Rajat Patidar has now become the legendary captain, entered Dhoni-Rohit’s club after capturing the IPL 2026 trophy.
RCB Captain Rajat Patidar Record as a Captian: Royal Challengers Bangalore captured the IPL 2026 title by defeating Gujarat Titans by 5 wickets at the Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium in Ahmedabad. This was not just a victory but a historic moment for the entire team. Earlier, under the leadership of captain Rajat Patidar, RCB had won the trophy for the first time by defeating Punjab Kings in the final of IPL 2025 last year. Now by defeating Gujarat Titans, this is the second time that the team has captured the IPL trophy consecutively.
Rajat Patidar enters Dhoni-Rohit’s club
This victory was special for Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Rajat Patidar. Now he has come third in the list of captains who have captured the IPL title twice consecutively. Before this, Mahendra Singh Dhoni for Chennai Super Kings and Rohit Sharma for Mumbai Indians have won the IPL trophy twice in a row under their captaincy. Mahendra Singh Dhoni had given IPL trophy to CSK in the year 2010 and 2011. At the same time, Rohit Sharma had led Mumbai Indians to title victory in 2019 and 2020.
Captain who won two consecutive titles in IPL
| place | captain’s name | year and team |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mahendra Singh Dhoni | 2010, 2011 (Chennai Super Kings) |
| 2 | Rohit Sharma | 2019, 2020 (Mumbai Indians) |
| 3 | Rajat Patidar | 2025, 2026 (Royal Challengers Bangalore) |
match status
In the final of IPL 2026, RCB captain Rajat Patidar won the toss and decided to bowl. After this, Bengaluru bowlers proved their captain’s decision right and restricted Gujarat Titans to 155 runs in 20 overs. Then Virat Kohli completed the remaining gap in batting. Chasing the score given by Gujarat Titans, Bengaluru achieved the target with 2 overs and 5 wickets remaining, thanks to Virat Kohli’s confident and explosive innings.
Virat Kohli scored unbeaten 75 runs
Virat Kohli performed brilliantly with the bat in this historic win for RCB. He remained on the field from the beginning till RCB won. He played an unbeaten half-century of 75 runs in 42 balls with the help of 9 fours and 3 sixes. Apart from Kohli, opener Venkatesh Iyer scored 32 runs in 16 balls.
At the same time, captain Rajat Patidar scored 15 runs, Tim David scored 24 runs and wicketkeeper batsman Jitesh Sharma remained unbeaten after scoring 11 runs. Rashid Khan took 2 wickets for Gujarat Titans. Whereas, Mohammad Siraj, Kagiso Rabada and Arshad Khan got 1 wicket each.
Also read: RCB became the champion of IPL 2026, captured the title for the second consecutive time by defeating Gujarat Titans by 5 wickets in the final.
In batting, Gujarat Titans were greatly disappointed by their top order. Shubman Gill, Sai Sudarshan, Jos Buttler and Nishant Sandhu failed to play big innings in this important match against RCB. Sai Sudarshan 12, Shubhman Gill 10, Josser Butler 19 and Nishant Sandhu returned to the pavilion after scoring 20 runs. Washington Sundar played the highest unbeaten half-century of 50 runs for GT. He scored these runs in 37 balls with the help of 5 fours. Apart from this, Arshad Khan was out after scoring only 15 runs.
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