NEW DELHI: Royal Challengers Bengaluru secured a dominant four-wicket victory over Gujarat Titans for his or her third consecutive IPL 2024 win on Saturday.
This was RCB’s fourth win in 11 matches, which propelled them from final place to seventh, preserving their slim playoff hopes alive.
Chasing a modest goal of 148, Du Plessis (64) and Kohli (42) supplied a robust begin with a 92-run partnership in 35 balls, securing the win with 6.2 overs to spare at Bengaluru’s M. Chinnaswamy Stadium.
Du Plessis’s departure triggered a mini-collapse, as Gujarat struck again with wickets from Joshua Little and Noor Ahmad, leaving RCB at 117-6 when Kohli fell. Wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik (21) and Swapnil Singh (15) then ensured a easy end with an unbroken 35-run stand, guiding the staff residence with out additional bother.
In the meantime, Gujarat Titans’s scenario stays precarious, as they suffered their seventh loss in 11 matches.
After the defeat, Gujarat Titans captain Shubman Gill rued not having an additional bowling choice within the facet.
“All of it is determined by the wicket, you see the primary couple of overs. You get an thought and also you play in line with that. I feel 170-180 on this wicket would have been an excellent whole,” Gill mentioned.
“I feel how we batted within the powerplay and the way we bowled within the powerplay, that made a distinction. We’d have an additional bowling choice (had we not misplaced early wickets.) By no means simple. It is necessary for us to start out from zero (within the subsequent recreation), want to maneuver on,” he mentioned.
“Many positives to take from this recreation, want to verify we do not repeat our errors. It is all about successful every part we are able to from right here on,” Gill added.
This was RCB’s fourth win in 11 matches, which propelled them from final place to seventh, preserving their slim playoff hopes alive.
Chasing a modest goal of 148, Du Plessis (64) and Kohli (42) supplied a robust begin with a 92-run partnership in 35 balls, securing the win with 6.2 overs to spare at Bengaluru’s M. Chinnaswamy Stadium.
Du Plessis’s departure triggered a mini-collapse, as Gujarat struck again with wickets from Joshua Little and Noor Ahmad, leaving RCB at 117-6 when Kohli fell. Wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik (21) and Swapnil Singh (15) then ensured a easy end with an unbroken 35-run stand, guiding the staff residence with out additional bother.
In the meantime, Gujarat Titans’s scenario stays precarious, as they suffered their seventh loss in 11 matches.
After the defeat, Gujarat Titans captain Shubman Gill rued not having an additional bowling choice within the facet.
“All of it is determined by the wicket, you see the primary couple of overs. You get an thought and also you play in line with that. I feel 170-180 on this wicket would have been an excellent whole,” Gill mentioned.
“I feel how we batted within the powerplay and the way we bowled within the powerplay, that made a distinction. We’d have an additional bowling choice (had we not misplaced early wickets.) By no means simple. It is necessary for us to start out from zero (within the subsequent recreation), want to maneuver on,” he mentioned.
“Many positives to take from this recreation, want to verify we do not repeat our errors. It is all about successful every part we are able to from right here on,” Gill added.
