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In the 68th match of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022, Royal Challengers Bangalore (📖RCB) defeatedꦗ Gujarat Titans (GT) by eight wickets at Wankhede Stadium 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 taki🍸ng the game away from Gujarat with a 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 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 deliv🧜eries, with the help of 8 fours and a couple of sixes.
Glen Maxwell scored a quickfire 40 not out off 18 balls 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 the tourn🐼ament. 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 bowled exceptionally well, conceding 25 runs🌄 in his quota of 4 overs and picking up an importꦡant 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 Kohli is back in his 💫ferocꦉious form.
— 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 🀅saying the King is back, 🐎others know he never really left 😉👑
— Chloe-Amanda Bailey (@ChloeAmandaB)
It might have come late𒈔 in the IPL but this 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 ജwith 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)