RCB Vs GT, IPL 2024: Royal Challengers Bengaluru Beat Gujarat Titans By Four Wickets - As It Happened

Here are the highlights of match 51 in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 played between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Gujarat Titans at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Saturday. RCB managed to win another match against GT with a big margin of four wickets and 38 balls in hand. Batting first, GT could only manage to post 147 runs on the board. Mohammed Siraj provided early breakthroughs which created pressure on GT batters. In response, RCB chased down the target easily after the racy start from the captain and Virat Kohli. This win takes RCB to seventh in the standings whereas GT slipped to ninth position in the points table. (Scorecard | Streaming)

Gujarat Titans: Wriddhiman Saha(w), Shubman Gill(c), Sai Sudharsan, David Miller, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rahul Tewatia, Shahrukh Khan, Rashid Khan, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Noor Ahmad, Mohit Sharma, Sandeep Warrier, Sharath BR, Vijay Shankar, Manav Suthar, Darshan Nalkande, Matthew Wade, Umesh Yadav, Kane Williamson, Jayant Yadav, Abhinav Manohar, Joshua Little, Kartik Tyagi, Spencer Johnson, Sushant Mishra

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis(c), Will Jacks, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green, Dinesh Karthik(w), Swapnil Singh, Karn Sharma, Mohammed Siraj, Yash Dayal, Anuj Rawat, Mahipal Lomror, Himanshu Sharma, Akash Deep, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Reece Topley, Tom Curran, Lockie Ferguson, Mayank Dagar, Alzarri Joseph, Suyash Prabhudessai, Manoj Bhandage, Saurav Chauhan, Rajan Kumar

The pitch looks good to bat on. There is no grass and will also offer bounce for the fast bowlers. The square boundaries are 57 and 64 metres respectively whereas the straight one is at 69 metres. A high-scoring game is on the cards, citing the shorter boundaries and another flat-track surface.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru have won the toss and have opted to field

Playing XIs:

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis(c), Will Jacks, Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green, Dinesh Karthik(w), Karn Sharma, Swapnil Singh, Mohammed Siraj, Yash Dayal, Vijaykumar Vyshak

Gujarat Titans: Wriddhiman Saha(w), Shubman Gill(c), Sai Sudharsan, David Miller, Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Manav Suthar, Noor Ahmad, Mohit Sharma, Joshua Little

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Anuj Rawat, Mahipal Lomror, Akash Deep, Rajat Patidar, Suyash Prabhudesai

Gujarat Titans: Sandeep Warrier, Sharath BR, Darshan Nalkande, Vijay Shankar, Jayant Yadav

Swapnil Singh opened the bowling attack of RCB and for GT, Wriddhiman Saha and Shubman Gill opened the batting. Just one run came from the first over.

GT - 1/0 (1)

Gujarat Titans have lost three early wickets inside the powerplay. Mohammed Siraj was introduced into the attack in the second over and he dismissed Wriddhiman Saha first. Then he removed Shubman Gill in his next over. Camron Green took the wicket of Sai Sudharsan in the last over of the powerplay.

GT - 23/3 (6)

After losing three early wickets, Shahrukh Khan and David Miller have managed to put up a partnership. Both batters eyeing for a good finish from here.

GT - 72/3 (11)

Karn Sharma was brought back into the attack and he was welcomed with a flurry of boundaries by Rahul Tewatia. He smashed him for a four then a six, then a couple of fours. He conceded 19 runs from his over.

GT - 121/5 (16)

Yash Dayal bowled Rashid Khan and Vijaykumar Vyshak grabbed a brilliant catch of Rahul Tewatia to leave GT with tailenders only. Vijay Shankar was used as an impact player in the 18th over but he also could not do much and GT was all out for 147 runs in 19.3 overs.

GT - 147/10 (19.3)

Brief Score: GT - 147/10 (19.3)

Shahrukh Khan - 37 (24), Raul Tewatia - 35 (21) | Yash Dayal: (4-0-21-2)

Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis opened the batting for RCB and Mohit Sharma started with the first over for Gujarat Titans. Kohli smashed two sixes off Sharma in the first over to collect 14 runs.

RCB - 14/0 (1)

Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis went berserk from the first ball and the captain has completed his half-century in just 18 balls, which is also the second-fastest fifty for RCB. Virat Kohli is also smashing every bowler who is coming his way.

RCB - 78/0 (5)

Joshua Little came to bowl his last over of the spell in the 10th over and got his fourth wicket of the match. He finished with the bowling figures of 4-0-45-4. Dinesh Karthik and Virat Kohli are at the crease.

RCB - 112/5 (10)

Swapnil Singh smashed a six off Rashid Khan in the 13th over to seal the match for RCB as they beat Gujarat Titans by four wickets. Before that, he hit back-to-back boundaries off Noor Ahmad to take RCB closer to the target.

RCB - 152/6 (13.4)

It all depends on the wicket, you see the first couple of overs. You get an idea and you play according to that. I think 170-180 on this wicket would have been a good total. I think how we batted in the powerplay and how we bowled in the powerplay, that made a difference. We would have an extra bowling option (had we not lost early wickets.) Never easy. It's important for us to start from zero (in the next game), need to move on. Many positives to take from this game, need to make sure we don't repeat our mistakes. It's all about winning everything we can from here on.

We've been really good in the last few games, with both bat and ball. We've been unbelieveable in the field as well. The wicket was a bit different, there was a bit more bounce. Wanted to make sure we take that information from the pitch and give it to the bowlers. Yes there was a dropped catch but it's the effort that we look for and that was there throughout. The games we've played here have all been high-scoring, anything around 180-190 would've been par. Was important we didn't look at the scoreboard when we went out to bat and try and play the way we play. Was a bit nervous. Probably not the best assesment from us there. Yes we wanted to go out there and get the total quickly to boost the NRR but probably when we were 4 down, we had to calm down a little bit.

I was really ill for the last few days, thought I might not be able to play today but I really wanted to play so it was great that I was able to. Got the success today after practising a lot with the new ball this year. Reminded me of last year. When I woke up in the morning, I thought I wouldn't be able to play and that I should take rest. When I woke up, I manifested what I wanted to do and that's exactly what happened. Not easy to switch between red and white ball cricket. You need to give your 110% every ball here.

RCB have climbed to the seventh position after beating GT by four wickets in Bengaluru. On the other hand, GT have slipped to the ninth spot. On that note, we will be taking your leave now. Goodnight!