Royal Challengers Bengaluru are now placed seventh, moving up three spots, while the Gujarat Titans have gone down to the 9th spot.
RCB vs GT Highlights: Better late than never. The Royal Challengers Bengaluru are finally hitting their stride. The Faf du Plessis-led side have claimed a third consecutive win and have kept themselves alive in the IPL 2024 Playoff race. Facing the Gujarat Titans back-to-back, RCB handed them yet another defeat as they moved from the 10th to 7th spot on the points table.
Kohli & Faf end the match in the powerplay
The match was already over after the end of the powerplay in the second inning. The Gujarat Titans scored 23/2 in their first six overs, while the Royal Challengers Bengaluru scored 92/1. More than four times what GT had scored and needed just 56 runs from 84 balls to seal a third consecutive win. Virat Kohli combined scored 106 runs, ensuring they breezed to the target.
GT shows heart as RCB survives collapse
At one point, Bengaluru were 92/0 in 5.4 overs. In the next four overs, they lost six wickets for just 25 runs. They scored just 6.25 runs an over and lost a wicket on every fourth. At 117/6, it seemed like the unthinkable would happen. Luckily for RCB, experienced Dinesh Karthik was there and took his side home with a brisk 21 (12).
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Another catch of the tournament contender
Vijaykumar Vyshak ended up with figures of 3.3-0-23-2, but it turns out his two wickets weren’t the most impressive things he did today. The right arm grabbed a screamer at the third-man region. With the dangerous Rahul Tewatia still at the crease, the match wasn’t over. but Vyshak had other plans. He threw his body at the ball and ensured that the Gujarat Titans didn’t come back into the RCB vs GT match.
Scintillating Siraj
Mohammed Siraj is back. The right arm, who had been struggling in the IPL 2024, hasn’t come good for the Royal Challengers Bengaluru. Siraj had taken just two wickets in the powerplay in his previous nine matches and took a similar number of wickets in two overs today. His opening spell saw the Gujarat Titans register the lowest powerplay score of the IPL 2024 season.
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