Gujarat broke Bangalore’s dream, beat them by 6 wickets and out of playoff race

IPL 2023 RCB vs GT Playoff: Gujarat Titans defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by 6 wickets in the last league match of IPL 2023. With this defeat, Bangalore’s dream of reaching the playoffs was shattered. With the victory of Gujarat, Mumbai Indians have reached the playoffs. Batting first, Bangalore gave a target of 198 runs. In response, Gujarat achieved the target in 19.1 overs on the basis of Shubman Gill’s unbeaten century. Before Gill, Virat Kohli also scored an unbeaten century.

With the victory of Gujarat, the picture of the playoffs has become clear. The first qualifier of the season will be played between Gujarat Titans and Chennai Super Kings. This match will be played on 23 May. After this, the eliminator match will be played between Lucknow Super Giants and Mumbai Indians. This match will be held on 24 May.

Shubman Gill scored an unbeaten century

Shubman Gill and Vijay Shankar did a great batting for Gujarat. Vijay Shankar got out after scoring 53 runs in 35 balls. He has hit 7 fours and 2 sixes. Earlier, opener Wriddhiman Saha was dismissed after scoring just 12 runs. Dasun Shanaka could not even open the account. He was dismissed by Harshal Patel on zero. David Miller was dismissed after scoring 6 runs in 7 balls. Shubman stayed till the end. Batting fast, he scored an unbeaten 104 in 52 balls. Gill hit 5 fours and 8 sixes. Rahul Tewatia remained unbeaten after scoring 4 runs. In this way, Gujarat registered a spectacular victory.

Virat Kohli’s stormy performance –

Batting first, RCB scored 197 runs in 20 overs with the loss of 5 wickets. During this, Kohli and Captain du Plessis came to open. Duplessis was dismissed after scoring 28 runs in 19 balls. While Kohli stayed till the end. He scored an unbeaten 101 facing 61 balls. Kohli also hit 13 fours and a six. Apart from these, Glenn Maxwell scored 11 runs in 5 balls. Mahipal Lomror got out after scoring 1 run. Bresle contributed 26 runs. Anuj Rawat remained unbeaten after scoring 23 runs.

Noor Ahmed took 2 wickets for Gujarat

Gujarat’s first success was given by Noor Ahmed. He broke the pair of Kohli and Duplessis. Noor took 2 wickets for 39 runs in 4 overs. Mohammed Shami took one wicket for 39 runs in 4 overs. Yash Dayal took one wicket for 39 runs in 4 overs. Rashid Khan took one wicket for 24 runs in 4 overs. Mohit Sharma did not get a single success.

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