In the last matches of the league stage of IPL 2026, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) captain Rajat Patidar’s bat has roared fiercely. Even though RCB had to face defeat against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) on the night of Friday, May 22, captain Patidar has registered his name in golden letters in the pages of history with his brilliant batting. Rajat Patidar played a captaincy inning of 56 runs in the match, which included 6 fours and 1 skyscraper six. With this only six he has completed his 100 sixes in IPL.
The amazing thing is that Rajat Patidar has now become the batsman in IPL history to complete a century of sixes faster than the biggest T20 legend Chris Gayle. However, despite this historical record, he has not been able to leave behind the top-2 batsmen in this list.
Created history by playing 10 balls less than Chris Gayle
Rajat Patidar took just 933 balls to complete his 100 sixes in IPL. With this, he has become the batsman to score a century of sixes in the least number of balls by any Indian. Before him, T20’s ‘Universe Boss’ Chris Gayle had taken 943 balls to reach this milestone. Patidar has now reached the third position in this elite list by playing 10 balls less than Gayle.
Russell and Puran’s reign continues
In the list of batsmen who have hit 100 IPL sixes in the fewest balls, two dreaded West Indies players are in the top-2:
Andre Russell: Andre Russell of Kolkata Knight Riders is at number one in this list. He had completed 100 sixes in just 657 balls. He is the only batsman in the world who has achieved this feat by playing less than 800 balls.
Nicholas Puran: Nicholas Puran of Lucknow Super Giants is at second place in this list, who took 884 balls to touch this magical figure.
Top-6 players who hit 100 sixes in the fewest balls in IPL:
| player name | balls taken |
|---|---|
| 1. Andre Russell | 657 balls |
| 2. Nicholas Pooran | 884 balls |
| 3. Rajat Patidar* | 933 balls |
| 4. Chris Gayle | 943 balls |
| 5. Sunil Narine | 950 balls |
| 6. Shivam Dubey | 992 balls |
RCB won even after losing
If we talk about the match, Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated RCB by 55 runs in the 67th match of IPL 2026. Batting first, SRH scored a mountain-like score of 255 runs for 4 wickets thanks to the stormy innings of Abhishek Sharma (56 runs), Ishan Kishan (79 runs) and Heinrich Klaasen (51 runs).
In reply, RCB had two big equations. He had to score 166 runs to remain in the top-2 and more than 178 runs to get the number-1 position in the points table. Thanks to the partnership of 84 runs in 58 balls for the fourth wicket between captain Rajat Patidar (56 runs) and Krunal Pandya (41 not out), RCB scored 200 runs after losing 4 wickets in 20 overs. In this way, even after losing the match, RCB remained on top of the points table.
Complete mathematics of net run rate and playoff schedule
At the end of the league stage, all three teams RCB, Gujarat Titans and Sunrisers Hyderabad had 18 points each, but the position was decided on the basis of better net run rate:
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB): Net Run Rate +0.783 (1st position)
Gujarat Titans (GT): Net Run Rate +0.695 (2nd place)
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH): Net Run Rate +0.524 (3rd place)
After this equation, now in the first qualifier match, number-1 RCB will face number-2 Gujarat Titans on May 26 at Dharamshala ground. At the same time, Sunrisers Hyderabad will now have to play the eliminator match on 27th May.
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