Having featured in three IPL finals, RCB are one star-studded outfit which has failed to live up to its fans’ expectations time and again.(Photo by SAMUEL RAJKUMAR / Sportzpics for IPL)IPL 2022, RCB vs GT Highlights: Virat Kohli returned to form with a 54-ball 73 as Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Gujarat Titans by eight wickets in their final league match to stay alive in the IPL play-off race here on Thursday. Chasing 169, Kohli, who struck eight boundaries and two sixes, and captain Faf du Plessis (44) laid the foundation with a 115-run stand. Glenn Maxwell (40 not out off 18) provided the finishing touches as RCB romped home with eight balls remaining. Earlier, skipper Hardik Pandya hit a unbeaten 62 to help GT post 168 for 5. Besides Hardik, David Miller (34) and Wriddhiman Saha (31) also made useful contributions with the bat.
Brief Scores:
Gujarat Titans: 168 for 5 in 20 overs (Hardik Pandya 62 not out; Josh Hazzlewood 2/39).
Royal Challengers Bangalore: 170 for 2 in 19.2 overs (Virat Kohli 73; Glenn Maxwell 40 not out; Rashid Khan 2/32).
Follow highlights of RCB vs GT below.
Royal Challengers Bangalore
170/2 (18.4)Gujarat Titans
168/5 (20.0)Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Gujarat Titans by 8 wickets
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Lockie Ferguson in to bowl the 19th over. Can Mxwell finish it off in this over? Starts with a four, straight down the ground. That's another four. How good was that shot!!!! Top edge and that's a boundary as it's game over. RCB win by 8 wickets
Yash Dayal in to bowl the 18th and Maxwell takes 2 off the first ball. 150 up for Bangalore. Wide to follow. That's a four to sweeper cover now. RCB 158/2 after 18 overs
Rashid in to bowl the 17th and Maxwell swings but just gets a one. Virat Kohli is on strike and hits a straight six!!! And he's gone!!! Stumped. Kohli is gone. RCB 146/2 after 16.4 overs.
Maxwell starts in fourth gear and hits a six off the second ball of Hardik's over. Another four follows. Maxwell is just taking it to the Gujarat captain. A switch-hit and that's six more!!! He has really made up his mind tonight. RCB 139/1 after 16 overs
That's a mishit by Faf and finally RCB lose their first wicket. Rashid Khan delivers as Hardik Pandya takes the catch. RCB 115/1 after 14.3 overs
As we come back from strategic timeout, Bangalore are in total control of the game with Kohli and Faf both looking well-set. Gujarat need a few quick wickets to get back in the match. Yash Dayal in to bowl the 14th over. A four by Kohli off the 4th ball. RCB 113/0 after 14 overs
12th over starts. Sai kishore had bowled the 11th and had given away just 6 runs. Can Ferguson continue the trend? Nope. du Plessis hits a four off the fifth ball and that's the 100 partnership up for RCB. RCB 102/0 after 12 overs.
Time for the 10th over now. That's a six to Rashid by Kohli to bring up his 50 in 33 balls. Kohli is back in business. RCB are ticking along. RCB 87/0 after 10 overs
Yash Dayal to bowl the 8th over and the first ball is crunched for a four by Virat Kohli. This is the highest opening stand for RCB this season. du Plessis hits a boundary in the 5th ball. What a start they have had. RCB 72/0 after 8 overs.
Sai Kishore in to bowl the 7th over and Bangalore are steady in the run chase. 3 runs from the first four balls. Nifty over so far. RCB 61/0 after 7 overs
Last over inside the powerplay and Yash Dayal to bowl this one. Another four by Kohli and the fifty partnership is up. RCB 55/0 after 6 overs
Rashid in to bowl the fifth. First 3 balls yield just 4 runs and te fourth ball is hit downtown for a four. He looks to be in good touch tonight. RCB 49/0 after 5 overs
Hardik in to bowl the 4th over and that's a four!!! And another four by Kohli. Could have been caugght but luck is on RCB's side tonight. Another four to end the over. RCB 40/0 after 4 overs.
Hardik Pandya in to bowl the second over. Just one run from the first 2 balls. Just 3 runs from that one and now Shami in to bowl the 3rd over. 2 fours in this over. Great couple of shots by Kohli. Inside edge and that's gone for a four. RCB 26/0 after 3 overs
Kohli and du Plessis are at the crease. Kohli is on strike. Shami will open the attack. A four from this over by Faf. RCB 5/0 after 1 over.
Hazlewood in to bowl the last over and Pandya starts this one with a 6!! The fourth ball is also gone for a six. Excellent hitting by Hardik. GT 168/5 after 20 overs
That's 2 fours in the 19th over by Hardik Pandya. And that's 50 for him. Rashid ends the over with a six!! GT 151/5 after 19 overs.
18th over now and Hazlewood is back. That's a four to start proceedings. And that's a wicket off the 3rd ball of the over. GT 134/5 after 18 overs.
Hasaranga in to bowl the 17th over. Just 1 run from the first ball. And yes!!! that's out. What a catch by Hasaranga off his own bowling. It was hit hard by Miller. GT 123/4 after 16.2 overs.
Shahbaz in to bowl the 15th now. Another six from Miller as 50 partnership comes up for these two. 9 runs from this over. GT 117/3 after 15 overs.
Maxwell in to bowl the 14th and good shot from Hardik Pandya but a beautiful bit of fielding saves a four. Miller comes in and sends the ball out of the ground for a six!!! Next ball is also a six!!! A flat one this time. Expensive over. Wide ball. Has to bowl that again. GT 109/3 after 14 overs.
Hasaranga starts thec 13th over and Miller pulls for a single. Hardik rotates strike again. Harshal Patel looks hurt as he goes off. Big blow for Bangalore if that happens. GT 91/3 after 13 overs
Sid Kaul is brought back into the attack. Bangalore need to get wickets now before these two batters take Gujarat to a good score. Good over from Kaul. Ends with a boundary. GT 86/3 after 12 overs.
Hasaranga in to bowl the 11th over and starts with 1 run. 2 back to back dots to follow. Great ball but that gets to the boundary for a four. Turned, got an outside edge and raced away to the boundary. GT 78/3 after 11 overs
Time for the 10th over and Maxwell in to the attack. 1 run from the first 2 balls. That's a biggie and that's gone for a six!!! It's a drop to boot. Hardik survives and gets a 6. GT 72/3 after 10 overs
Harshal Patel in the attack for the 9th over. 4 runs from the first two balls. And Saha is gone!! That's a run out!!! du Plessis with the throw and what a throw. GT 62/3 after 8.3 overs
That's class batting from Saha. He hits a boundary against Hasaranga towards the deep backward square leg. Saha is playing attacking cricket here. GT are 58/2 after 8 overs.
Maxwell bowls the last over of the powerplay for Bangalore and gets a wicket here. He picks the wicket of Wade. That's good bowling!! After hitting a couple of good shots, Wade finally departs. GT are 38/2 after 6 overs.
Wade pulls it for a boundary against Hazlewood. Great batting!! He also hits a six now over the deep mid-wicket. What a shot!!! Wade is looking dangerous now!! GT are 38/1 after 5 overs.
Hazlewood takes the wicket of Shubman Gill and Maxwell takes a brilliant catch at the end. What a delivery!! It's a huge wicket for Bangalore. GT are 21/1 after 3 overs.
Saha sweeps it this time against Shahbaz Ahmed and gets a boundary. Saha seems to be in great touch. That's a great shot!!!GT are 20/0 after 2 overs.
Saha and Shubman Gill start the proceedings for Gujarat. S Kaul to bowl the first over for RCB. Saha starts off with a boundary this time. That's a six for Saha. He ends the over with a boundary. GT are 14/0 after 1 over.
Gujarat Titans (Playing XI): Wriddhiman Saha(w), Shubman Gill, Matthew Wade, Hardik Pandya(c), David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Lockie Ferguson, Yash Dayal, Mohammed Shami.
Royal Challengers Bangalore (Playing XI): Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis(c), Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Dinesh Karthik(w), Shahbaz Ahmed, Wanindu Hasaranga, Harshal Patel, Siddarth Kaul, Josh Hazlewood.
Hardik Pandya: We are going to bat. The kind of situation we are in, we thought we can practice batting first and putting a good score on the board. One change, Lockie comes in place of Alzarri. Looks like a similar wicket to the one we played against Chennai, but I expect this to play better as this is an evening game.
Faf du Plessis: We would have batted too. Looks a bit dry. One change. Sid Kaul comes in for Siraj. We have to win today and Delhi need to lose their game. Games like today brings out characters.
Graeme Smith: 19th game at the Wankhede. Usually at this time of the tournament, you expect the pitch to be dry and word like the one of the side, but today's pitch is probably the hardest I have seen at the Wankhede in this tournament. It looks good to me, nice grass covering, it should hold the pitch. I expect this to help the batters tonight. In general we have seen batters take time in the first 10 overs, but it is a ground you can take advantage at the end.
Gujarat Titans win the toss and opt to bat first.
GT’s batting department has witnessed some inspirational performances from the likes of Wriddhiman Saha, Shubman Gill, David Miller, skipper Pandya and Rahul Tewatia. The batting unit has been complemented superbly by a lethal bowling attack led by experienced Mohammed Shami and has the likes of young Yash Dayal, Lockie Fergusson and Alzarri Joseph.
On the bowling front, Harshal Patel and Wanindu Hasaranga have been brilliant for RCB. In fact, when all other bowlers were taken to task by Punjab batters in their last match, the duo bowled decent spells and in the process picked up four and two wickets respectively.
RCB Probable XI: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis (c), Rajat Patidar, Mahipal Lomror, Glenn Maxwell, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Shahbaz Ahmed, Harshal Patel, Wanindu Hasaranga, Mohammed Siraj, Josh Hazlewood.
GT Probable XI: Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Shubman Gill, Matthew Wade, Hardik Pandya, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Sai Kishore, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Mohammed Shami.
Virat Kohli’s woeful run continued as he managed just 20 in the last match but the stage is set for the former India captain to play an impact knock to make a turnaround in his form and the fortunes of RCB. Skipper Faf du Plessis, Mahipal Lomror and Dinesh Karthik would also be looking to play a big knock after their bats remained silent in the last few games.
RCB, on the other hand, have had a mixed bag this season, registering seven wins and six losses to occupy the fifth spot with 14 points from 13 matches. But what could hurt RCB is their net run rate of -0.323. A win against GT would move them to 16 points but that might not be enough as they also need a few favourable results going their way.
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Gujarat Titans. Runaway leaders Gujarat Titans would look to continue their winning momentum ahead of the play-offs while Royal Challengers Bangalore need a big victory to keep their last-four stage hopes alive. Newcomers GT have so far had a dream opening season as they are already assured of a top spot in the standings with 20 points from 13 games. RCB, on the other hand, have had a mixed bag this season, registering seven wins and six losses to occupy the fifth spot with 14 points from 13 matches.