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IPL Updates: RCB hand Gujarat four-wkt loss

Sat, 04 May 2024

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22:48

RCB pick up four-wicket win over GT

RCB 152/6 (13.4 overs) vs GT 147 | Scoreboard

Noor to bowl out. RCB need 15 from 48 deliveries.

Four!! Swapnil finds the boundary ropes as he sweeps this through backward square. Just 9 needed now.

Four more! Swapnil hammers Noor for back-to-back boundaries. 10 off Noor's final over. RCB need 5 from 42 to win.

Rashid continues. Dinesh Karthik on strike. Appeal for LBW, not given. GT take the review. GT lose the review. Just three needed now.

SIX!! And it's done and dusted. Swapnil hammers a six to take RCB to a four-wicket win. The hosts chase it down with 38 balls to spare.

22:37

Kohli departs

RCB 133/6 (12 overs) vs GT 147 | Scoreboard

Noor Ahmed continues, a dot to begin. Karthik pushes the next one through cover for a single.

Four! Short and hammer away past midwicket as Kohli gets the boundary off Noor.

WICKET!! RCB continue to tumble and this is the big wicket of Virat Kohli. Chinnaswamy silenced as they see the match slipping away suddenly Kohli departs for 42 off 27 as RCB lose their sixth.

Swapnil Singh is the new man in. RCB need 31 off 54 to win.

Rashid Khan comes into the attack.

Four! Karthik welcomes Rashid with a boundary through midwicket.

Back-to-back boundaries! Karthik takes charge as he hammers Rashid for two more boundaries on the trot. 16 runs off Rashid's over.

22:29

GT halt RCB

RCB 112/5 (10 overs) vs GT 147 | Scoreboard

Quick wickets put the brakes of RCB's smashing start. Cameron Green the new man in, joins Kohli in the middle. Noor Ahmed continues. Brilliant over from Noor as he concedes just one.

Josh Little to bowl out, Kohli gets the over underway with a single.

WICKET! Green picked up by Shahrukh Khan at deep third. RCB lose their fifth!

Dinesh Karthik the new man in, gets off the mark with a single. 4 runs and a wicket off Little's final over.

22:19

Jacks, Patidar depart

RCB 107/4 (8 overs) vs GT 147 | Scoreboard

RCB post 92/1 in the powerplay. Four! Noor Ahmed comes into the attack, welcomed with a boundary as Kohli smashes this through the covers.

WICKET!! Will Jacks falls for just 1 off 3 as he miscues it and finds Shahrukh Khan. RCB lose their second. 8 runs and a wicket of Noor's first over. Rajat Patidar the new man in.

Josh Little to bowl his third, a single to begin.

WICKET! Another one falls as Patidar hits it to Miller at deep square leg. RCB lose their third.

Glenn Maxwell the new man in, gets off the mark with a four through midwicket.

WICKET!! Maxwell falls as he finds Miller in the deep. Maxwell falls for 4 off 3. 7 runs and two wickets off Little's third over.

22:07

Du Plessis departs for 64

RCB 92/1 (6 overs) vs GT 147 | Scoreboard

Manav Suthar continues, begins with two dots on the trot and then Kohli takes charge, hammering Suthar for two sixes on the trot!. After launching the first one over long-on, Kohli smashes the next one into the stands.

Du Plessis brings up his fifty off just 18 balls! 14 runs off the over.

Josh Little bowls the final over. Four! Crunched as Faf pulls this through midwicket to get the final over of the powerplay off to a strong start.

SIX!! Smashed into the stands as RCB score their highest-ever powerplay score.

Four!! Du Plessis send this through covers.

WICKET!! Little strikes back as the RCB skipper is picked up by Shahrukh Khan at short fine leg. Du Plessis falls for 64 off just 23. RCB lose their first. 14 runs and a wicket off the final over of the powerplay.

21:58

RCB cruise ahead

RCB 64/0 (4 overs) vs GT 147 | Scoreboard

Manav Suthar comes into the attack, Kohli takes a single to get the third over underway.

SIX-FOUR! Du Plessis dumps this over long-on for a maximum and carves the next one through point for a boundary. 12 runs off Suthar's first over.

Change of ends for Mohit Sharma, replaces Little. Four! Du Plessis sends this through midwicket.

RCB's fifty comes up off just 19 balls.

Three fours on the trot! Du Plessis hammers Mohit for consecutive boundaries as 18 runs come off the fourth over.

21:46

RCB off to strong start

RCB 34/0 (2 overs) vs GT 147 | Scoreboard

After the RCB quicks bowled out the Gujarat Titans for 147, it's time for the batters to chase this down. Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis open for the hosts, Mohit Sharma in with the new ball. Ooo! Kohli nearly runs himself out. SIX!!! Kohli gets off the mark with a maximum! Kohli lofts this over long-on to get RCB's chase off to a cracking start. Faf du Plessis off the mark with a single.

SIX!!! Kohli hammers his second six to end the over with a maximum. With it Kohli takes back the orange cap. 14 runs off the over.

Josh Little shares the new ball. 4-4-6! This is a cracking start as du Plessis welcomes Little with two boundaries and a maximum on the trot.

Four! Du Plessis ends the over with a boundary as Little concedes 20 runs in his first over.

21:25

GT fold for 147

GT 147 (19.3 overs) vs RCB | Scoreboard

Impact Sub Signal. Yash Dayal done with his spell, is replaced by Rajat Patidar. Siraj to bowl out, starts with a wide. Four! Shankar smashes this down the ground for four.

Four! Shankar pulls this over the keeper's head for a boundary. 11 runs off Siraj's final over.

Vyshak to bowl the 20th. WICKET!! Suthar picked up by Swapnil as he departs for 1.

Mohit run out on the next one!

Three deliveries and three wickets!! Shankar picked up by Siraj as he departs for 10 off 7. Brilliant end for RCB as GT fold for 147.

21:12

Rashid departs

GT 136/7 (18 overs) vs RCB | Scoreboard

Final four overs to go, Siraj back into the attack. Tewatia pushes the length ball to covers to get the over underway with a single.

Four! Rashid Khan smashes this through the covers for a boundary.

Four more! Rashid jams this through fine leg for a second boundary off the over. 9 runs off the over.

Yash Dayal to bowl out, a single to begin.

Bowled!! Dayal picks up the big wicket of Rashid Khan to put the brakes on GT. Rashid departs for 18 off 14.

Impact Sub signal, Vijay Shankar replaces Sai Sudharsan.

Four! Tewatia pulls this to the leg side for a boundary.

WICKET!! Dayal strikes for his second one of the over. Tewatia falls for 35 off 21 as GT lose their seventh. Brilliant over from Dayal as he picks up two and concedes five.

21:00

Rashid-Tewatia rebuild

GT 121/5 (16 overs) vs RCB | Scoreboard

Vyshak continues, bowls his third. A back of the length delivery on middle and off stump, a dot to begin. Tewatia pulls the next one to deep square for a single. SIX!! Rashid Khan sends the short delivery sailing over deep square fence for a maximum. 9 runs off the over.

Strategic time-out.

Karn Sharma bowls his third after the time-out, Tewatia welcomes him with a four. 4-6-4-4! After sweeping the first one for a boundary, Tewatia slog sweeps the second one over the deep midwicket fence for a maximum. Two more boundaries to follow. 18 runs off the first four balls. A much-needed dot on the next and a single to end the over as Karn leaks 19 runs.

20:50

Kohli runs out Shahrukh

GT 93/5 (14 overs) vs RCB | Scoreboard

Vyshak back into the attack, Shahrukh takes a single to get the 13th over underway. WICKET!! Virat Kohli with the direct hit as the well set Shahrukh Khan is run out for 37 off 24. GT lose their fifth.

Rashid Khan the new man in. 4 runs and a wicket of the over.

Cameron Green to bowl out, starts with a short of length ball, Tewatia guides it to deep backward point to take a single.

A quiet end to Green's spell as he concedes just five.

20:38

Karn removes Miller

GT 84/4 (12 overs) vs RCB | Scoreboard

Cameron Green continues, welcomed with a four! Miller cuts the length ball away to deep point GT take charge.

Dropped!! Miller dropped by Karn Sharma on 23. Miller pulls it towards deep fine leg and Karn drops a sitter.

SIX!! Shahrukh brings up the fifty partnership with a maximum towards mid-on. 11 runs off Miller's third over.

Karn returns, a single to begin.

SIX!! Miller smashes Karn for a maximum over cover.

WICKET!! Relief for Karn Sharma as he gets Miller on the next one. Miller departs for 30 off 20 as GT lose their fourth. Rahul Tewatia the new man in.

Four! Tewatia gets off the mark with a four as he pulls the short on stumps delivery to deep square. 12 runs and a wicket of the over.

20:28

Miller-Shahrukh turn it around

GT 61/3 (10 overs) vs RCB | Scoreboard

Yash Dayal bowls his third post the strategic time-out. Oooohh!! Close! Faf misses the direct hit and Miller just makes it back. A single to begin.

Four! Shahrukh top-edges this to deep third. 8 runs off the over.

Karn Sharma comes into the attack, a single to begin.

SIX!! Miller lofts it over midwicket for a massive six.

Four! Another boundary to end the over. 12 runs come off the over.

20:18

GT steady ship

GT 41/3 (8 overs) vs RCB | Scoreboard

In the powerplay GT toil to 23/3. Miller and Shahrukh will have to rebuild for the visitors. Vyshak comes into the attack for the powerplay and Shahrukh welcomes him with a boundary as he flicks it towards deep square for four.

Short delivery down the leg, DK appeals, thinks there's Millers glove it. RCB take a review for caught behind. Ultraedge confirms no bat or glove involved. Its a wide. RCB lose the review.

Four! Shahrukh hits the final ball of the over towards the point boundary to pick up a crucial boundary. 11 runs off the over.

Cameron Green continues, a dot to begin.

Four! Miller drives it past mid-off for a boundary. Three singles on the trot. 7 runs come off the over.

20:02

Green removes Sai

GT 23/3 (6 overs) vs RCB | Scoreboard

The RCB bowlers have handed the hosts a fantastic start. Yash Dayal continues, bowls his second, Sudharsan drived the full length ball to mid-on to get the over underway with a quick single. Quick two to follow.

Another good over for RCB as Dayal concedes just four runs.

Cameron Green comes into the attack, bowls the final ov er of the powerplay.

WICKET!! Gujarat Titans in big big trouble as Green removes Sai Sudharsan. Virat Kohli picks up a comfortable catch as Sai departs for just 6 off 14. Titans three down in the powerplay. David Miller the new man in.

Four! Miller gets off the mark with a boundary as he cuts it towards point. 5 runs and a wicket of the final over of the powerplay.

19:52

Siraj removes Gill

GT 14/2 (4 overs) vs RCB | Scoreboard

Yash Dayal comes into the attack, and starts with a stellar one. Pitches it full and wide of off, Sai coming down the track misses, a dot to begin. Quick two to follow as Sai lofts the next one back over the bowler's head. Dayal takes the pace off, Sai pushes it to long-on for a single. A single to end the over as Dayal concedes just seven runs. Another good over for the hosts.

Siraj continues, slip in place, starts with a wide. Good save by Karthik behind the stumps as he saves the boundary.

WICKET!! Siraj picks up his second one as Vyshak takes an easy catch. Captain Gill departs for just 2 off 7. Looking to play the lofted shot, Gill gets the leading edge as the visitors lose their second.

Shahrukh Khan the new man in and gets off the mark with a lucky boundary. 7 runs and a wicket off Siraj's second over.

19:41

Saha falls for 1

GT 3/1 (2 overs) vs RCB | Scoreboard

Match no. 52 gets underway at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium. RCB in a huddle. Wriddhiman Saha and Shubman Gill to open. Swapnil Singh into the attack with the new ball. Starts with a full ball on the stumps, Saha pokes it to the off-side, match underway with a dot.

Fullish down the legside, Saha sends it to long off to get off the mark with a single. Good start from Swapnil as he concedes just 1.

Mohammed Siraj shares the new ball, Saha can't middle the back of length delivery. A dot to begin.

WICKET!! Fourth time in seven innings Siraj has dismissed Saha. The GT opener departs for just 1 off 7 as GT lose their first.

Sai Sudharsan the new man in. Sudharsan off the mark with a single. Another brilliant over for RCB as Siraj concedes just two and picks up a wicket.

19:22

Playing XIs

Check out tonight's playing XIs:

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

Impact Subs: Mahipal Lomror, Anuj Rawat, Suyash Prabhudessai, Akash Deep, Rajat Patidar

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

Impact Subs: Sandeep Warrier, Vijay Shankar, Jayant Yadav, Darshan Nalkande, BR Sharath

19:07

RCB elect to bowl against GT

Royal Challengers Bengaluru elected to bowl first against Gujarat Titans.

Electing to field first, RCB skipper Faf du Plessis said, "Checked the wicket, little bit 50-50 on what the wicket will do. As a team we've started to play like we've wanted to play in the last couple of games. For our batting perspective, we've found a bit of mojo. Beginning of the competition, we were trying to do that. Same team."

Meanwhile, GT skipper Shubman Gill said, "It's nothing new for us. Important for us to turn up on the day and perform on the day. Hopefully we'll be a better team as a fielding unit. IPL is such a long tournament. Every game is a new game. It's important to turn up on the day and have a good game. It's been fun, sometimes under pressure. Two changes. Sai misses out and Manav Suthar to make his debut, also Josh Little comes in."

18:29

RCB, GT face off in must-win clash

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of match no. 52 of the ongoing IPL season. In tonight's clash, bottom-placed Royal Challengers Bengaluru will take on Gujarat Titans.

From a maths perspective, RCB and GT can still reach the IPL playoffs, but they need to ward off inner gremlins on Saturday to notch a mandatory win to keep that dream flickering.

The Royal Challengers are the bottom-dwellers with six points from 10 matches, while the Titans are placed eighth with eight points from 10 matches.

However, the floundering outings of Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Capitals (10 points each) have fuelled the hopes of these two teams of sneaking into the middle tier of the points table and from there to the knockouts.

But both RCB and GT will know that keeping their own house in order is a better option than depending on other teams to stay afloat as the IPL group stage is entering its business end.

In that context, the Faf du Plessis-led side will feel a tad more confident than their opponents after registering wins in their last two matches.

They have also found new heroes across these two games Will Jacks powered his way to a match-winning century against GT, while Cameron Green finally lived up to his tag of all-rounder with crucial runs and wickets against Hyderabad.

RCB would hope for an encore from them at the home venue as well.

However, the Royal Challengers will ask for some more consistency from their bowlers. The likes of Mohammed Siraj, who has been drafted into India's T20 World Cup squad, Yash Dayal, Karn Sharma and Swapnil Singh were on the money against SRH.

But against GT at Ahmedabad, they returned to their profligate ways, allowing them to whittle a 200-run total.

They will have to tidy up their act at the unforgiving M Chinnaswamy Stadium, as despite all their inconsistencies GT have the tools to punish them.

But to the Titans' dismay, those tools have malfunctioned more often than not, and it aptly mirrored in their two successive defeats against Delhi Capitals and RCB.

Shubman Gill and Bhardwaj Sai Sudharsan have run an exclusive store of runs for Gujarat, amassing over 700 runs between them.

Stay tuned as we bring you all the action. Toss at 7:00pm IST.

IPL Updates: RCB hand Gujarat four-wkt loss

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