Defending Champions, Royal Challengers Bengaluru bt Former Champions / Runners Up, Gujarat Titans by 95 runs to enter their 04th Final

BCCI TATA 19th Indian Premier League T20 Franchise Championship 2026 – Play Off Stage – Dharamshala, State of Himachal Pradesh, Northern India – 68th Match – Qualifier 01

Royal Challengers Bengaluru put into bat, 254 / 5 – ( 20 Overs ) Skipper Rajat Patidar 93no ( 9×6, 5×4, 33 balls ), Virat Kohli 43, Krunal Pandya 43, Devdutt Padikkal 30 – Virat Kohli / Devdutt Padikkal 72 runs for the 02nd wicket, Rajat Patidar / Krunal Pandya 95 runs for the 04th wicket, Rajat Patidar / Jitesh Sharma 40 runs unbroken for the 05th wicket – Jason Holder 2 / 39, Kagiso Rabada 2 / 54.

Gujarat Titans in reply, 162 all out – ( 19.3 Overs )
Rahul Tewatia 68 ( 4×6, 8×4, 43 balls ), Joseph Buttler 29 – lost the first 08 wickets for the addition of 71 runs – Rahul Tewatia / Mohammed Siraj 68 runs for the 09th wicket – Jacob Duffy 3 / 39, Krunal Pandya 2 / 16, Rasikh Salam 2 / 24, Bhuvneshwar Kumar 2 / 28, Josh Hazlewood 02 catches.

Player of the Match : Rajat Patidar – Royal Challengers Bengaluru