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Commentary
Mumbai, May 19: Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Gujarat Titans by 8 wickets on Thursday (May 19) to remain in the race for this year’s playoffs.
Virat Kohli finally showed the vintage touch while making 73 off 54 balls that anchored RCB’s strong chase of 169.
Once Kohli and Faf du Plessis added more than 100 runs for the first wicket, there was no doubt over the result of the match.
Earlier, Hardik Pandya played a fine knock of 62 off 47 balls with 4 fours and 3 sixes to guide Gujarat Titans to 168 for 5 in the allotted 20 overs.
David Miller gave him good support with 34 off 25 balls and Rashid Khan played a little blinder with a 6-ball 19.
However, those cameos might just have come a bit late in the day as the RCB bowlers had placed the GT batsmen on a tight leash in the middle overs and also plucked wickets at regular intervals.
FOUR! Lockie Ferguson to Glenn Maxwell. Short, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, top edge in the air uncontrolled past third man for 4 runs. That's the winning runs. A roaring victory for RCB as they win by eight wickets. RCB have done their part and will have to wait until Saturday to find out whether they have qualified for the playoffs or not. Kohli is adjudged as the Player of the Match for his scintillating performance with the bat. Cheers.
FOUR! Lockie Ferguson to Glenn Maxwell. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, well timed in the air under control past third man for 4 runs.
Lockie Ferguson to Glenn Maxwell. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, missed for no runs, fielded by Wade.
FOUR! Lockie Ferguson to Glenn Maxwell. Leg cutter length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, well timed in the air under control past long off for 4 runs.
Yash Dayal to Glenn Maxwell. Slower ball back of a length, down leg side on the back foot pulling, to deep mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Gill.
Yash Dayal to Dinesh Karthik. Off cutter back of a length, middle stump on the back foot cutting, to deep cover for 1 run.
Yash Dayal to Glenn Maxwell. Slower ball half volley, down leg side on the back foot working, to square leg for 1 run.
FOUR! Yash Dayal to Glenn Maxwell. Slower length ball, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, well timed in the air under control past deep cover for 4 runs.
Wide Yash Dayal to Glenn Maxwell. Slower ball bouncer, down leg side no foot movement Leave, Left for 1 run, fielded by Wade.
Yash Dayal to Glenn Maxwell. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot reverse sweeping, missed for no runs, fielded by Wade.
Yash Dayal to Glenn Maxwell. Slower length ball, middle stump on the back foot pulling, to deep mid wicket for 2 runs, fielded by Gill.
Rashid Khan to Glenn Maxwell. Leg spinner length ball, down leg side on the front foot working, to deep mid wicket for 1 run.
Rashid Khan to Dinesh Karthik. Leg spinner length ball, outside off stump on the back foot working, to short mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Miller.
OUT! Stumped. Rashid Khan to Virat Kohli. Googly back of a length, outside off stump down the track Slog, missed, by Wade. Kohli's stellar knock comes to an end.
Rashid Khan to Virat Kohli. Googly length ball, outside off stump down the track working, to short mid wicket for no runs, fielded by Shami.
SIX! Rashid Khan to Virat Kohli. Leg spinner length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, well timed in the air under control over long off for 6 runs.
Rashid Khan to Glenn Maxwell. Googly length ball, outside off stump backing away Slog, mis-timed to deep mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Kishore.
Hardik Pandya to Glenn Maxwell. Off cutter back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, to deep mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Ferguson.
SIX! Hardik Pandya to Glenn Maxwell. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot reverse sweeping, well timed in the air under control over third man for 6 runs.
Hardik Pandya to Glenn Maxwell. Back of a length, outside off stump backing away pulling, missed for no runs, fielded by Wade.
FOUR! Hardik Pandya to Glenn Maxwell. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot flick, well timed in the air under control past deep backward square leg for 4 runs.
SIX! Hardik Pandya to Glenn Maxwell. Off cutter length ball, off stump on the front foot driving, well timed in the air under control over long on for 6 runs.
Hardik Pandya to Virat Kohli. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot working, to mid on for 1 run, fielded by Miller.
Rashid Khan to Virat Kohli. Leg spinner length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, to deep cover for 1 run, fielded by Ferguson.
Rashid Khan to Glenn Maxwell. Leg spinner back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot working, to short mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Miller.
OUT! Caught. Rashid Khan to Faf du Plessis. Leg spinner length ball, middle stump on the front foot driving, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to cover, caught by Pandya. Faf tries to go big and perishes.
Rashid Khan to Virat Kohli. Leg spinner length ball, off stump on the front foot defending, thick edge to short third man for 1 run, fielded by Dayal.
Rashid Khan to Faf du Plessis. Leg spinner half volley, middle stump on the back foot driving, to mid off for 1 run, mis-fielded by Pandya.
Yash Dayal to Faf du Plessis. Slower ball back of a length, down leg side backing away cutting, to deep cover for 1 run, fielded by Khan.
Yash Dayal to Virat Kohli. Back of a length, to leg on the back foot driving, to long off for 1 run, fielded by Pandya.
The GT have already qualified for the play-offs and they can use the match to iron out flaw and fortify the strategy ahead of the IPL 2022 play-offs.
They will play the Qualifier 1 at Kolkata.
However, RCB with 14 points from 13 matches need a win in this match to get to 16 points and break free from a possible tussle for the play-offs berth.
Even a win would not guarantee the RCB a playoffs berth as Delhi Capitals are giving them a tight chase at the moment and the Bangalore side also has one of the worst net run rates in the IPL 2022 so far.
Probable Playing XI:
Royal Challengers Bangalore: 1 Faf du Plessis (Captain), 2, Virat Kohli, 3 Glenn Maxwell, 4 Rajat Patidar, 5 Mahipal Lomror, 6 Shahabaz Ahmed, 7 Dinesh Karthik (wk), 8 Wanindu Hasaranga, 9 Harshal Patel, 10 Josh Hazlewood, 11 Mohammed Siraj.
Gujarat Titans: 1 Wriddhiman Saha, 2 Shubman Gill, 3 Hardik Pandya, 4 Matthew Wade / Lockie Ferguson, 5 David Miller, 6 Rahul Tewatia, 7 Rashid Khan, 8 Yash Dayal, 9 R Sai Kishore, 10 Alzarri Joseph, 11 Mohammed Shami.