India, May 28 -- Royal Challengers Bengaluru director of cricket Mo Bobat credited the franchise's "collective contributions" and fearless identity after the defending champions thrashed Gujarat Titans in Qualifier 1 to storm into a second successive IPL final.

RCB, who piled up a massive 254 for five before bundling out GT for 162, were powered by skipper Rajat Patidar's blistering unbeaten 93 off 33 balls and an all-round bowling effort on Tuesday.

Bobat said the biggest takeaway from RCB's dominant run over the last two seasons was the number of players stepping up consistently in pressure situations.

"I'm especially pleased that we've got a number of people contributing to wins. We're not too dependent on one or two players with th...