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In the 68th match of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022, Royal Challengers Bangaᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚl🍌ore (RCB) defeated Gujarat Titans (GT) by eight wickets at Wankhede Stad💮ium in Mumbai on Thursday to keep their playoffs 🥂hopes alive.
Chasing 169, the Challengers got off to a tremendous start as Faf du Plessis and Virat Kohli completely taking the game⭕ away fr📖om Gujarat with a dominating partnership.
Kohli roared back in the form, sma💝shing his second half-century of the fifteenth season. Du Plessis and Kohli went on to add 11▨5 runs for the opening wicket in 14.3 overs before 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 help of 8 fours and a c🐟ouple of sixes.
Glen Maxwell scored a quickfire 40 not out off 18 balls as RCB e🌊ventually managed to win the contest by eight wickets.
Earlier, GT captain Hardik Pandya led from the front, smashing his fourth half-century of the tournament. Hardik played an unbeate🌸n 62 off 47 deliveries with൲ 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 bowꦰled 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 Bengaluru (@RCBTweets)
KING FOR A REASON, KING OF ALL SEASONS.
Real🥃ly happy to see our champ Virat Kohli is back in his ferocious f✨orm.
— Amit Mishra (@MishiAmit)
Performing when it matters the most! Responsible 🌌knock from the big 3’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 sa🌳ying the King is back, others know he ne🐠ver really left 😉👑
— Chloe-Amanda Bailey (@ChloeAmandaB)
It might have come late 🌄in th🐟e IPL but this is why so many of us backed early on.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)
⚡ W🙈HAT A KNOCK! 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 alive!!
— ThePoppingCrease (@PoppingCreaseSA)