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In the 68th match of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022, Royal Challeng🌳ers Bangalore (RCB) defeated Gu🐭jarat Titans (GT) by eight wickets at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Thursday to keep their playoffs hopesᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ alive.
Chasing 169, the Challengers got off to a tremendous start as Faf du Plessis and Virat Kohli completely taking the game away from Gujarat with aಌ dominating partnership.
Kohli roared back in the form, smashing his second half-century of the fifteenth season. Du Plessis and Kohli went on to add 115 runs for the opening wicket in 14.3 overs befoꦫre the RCB skipper was dismissed for a well-made 44 off 38 balls, including five boundaries.
Kohli, meanwhile, continued the attack from one end, cutting short the target and making it easy for his team to chase down. The former RCB captain was all set to finish the game before Rashid Khan outfoxed him in the 17th over. Kohli played a match-winning knock of 73 runs from just 54 deliveries, with the he🧜lp of 8 fours and 💫a couple of sixes.
Glen Maxwell scored a quickfire 40 not out off 18 b🍨alls as RCB eventually managed to win the contest by eight wickets.
Earlier, GT captain Hardik Pandya led from the front, smashing his fourth half-century of t♌he tournament. Hardik played an unbeaten 62 off 47 deliveries with the help of seven boundaries, including three sixes.
Apart from Hardik, David Miller (34 off 25) and Rashid (19 not out) chipped in with valuable contributions to help Gujarat post 168/5 in their allotted 20 overs. For the Challengers, Wanindu Hasranga bowleꦰd exceptionally well, conceding 25 runs in his quota of 4 overs and picking up an important wicket of Miller.
Here is how Twitter reacted:
That's that from Match 67 as win by 8 wickets and are now 4th on the Points Table.
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— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL)
We needed a win, we got the win. ✅
Not done yet. 💪🏻
— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets)
KING FOR A REASON, KING OF ALL SEASONS.
Really happy to see our champ Virat Kohli𒁏 is back in his ferocious form.
— Amit Mishra (@MishiAmit)
Performing when it matters the most! Responsible knock from the big 3𓆏’s Virat, Faf and Maxwell. Well done guys 👏👏
— Vinay Kumar R (@Vinay_Kumar_R)
— betvisa68.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
Not our day, par ab playoffs 🙌 | |
— Gujarat Titans (@gujarat_titans)
Some saying the King is back, others know he never really♉ left 😉👑
— Chloe-Amanda Bailey (@ChloeAmandaB)
It might have come late in the IPL but t🐼his is why so many of us backed early on.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)
⚡ WHAT A KNO🎃CK! Maxwell was ༺in some swashbuckling mood tonight 🔥
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— The Bharat Army (@thebharatarmy)
Must win game for and Kohli stands up.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)
Glenn Maxwell with a smashing 40* from 18, together with Faf & Kohli guide RCB to an 8 wicket win with 8 balls to spare and stay aliv🌼e!!
— ThePoppingCrease (@PoppingCreaseSA)