Shubman Gill loses cool as GT's costly blunders hand Rajat Patidar two lifelines

NEW DELHI: Shubman Gill looked visibly furious aft Rajat Patidar was handed 2 lifelines during the IPL 2026 Qualifier 1 clash betwixt Gujarat Titans and Royal Challengers Bengaluru successful Dharamsala connected Tuesday.The melodramatic moments unfolded successful the 13th implicit bowled by Prasidh Krishna erstwhile Patidar was batting connected 20, and the missed opportunities proved costly for GT.

On the precise archetypal shot of the over, Patidar astir handed GT a wicket. Prasidh bowled a hard-length transportation connected mediate stump and the RCB skipper attempted to whip it towards the limb side. However, helium closed the bat look excessively aboriginal and ended up getting a monolithic starring edge. The shot ballooned precocious implicit the wicketkeeper’s caput arsenic Jos Buttler ran backwards and Jason Holder sprinted crossed from 3rd man.

But some fielders failed to justice it decently and the shot dropped safely betwixt them, allowing Patidar to flight and prime up 2 runs.Just 2 balls later, Patidar got different lifeline. Prasidh erstwhile again banged the shot successful abbreviated connected a hard magnitude and Patidar went for an assertive propulsion shot. He failed to mediate it and lone managed a apical borderline towards the deep. Kagiso Rabada charged successful from the boundary, got some hands to the shot portion sliding forward, but could not clasp connected to the catch.Gill looked visibly frustrated aft the 2nd missed accidental arsenic GT’s sloppy fielding handed Patidar 2 important reprieves successful a high-pressure knockout contest.Patidar went connected to people a fractional period disconnected conscionable 21 balls.