Royal Challengers Bengaluru will face Gujarat Titans in the IPL 2026 Final on May 31 in Ahmedabad. (ANI) TimesofIndia.com in Dharamsala: Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s (RCB) journey into back-to-back IPL finals has not been driven by a single superstar season or a one-man rescue act. For years, RCB were defined by individuals, a franchise with giant…
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3 min readMay 28, 2026 09:11 AM IST After winning the IPL in his first season as Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) captain, Rajat Patidar didn’t rest on his laurels, working on fine-tuning his technique to dominate the bowlers even more as he went about guiding his team to a sturdy defence of their crown. Patidar…
4 min readMay 26, 2026 10:33 PM IST When Royal Challengers Bengaluru walked into Qualifier 1 against Gujarat Titans, most of the attention was on the bigger stars. But by the end of the night in Dharamsala, it was Rajat Patidar who had taken control of IPL playoff week, proving that he indeed was a…
File photo of RCB captain Rajat Patidar. TimesofIndia.com in Dharamsala: For a long time, Rajat Patidar‘s career seemed defined by one phrase: “so near, yet so far.”The swashbuckling batter was scoring heaps of runs in domestic cricket with little recognition. After a poor IPL in 2021, he was even released by Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB),…
