In the 70th and the last league game of the ongoing IPL 2023, Royal Challengers Bangalore hosted Gujarat Titans. Ahead of the game, the home team was coming off two back-to-back wins to remain alive for the playoffs. Also, ahead of this game, despite Mumbai Indians winning against Sunrisers Hyderabad, they couldn’t improve their NRR to go past RCB. MI needed GT to beat RCB.
On the other hand, the defending champions, Titans played their last game on May 15 and were the first team to reach the playoffs. Meanwhile, the game started almost an hour late due to rain but the teams didn’t lose overs. The likes of skipper Faf du Plessis and former skipper Virat Kohli provided a great start as they put together 67 runs in seven overs.
However, after the former’s wicket, the likes of Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, and Dinesh Karthik failed with the bat. On the other hand, the likes of Michael Bracewell and Anuj Rawat played cameos while Kohli scored his seventh IPL hundred. They helped their side amass 197/5 at the end of the innings.
Royal Challengers Bangalore’s wait for the IPL trophy continues
In reply, the Blue Brigade had a poor start as Wriddhiman Saha struggled with the bat. He could only get 12 off 14 balls including two fours. On the last ball of the third over, Saha was caught by Wayne Parnell off Mohammed Siraj. On 25/1, the likes of Shubman Gill and Vijay Shankar put together 123 runs for the second wicket. Right after getting to his half-century, the latter got out to Harshal Patel.
The discarded India pacer, Patel took the wicket of Sri Lanka white-ball skipper and GT player, Gujarat Titans player, Dasun Shanaka. However, Shubman Gill’s back-to-back IPL hundreds helped the team win the game by six wickets. His innings overpowered Virat Kohli’s hundred in the game. With this loss, the home team has been kicked out of the tournament, for the first time since 2019.
This is how Twitter reacted
"RCB vs GT"#hallabol
Shubman Gill pic.twitter.com/lw4s2DxPhQ— hey.sanjanaa (@k14_sanjana) May 21, 2023
Another year, another heartbreak for Royal Challengers Bangalore fans.
Despite Virat Kohli's 7th IPL century, they weren't able to defend the total in RCB VS GT thanks to the ton by Shubhman Gill.
MI has now qualified for the IPL PlayOffs 2023. pic.twitter.com/hG4YjMgFjZ
— Parth Goyal (@Eye_ronical) May 21, 2023
Our .SoN iN LaW did for us
Thank you so much Sara , gill
RCB vs GT #RCBvGT
Mumbai into the playoffs #OneFamily pic.twitter.com/YKxkc0jJLT— vijaybhanu manda (@imvijay0505) May 21, 2023
RCB vs GT
Virat Kohli doesn't deserve this team
Itni ghatiya bowling…KING Kohli ? pic.twitter.com/e581FIQE4r
— Sagnik (@Lana_Del_ReysEX) May 21, 2023
RCB VS GT
Rcb fans when ipl starts… pic.twitter.com/m2cPxrHgHK— Aniket Pandey (@Aniketp77) May 21, 2023
RCB fans Right now ?
RCB VS GT.#RCBvGT pic.twitter.com/7Kv0rXsm0Y
— Manish kumar sah (@Manishkumarsah1) May 21, 2023
Feel like crying.. ?
We fans devote so much of our time watching and supporting this franchise but the same old result everytime… Man why why….
Rcb vs gt#RCBvsGT
— Utkarsh Singh (@Utk4ever) May 21, 2023
Back to Back Century by King (his 7th)
Back to Back Century by PrinceHistory made today at Chinnasawamy in RCB VS GT.
Take a bow, 2 GOATs of IPL, Virat Kohli and Shubhman Gill. Anushka and Sara will be happy 🙂
— Adv.Priya Patil (@Mipriyapatil) May 21, 2023
"RCB vs GT"
After today's match : pic.twitter.com/TkHhmtydv3— Gayatri (@Lil_Gayu) May 21, 2023
Feeling bad for this man! ? RCB vs GT Virat Kohli player a well build innings and a century also but luck is not with him #RCBvsGT #GTvsRCB #RCB #ViratKohli? pic.twitter.com/aFN0M8T65S
— muhfaadal vohra (@muhfaadalvohra) May 21, 2023
