IPL 2023 Match 70: Gill ton trumps Kohli's 101 as Bangalore knocked out of IPL by Gujarat Titans

Shubman Gill hit an unbeaten 104 to trump Virat Kohli's record century as holders Gujarat Titans knocked Royal Challengers Bangalore out of the IPL with a six-wicket victory on Sunday.

Match Summary

Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Gujarat Titans, Match 70, Indian Premier League

Royal Challengers Bangalore 197/5 (20 ov)

Gujarat Titans 198/4 (19.1 ov)

Result - Gujarat Titans won by 6 wickets

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Match Analysis

The result allowed five-time winners Mumbai Indians to fill the fourth play-off spot after they hammered Sunrisers Hyderabad by eight wickets in the first match of the day.

Gill starred in the final group match with a 52-ball knock that steered Gujarat to victory with five balls to spare.

Gill hit the winning six to raise his second straight ton and the event's third of the day after Cameron Green's match-winning 100 for Mumbai and then Kohli's 101 not out.

Kohli hit his second successive hundred and seventh in the IPL to overtake Chris Gayle's six and steer Bangalore to 197-5 in a match that started an hour late due to rain in Bengaluru.

The effort was in vain as Kohli's wait for an elusive IPL title goes on for another year.

Mumbai will play Lucknow Super Giants, who became the third team to make the play-offs on Saturday, in the eliminator next week.

Table-toppers Gujarat and second-placed Chennai Super Kings will clash in the first qualifier on Tuesday.

The winner of Qualifier 1 will head straight to the final in Ahmedabad on May 28 and the loser will play the winner of the eliminator.

Kohli started strongly in a 67-run opening partnership with skipper Faf du Plessis, who made 28 to stay on top of the batting chart with 730 runs.

Kohli, who made a match-winning 100 in Bangalore's previous game, had moved behind Du Plessis in the batting list with 639 runs but Gill toppled the senior star to take second spot with 674 runs.

In the first match, Green starred for Mumbai with his first ever T20 century as he hit a 47-ball unbeaten 100 to drive his team home with two overs to spare.

Green, a big buy for Mumbai for $2.11 million in the auction, stood out with eight fours and eight sixes.

After Rohit Sharma's departure, Green kept up the charge and put on an unbeaten partnership with Suryakumar Yadav, who hit 25, to register their eighth win in 14 group matches. 

Medium-pace bowler Akash Madhwal set up victory with figures of 4-37 to check Hyderabad to 200-5, a total that looked to go bigger but for some disciplined bowling.

Hyderabad, led by Aiden Markram, took the wooden spoon in the 10-team table.

 

Match Stats

Royal Challengers Bangalore Fall of wickets: 1-67 (Faf du Plessis - 7.1 ov), 2-80 (Glenn Maxwell - 8.2 ov), 3-85 (Mahipal Lomror - 9.1 ov), 4-132 (Michael Bracewell - 13.6 ov), 5-133 (Dinesh Karthik - 14.2 ov)

Gujarat Titans Fall of wickets: 1-25 (Wriddhiman Saha - 2.6 ov), 2-148 (Vijay Shankar - 14.5 ov), 3-150 (Dasun Shanaka - 15.3 ov), 4-171 (David Miller - 17.4 ov)

 

Playing XIs

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Faf du Plessis(C), Virat Kohli, Anuj Rawat(WK), Mahipal Lomror, Glenn Maxwell, Dinesh Karthik, Michael Bracewell, Wayne Parnell, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Vijaykumar Vyshak

Gujarat Titans: Wriddhiman Saha(WK), Shubman Gill, Hardik Pandya(C), David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Dasun Shanaka, Rashid Khan, Mohammed Shami, Noor Ahmad, Mohit Sharma, Yash Dayal

 

Match Details:

Date: Sunday, May 21, 2023 15:00

Venue: M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru

Toss: Gujarat Titans elected to bowl