The 52nd match of the Indian Premier League 2024 (IPL 2024) was played on Saturday, May 4, at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium between the Faf du Plessis-led Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and the Shubman Gill-led Gujarat Titans (GT ) held in Bengaluru.
Both Gujarat Titans (GT) and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) have struggled in the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League, with the IPL 2022 champions sitting 8th on the points table and the Benguluru-based franchise 10th. Space occupied.
GT has won 4 out of 10 matches it has participated in while RCB has claimed victories in 3 out of 10 matches. In addition, both teams have a very slim chance of making it to the playoffs and will have to give everything in the remaining games to ensure a chance of a place in the top 4.
Out of their last five games, both GT and RCB have won two each, but Faf du Plessis & Co. will go into the game with more momentum as they have won two games in a row.
This is the second match between RCB and GT as the two teams have already faced each other in IPL 2024. In their first game, a century from Will Jacks knocked GT out and the bowlers were clueless as they saw the storm.
Thanks to the brilliant performances of Sai Sudharsan and Shahrukh Khan, Gujarat Titans managed to bat first and score 200 points. However, when it came to defense, nothing went in Titans’ favor as first Virat Kohli showed his true class and then Jacks went from 50 to 100 in 6 minutes to help RCB claim a 9-wicket win 24 remaining balls to win.
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Royal Challengers Bengaluru won the toss and elected to bowl first in the match. At the draw, Faf du Plessis said:
“We will hunt. The conversation was good. Making this change from the start is gratifying. From a batting perspective, we found our mojo. The boys can come in and hit freely. Same team.”
Meanwhile, Shubman Gill said that the GT camp is all about winning the remaining four games and making it to the playoffs. He also revealed what changes they had made to their playing eleven. He said:
“The talk is about winning four out of four. It’s important to show up and do our best. I feel like our fielder let us down. We talked about it. We have to be a better team as a field unit, we.” I was chatting. IPL is such a long tournament. It is important to be there on this day. Manav makes his debut and Josh Little arrives.
RCB vs GT: Impact Players
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Impact Subs: Anuj Rawat, Mahipal Lomror, Akash Deep, Rajat Patidar, Suyash Prabhudessai
Gujarat Titans Impact Subs: Sandeep Warrier, Sharath BR, Darshan Nalkande, Vijay Shankar, Jayant Yadav
RCB vs GT: Playing XIs
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Playing XI): Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis(c), Will Jacks, Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green, Dinesh Karthik(f), Karn Sharma, Swapnil Singh, Mohammed Siraj, Yash Dayal, Vijaykumar Vyshak
Gujarat Titans (Playing XI): Wriddhiman Saha(f), Shubman Gill(c), Sai Sudharsan, David Miller, Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Manav Suthar, Noor Ahmad, Mohit Sharma, Joshua Little