Bengaluru: Gujarat Titans beat Royal Challengers Bangalore in the last league match of the current IPL season. Gujarat won by 6 wickets. Royal Challengers Bangalore are out of the first round with this defeat. Mumbai Indians have entered the play-offs as the fourth team due to Bengaluru’s defeat.
Gujarat team chased down the target of winning by scoring 198 runs in this match. Saha and Subman Gill opened the innings. Saha is out for 12 runs. Vijay Shankar came next and put on a 123-run partnership with Gill.
Vijay Shankar, who started the innings calmly, picked up the pace. He lost his wicket after scoring 53 runs off 35 balls. His innings included 7 fours and 2 sixes. Shanaka and David Miller were out for single-digit runs.
Subman Gill, who remained unbeaten till the end, scored 104 runs off 52 balls. His innings included 5 fours and 8 sixes. Gujarat won by 198 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in 19.1 overs.
Earlier, Bengaluru’s skipper Du Plessi and Virat Kohli opened the innings when they batted first. The two put on a partnership of 67 runs. Doublesi lost his wicket for 28 runs.
Maxwell and Lomror, who followed, lost wickets in successive overs. Kohli then put on a 47-run partnership with Bracewell.
Bracewell was out for 26 runs. Dinesh Karthik, who came next, got out in the very first ball without scoring a run. Virat Kohli, who played steady at the other end, crossed the century in 60 balls. With this, Kohli has set the record of being the player who scored the highest century in IPL cricket. It is noteworthy that he has scored a century in subsequent matches.
At the end of 20 overs, Bengaluru scored 197 runs for the loss of 5 wickets. The difference between the two teams in this match is the sixes. Bengaluru team hit a total of 3 sixes in their innings. Gujarat hit 10 sixes.
The play-offs? The Qualifier 1 and Eliminator matches of the current season will be held at Chennai – Chepakkam Cricket Ground. Gujarat and Chennai teams are playing in Qualifier 1 match. Lucknow and Mumbai will play in the eliminator match.
Shubman Gill seals off the chase with a MAXIMUM @gujarat_titans finish the league stage on a high #TATAIPL | #RCBvGT pic.twitter.com/bZQJ0GmZC6
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