IPL 2023: Kohli’s efforts were ruined by Gill’s might, RCB’s play-off dream dashed

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Bengaluru : Royal Challengers Bangalore faced defeat in the match against Gujarat Titans at the Chinnaswamy Stadium here. RCB’s dream of going to the playoffs was shattered.

Gujarat Titans won the toss and put Royal Challengers to bat first. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Bangalore team laid a solid foundation for the team by scoring 67 runs for the first wicket on the basis of the explosive batting of captain Fap Duplessis and Virat Kohli.

Both these players continued their consistent batting while Faf Duplessis dismissed Noor Ahmed for 28 runs. After this, Maxwell and Mahipal Lomarov took early wickets and RCB were in trouble.

Despite all this, Virat Kohli, who continued his excellent batting performance, played an unbeaten century of 101 runs in just 61 balls with the help of 13 fours and a huge six. In this way, he not only scored two consecutive centuries in this IPL tournament but also registered his seventh century. Michael Braswell supported Kohli’s 26 and Anuj Rawat scored 23 runs. In the end, Royal Challengers Bangalore scored 197 runs for the loss of five wickets in 20 overs.

Chasing a competitive total of 198 given by the Bangalore-based side, the Gujarat team rode on explosive batting from Shubman Gill and Vijay Shankar to win with five balls to spare.

Shubman Gill, who performed brilliant batting for Gujarat, scored 104 runs in just 52 balls with the help of eight sixes and five fours, while Vijay Shankar scored 53 runs in 35 balls with the help of seven fours and two sixes. In the end, the team of Gujarat Titans scored 198 runs for the loss of four wickets in 19.1 overs and achieved the target of victory by scoring SS.

In this way, the dream of RCB, who is dreaming of play-off, has been shattered with the defeat in this match. On the other hand, Mumbai Indians, who wanted to defeat RCB, have now easily reached the playoffs.