kieron Pollard (25 sixes).

9 – Sixes by Patidar in Dharamsala is the second most by a player in IPL knockout/Play Offs, behind Shubman Gill's 10 against MI in Ahmedabad in 2023.

Patidar in IPL knockout/Play Offs

18 wickets by Kagiso Rabada in Powerplay in IPL 2026 – the most by a bowler in the first six overs in a season. He surpassed 17 by Mohammed Shami (also for GT) in 2023.

GT's seamers have taken 31 wickets in this phase in 2026, the most by a pace attack in an IPL edition, bettering 30 by MI in 2013.

35 sixes conceded by Rabada – the most by a bowler in an IPL edition, surpassing 34 by Anshul Kamboj, also in 2026.

68 – The ninth-wicket stand of 68 between Rahul Tewatia and Mohammed Siraj is the second highest for the ninth wicket or lower in IPL, behind the 83-run stand between Rashid Khan and Alzarri Joseph against MI at Wankhede in 2023.