In an exhilarating encounter of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023, the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) faced a 6-wicket def⛄eat🐬 against Gujarat Titans (GT) at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium and were eliminated from the tournament. RCB’s loss helped Mumbai Indians (MI) clinch the remaining fourth spot in the playoffs.
Put in to bat first, the Challengers set a formidable target of 198 runs for Gujarat in their allotted 20 overs. Led by a blazing century from Virat Kohli, who scored 101 runs off 61 deliveries, including 13 fours and 1 six, RCB put up a strong batting performance. Captain Faf du Plessis contributed 28 runs, while Michael Bracewell added a quickfire 26 runs to propel their team’s total. Anuj Rawat also made a valuable contribution of 23 runs.
Chasing 198, the Titans showed remarkable resilience and composure to reach the target with 5 balls to spare and 6 wickets in hand. Opener Shubman Gill was the star of their innings, smashing a stunning 104 runs off just 52 deliveries, including 5 fours and 8 sixes. Vijay Shankar played a ♈crucial knock, scoring 53 runs off 35 ball🍌s.
Here is how Twitter reacted:
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— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL)
𝐐, ho gaya na? 🥰
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan)
What talent this country produces .. shubman gillꦜ .. wow .. two stunning knocks in two halves .. IPL.. .. what standards in the tournament
— Sourav Ganguly (@SGanguly99)
Tough pill to swallow. Well tried RCB. Shubman Gill and the 🅠🎉Titans simply too good today
— AB de Villiers (@ABdeVilliers17)
The guy who will score 10,000 IPL runs. Back 🦹to back 💯 for elegant 👏
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan)
Unbelievable batting from Shubman Gill ! 🔥
What resolve! 💪🏽
Superstar in the making indeed! 🌟— Ranveer Singh (@RanveerOfficial)
Growing in stature Shubman Gill, knows the Art of run making, one player all𒉰 formats. 👏👏
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif)
What a player ! 🤌🏾 His masterclass breaks hearts of and their f🌼ans!! Gotta feel for who played an equally excellent knock!! & were brilliant as well! The wait for trophy continues for !!
— Robin Aiyuda Uthappa (@robbieuthappa)
I don't think that Gill was standing in a normal position. His back leg was outside off stump – that should not have been a wide.
— Michael Wagener (@Mykuhl)
Blessed to see two masterpiec𒉰es in one day. Gill has taken his game to ไanother level and is now playing the leadership role as a batter.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)
Gotta fe🏅el for Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis. They gave their all. 💔😶
— Ridhima Pathak (@PathakRidhima)
Virat Kohli was simply spectacular to get his 7th IPL hundred but unfortunately didn’t get much support from others today .
Shubhman Gill was spectacular and got much needed support from Vijay Shankar. Great win for Gujarat and
Congratulations to Mumbai for making it to the…— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag)
Frame of the Day: Kohli hugged gill.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)
Indian crickets future trumps Indian crickets present in one of the best knocks you will see and knocks RCB out. Incredible from Shubman Gill. The star for the future. You feel for Viraꦛt. That’s why sport isꩵ cruel.
— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar)
A picture says 1̶0̶0̶0̶ ̶w̶o̶r̶d̶s̶ 2 centuries! 💙😱👌💥 | |🤪 2023
— Gujarat Titans (@gujarat_titans)
It's my request to Mumbai Indians fans please shower mention with only love and love 💙💙💙💙💙💙
— R A T N I S H (@LoyalSachinFan)
Shubman Gill may only be a Prince yet but he’s beaten the King’s team, in their own den – forget IPL, Gill will rule the World soon
— Vikrant Gupta (@vikrantgupta73)
