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Rajat Patidar Playoff Fastest Fifty Record: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) captain Rajat Patidar created history by batting brilliantly in the first qualifier of IPL 2026 being played against Gujarat Titans. He made the record of scoring the fastest fifty in the playoff stage of the tournament. Patidar completed his fifty in 21 balls with the help of 3 fours and 5 sixes. In the match, he played a brilliant inning of 93* runs.
With this, Patidar became the fastest batsman to score the fastest fifty for RCB in the playoff stage. Overall, Patidar became the third player to score the joint fastest half-century in a playoff match.
Like Patidar, Virender Sehwag and Dwayne Smith have also completed half-centuries in 21 balls each in playoff matches. Suresh Raina is at the first position in this list. Raina had completed half century in 16 balls against Punjab Kings in 2014.
Fastest Fifty in IPL Knockout/Playoff matches (on the basis of balls)
16 Ball- Suresh Raina vs Punjab Kings, Wankhede, 2014
17 balls- Adam Gilchrist vs Delhi Capitals, Centurion, 2009
20 balls- MS Dhoni vs Mumbai Indians, Bengaluru, 2012
21 balls- Dwayne Smith vs Chennai Super Kings, Delhi, 2013
21 Ball- Virender Sehwag vs Chennai Super Kings, Wankhede, 2014
21 Ball- Rajat Patidar vs Gujarat Titans, Dharamshala, 2026
Patidar scored runs at a strike rate of 281.82
In the match against Gujarat, Rajat Patidar played an inning of 93* runs in just 33 balls with the help of 5 fours and 9 sixes. During this period his strike rate was 281.82. This innings came from Patidar’s bat when batsmen like Venkatesh Iyer, Devdutt Padikkal and Tim David could not do anything special.
Gujarat got a big target
Bengaluru, which batted first, put 254 runs on the board for 5 wickets in 20 overs. Patidar played the biggest innings for the team. Now Gujarat will have to score 255 runs to win. It will be interesting to see which team wins the match and makes it to the direct finals.
Also read: Rajat Patidar show in Qualifier-1, Gujarat badly beaten; RCB made the biggest score