Virat Kohli now has more IPL runs than in Test:Records in galore for Rajat Patidar, joins bigwigs like Dhoni and Rohit

Royal Challengers Bengaluru have reached the IPL final for the second consecutive season. The team registered a victory by defeating the Gujarat Titans by 92 runs in Qualifier-1 played in Dharamshala. Many big records and memorable moments were seen in the match. Captain Rajat Patidar equalled MS Dhoni and Rohit Sharma with this win. He became the fifth captain to lead a team to two consecutive IPL finals. Patidar also performed brilliantly in batting and became the fastest Indian batsman to hit 200 sixes. He broke Abhishek Sharma’s record in this regard. Thanks to Patidar’s unbeaten innings of 93 runs, Bengaluru also posted the highest score in IPL playoff history. Meanwhile, Virat Kohli unlocked a new milestone as he surpassed his Test run threshold of 9230 runs in the IPL. Top Records of Bengaluru-Gujarat Match 1. Virat Kohli now has more IPL runs than he scored in Tests Virat Kohli surpassed his own Test runs mark in IPL and now has scored more runs in IPL than in his Test career. The RCB star crossed the 9230-run mark, the number of runs that Kohli has scored in his extensive red-ball career. Currently, RCB opener has scored 9261 runs in his IPL career so far. 2. Bengaluru is the third team to reach the IPL final the most times Bengaluru reached the IPL final for the fifth time. The team reached the final in 2009, 2011, 2016, 2025, and 2026. It is the third team to play the IPL final the most times. Chennai is at number one with a record 10 finals. Mumbai is in second place with 6 finals. 3. Bengaluru registered the second-biggest win in IPL playoffs Bengaluru registered a 92-run victory against Gujarat in Dharamshala. This is the second-biggest win in terms of runs in the IPL playoffs. Rajasthan is at number one, having achieved a 105-run victory against Delhi at Wankhede Stadium in 2008. 4. Patidar, the fifth captain to play two consecutive IPL finals Under Rajat Patidar’s captaincy, Bengaluru secured a spot in the final. As captain, Patidar became the fifth captain to reach the IPL final two or more consecutive times. Dhoni, captaining Chennai, played in the finals for 4 consecutive years in 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013. After that, he also led Chennai to the finals consecutively in 2018 and 2019. Meanwhile, Rohit Sharma led Mumbai to the finals in 2019 and 2020. 5. Rajat becomes the fastest Indian to hit 200 T20 sixes Patidar completed 200 sixes in T20 cricket in just 105 innings. He became the fastest Indian batsman to achieve this feat. He broke Abhishek Sharma’s record. Abhishek had hit 200 sixes in 125 innings. 6. Patidar equals Warner Patidar, playing an unbeaten innings of 93 runs as captain, equalled David Warner’s record. Both are now jointly at the top for the highest score as captain in the playoffs. 7. Rajat hit the second most sixes in a playoff innings Patidar hit 9 sixes against Gujarat, playing the second-highest six-hitting innings in IPL playoff history. Shubman Gill is in first place on this list with 10 sixes. 8. Patidar is the fourth batsman to hit the most sixes in IPL playoffs Patidar hit 9 sixes in his 93-run innings against Gujarat. With this, he now has 24 sixes in IPL playoffs. He became the fourth batsman to hit the most sixes in playoff matches. In this list, Suresh Raina is at number one with 40 sixes. While Dhoni is at number two with 28 sixes. 9. Patidar scored the third fastest half-century as a captain in the playoffs Patidar completed his half-century in just 21 balls. This is the third fastest fifty by a captain in IPL playoffs. Adam Gilchrist is at number one. He scored a fifty in 19 balls. Dhoni is at number two; in 2012, Dhoni completed his half-century against Mumbai in 20 balls. 10. Bengaluru scored 250+ for the fourth time Royal Challengers Bengaluru scored 250+ in T20s for the fourth time. The team has reached third place in this list. India and Sunrisers Hyderabad are ahead of them. 11. Bengaluru made the highest score in the IPL playoffs Bengaluru made the highest score in the IPL playoffs. They scored 254/5 against Gujarat. They broke Gujarat’s three-year-old record. Gujarat had scored 233/3 against Mumbai in 2023 at the Ahmedabad ground. 12. RCB made its third-highest IPL score Bengaluru scored 254 runs for the loss of 5 wickets against Gujarat on Tuesday. This is Bengaluru’s third-highest score in the IPL. The team made its highest score in the league against Pune Warriors India in 2013. They scored 263/5 at the Bengaluru ground. 13. Rabada becomes bowler with the most wickets in powerplay in a single season Kagiso Rabada took a wicket in the powerplay for the 18th time this season. He dismissed Venkatesh Iyer in Dharamshala. With this, he became the bowler with the most wickets in the powerplay in a single IPL season. He surpassed Mohammed Shami, who had taken 17 wickets in 2023. 14. Bhuvneshwar equalled the second-highest wickets for Bengaluru in a season Bhuvneshwar Kumar took 2 wickets in Qualifier-1. He took 26 wickets in IPL 2026. With this, he became the second bowler to take the most wickets for Bengaluru in an IPL season. Harshal Patel is in the first position, having taken a record 32 wickets in 2021. Wanindu Hasaranga also took 26 wickets in 2022.