IPL 2022 67th match of Royal Challengers Bangalore and Gujarat Titans (Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Gujarat Titans) Meanwhile, the match was played at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium. Virat Kohli (Virat Kohli) Hoch laid the foundation for Bangalore’s victory with a half-century of play. Bangalore won by 8 wickets in the 19th over. Captain Hardik Pandya of Gujarat (Hardik Pandya) He won the toss and elected to bat first. Gujarat scored 168 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in 20 overs. Hardik Pandya scored a half century for Gujarat. Royal Challengers Bangalore needed to win this match to stay in the playoffs of IPL-2022. In this situation, Kohli and du Plessis have returned to their form and kept the team in the race.
Chasing a target of 169, Bangalore got off to a great start. When Virat Kohli appeared in his old colors, Captain Faf du Plessis also took a run with his bat. Both gave the team a quick start. However, in the fourth over, Rashid Khan dropped a catch to Virat Kohli. Kohli took full advantage of this.
Kohli scored a half century
Taking advantage of this, Kohli scored his second half century of the season. The half-century he scored earlier this season was also against Gujarat. Meanwhile, Kohli completed his 7000 runs for RCB in T20. The duo put up a 115-run partnership for the first wicket, the second-century partnership for the first wicket for Bangalore this season. Rashid Khan broke this partnership. Rashid caught Du Plessis by Pandya in the third ball of the 15th over. He could not complete half a century. The captain scored 44 off 38 balls with the help of five fours.
Accompanied by Maxwell
Glenn Maxwell on the field after Du Plessis’ departure. Maxwell’s luck helped him on the first ball. Rashid’s ball hit Maxwell’s leg stump but the bells did not fall and Maxwell survived. After this Maxwell showed his naughty style. In the 16th over bowled by Pandya, he hit two sixes and a four for a total of 18 runs.
Rashid hunted down Kohli
Kohli was getting aggressive but Rashid Khan’s googly caught him. Kohli was stumped by Matthew Wade in the fourth ball of the 17th over. Kohli faced 54 balls in his innings and hit two sixes with eight fours.
Saha made a quick start
The Gujarat Titans, who had earlier won the toss and elected to bat first, got off to a good start. Riddhiman Saha rained fours and sixes as soon as he arrived. But with the early dismissals of Shubhaman Gill (1) and Matthew Wade (16), the team was left behind and lost 2 wickets in the powerplay and managed to score only 38 runs. Gill was sent to the pavilion by Glenn Maxwell with a superb catch in the slip while Wade was lbw. He also took the review but could not survive. However, Wade was upset with the decision.
Saha was accompanied by Pandya
Saha played some good shots. At the other end, Captain Hardik Pandya supported him. But Saha (31) was unlucky and was run out. From here, Pandya and David Miller batted vigorously and led the team to 100 in 14 overs. Hasaranga broke this partnership. Miller (34) was caught by Hasranga in the 17th over. He shared 61 off 47 balls with Pandya.
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