Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Gujarat Titans Live Updates: Gujarat Titans skipper Hardik Pandya won the toss and asked the home team – Royal Challengers Bangalore to bat first – in the the last match of group stage of Indian Premier League 2023. The toss got delayed due to inclement weather. RCB had a near-perfect start with blazing shots by skipper Faf du Plessis and star batter Virat Kohli. But the spin attack by bowlers of Gujarat Titans first got Faf and soon, wickets kept tumbling for RCB. Kohli slammed a century, his seventh in this season to provide that much needed stability and big number on the board. This was back-to-back ton by King Kohli. Kohli has now scored 500+ runs in IPL 2023. Except him, no other RCB batter managed to stay on the crease for long time.
Equation was pretty simple out. Gujarat Titans are already into the playoffs. So, a loss didn’t change a thing for them. It was RCB that needed to win this match to qualify for the playoffs.
Indian Premier League, 2023
Royal Challengers Bangalore
197/5 (20.0)
Gujarat Titans
198/4 (19.1)
Match Ended ( Day – Match 70 )
Gujarat Titans beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 6 wickets
Gujarat Titans began their chase in an easy manner. Md Siraj removed Saha and it looked Challengers are ready to save the home. But since the fall of that wicket, both Shubhman Gill and Vijay Shankar punishing RCB bowlers. Gill has already got a 50 on the board and Shankar, who replaced Yash Dayal as impact sub, proved to be a steady ally. However, Vijaykumar Vyshak got rid of Shankar and GT lost another wicket in form of Dasun Shanaka. Md Siraj got the second wicket of the evening in form of David Miller. Gill kept batting till the end and slammed that winning shot to seal the deal for Titans.
Road to playoff
One more team that was following this match very closely – Mumbai Indians. Now that RCB have lost, they have got the last berth in IPL playoffs:
Here are key moments from RCB vs GT match:
GT Full Squad: Shubman Gill, Wriddhiman Saha(w), Sai Sudharsan, Hardik Pandya(c), David Miller, Dasun Shanaka, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Mohit Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Noor Ahmad, Yash Dayal, Srikar Bharat, Vijay Shankar, Darshan Nalkande, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Shivam Mavi, Matthew Wade, Alzarri Joseph, Abhinav Manohar, Odean Smith, Jayant Yadav, Pradeep Sangwan, Urvil Patel
RCB Full Squad: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis(c), Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Michael Bracewell, Anuj Rawat(w), Shahbaz Ahmed, Wayne Parnell, Harshal Patel, Karn Sharma, Mohammed Siraj, Dinesh Karthik, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Himanshu Sharma, Suyash Prabhudessai, Kedar Jadhav, Siddarth Kaul, Wanindu Hasaranga, Josh Hazlewood, Finn Allen, Manoj Bhandage, Akash Deep, Rajan Kumar, Avinash Singh, Sonu Yadav
According to multiple weather reports, rain could play a spoilsport in Bangalore today. There might be a thunderstorm or two and the temperature is expected to be around 23 degrees Celsius.
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