India, May 27 -- Gujarat Titans knew they had to counter Rajat Patidar's stunning assault to ensure Royal Challengers don't make it to back-to-back IPL finals. In the process, they also chased the highest playoff score in history, but a determined RCB ensured GT had no chance, booking a place in the final to defend their title with a 92-run win in Qualifier 1 in Dharamsala.

Contrary to RCB's blitzkrieg at the start, GT never got going. Facing the excellence of Josh Hazlewood, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jacob Duffy in the Powerplay, Sai Sudharsan and Shubman Gill found it tough to disrupt their lengths.

Sudharsan's hit-wicket dismissal was rather unlucky but Bhuvi had Gill's number again. While Hazlewood had the last laugh against Jos Buttler...