Cricket Highlights, 21 May: IPL 2023 (Match 70) – Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Gujarat Titans

Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Gujarat Titans (Match 70) – Highlights

Royal Challengers Bangalore took on Gujarat Titans at home in the 70th match of the IPL on Sunday (May 21). Batting first in that match, Royal Challengers Bangalore set a good target in the 20 overs set by Virat Kohli’s batting. But chasing that target, Gujarat Titans reached the target before the end of the scheduled over. As a result, Royal Challengers Bangalore left the field with a loss of 6 wickets. Along with that, Shubman Gill won the man of the match title with his excellent batting.

As Shubman Gill smacks Wayne Parnell for a free-hit six, he celebrates in regal style. Because the second century in a row with that six and the team also scored a victory on that run. Lots of occasions at once! By that point, Royal Challengers Bangalore was doomed. Gujarat Titans have already advanced, thus Kohli’s team needed to win this game to secure a playoff spot.

However, Bangalore was dismissed after losing 5 wickets. On the other hand, Mumbai Indian’s community was currently celebrating thousands of miles away. Bengaluru’s win would have made them eliminated, but Rohit Sharma’s team now advanced to the playoffs.

After losing the toss, Bangalore made a huge collection of 197 runs for 5 wickets on the back of Virat Kohli’s second consecutive and historic century at the Chinnaswamy Stadium. On that day, no one else could play well for Royal Challengers Bangalore except Virat Kohli. Batting first, their two openers Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis made a pair of 67 runs in 7.1 overs. But then the incident happened.

Captain Faf du Plessis was caught out after scoring 28 runs off 19 balls with the help of 5 fours. After 1 over, Maxwell scored 11 runs in 5 balls with the help of 1 four and 1 six and left. After that, Mahipal came to the field, but he left the field after scoring 1 run.

Later, Mitchell Bracewell entered the field to accompany Virat. He also departed after scoring 26 runs off 16 balls with the help of 5 fours in the team’s 132-run. Then Dinesh Karthik returned to the dressing room after hitting the golden duck. Despite all this, Virat Kohli was firmly in his place on one side. In the end, he was unbeaten on 101 runs off 61 balls with 13 fours and 1 six.

This is Kohli’s seventh century in IPL. This marks the most hundreds by a batsman in this competition. The Indian batting sensation and Chris Gayle shared the record for the highest century in the previous game (6 hundred). In the following game, he set a record for himself.

Besides, Anuj Rawat was unbeaten on 23 runs off 15 balls. In the end, they set a target of 198 runs with 7 runs extra.

Noor Ahmed took 2 wickets for 39 runs in 4 overs for Gujarat Titans. Besides, Mohammad Shami, Yash Dayal, and Rashid Khan took 1 wicket each.

In reaction to Kohli’s century, Shubman Gill, who was put in to bat with a target of 198 runs, achieved a century. It is also his second consecutive century. After playing a game-winning innings of 104 runs off 52 balls, the opener continued to be unblemished. His stunning innings included 8 sixes and 5 fours.

In that match, Vijay and Gill made a 123-run partnership off 71-ball. Vijay Shankar scored 53 runs off 35 balls. Besides, Wriddhiman Saha scored 12 runs. In the end, Gujarat secured victory with 19 runs extra with 5 balls to spare.

Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Gujarat Titans Scoreboard

Royal Challengers Bangalore – 197/5 (20.0)

Gujarat Titans – 198/4 (19.1)

Result – Gujarat Titans won by 6 wickets

Player of the match – Shubman Gill

Shubman Gill

Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Gujarat Titans Playing XIs