Rajat Patidar made a big record, became only the third captain after Dhoni-Rohit to achieve this feat in IPL.

IPL 2026: Royal Challengers Bangalore has won the IPL title for the second consecutive time. Royal Challengers Bangalore won the trophy for the second time by defeating Gujarat Titans by 5 wickets in the match played at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on 31 May. With this victory, RCB captain Rajat Patidar has created history. In fact, after MS Dhoni and Rohit Sharma, Rajat Patidar has become only the third captain to win the IPL title twice consecutively.

Royal Challengers Bangalore has won the IPL title for the second consecutive time. RCB won its IPL title after 17 years in the last season IPL 2025. Now the RCB team has made a record by winning the second consecutive trophy under the captaincy of Rajat Patidar. In fact, Rajat Patidar has now become only the third captain to win the trophy twice in IPL.

Before Rajat Patidar, Rohit Sharma and MS Dhoni had won the IPL title twice consecutively. Under the captaincy of MS Dhoni, Chennai Super Kings won the IPL trophy in 2010 and 2011. After this, under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, Mumbai Indians team won the IPL trophy in the years 2019 and 2020. Now under the captaincy of Rajat Patidar, the Royal Challengers Bangalore team has won the titles for the year 2025 and 2026.