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In the 68th match of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022, Royal Challengers Ban💫galore (RCB)ꩲ defeated Gujarat Titans (GT) by eight w💖ickets at Wankhedꦜe 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 completel꧑y taking the game away from Gujarat with aꦚ dominating partnership.
Kohli roared back in the form, smashing his second half-century of the fifteenth season. Du Pꦅlessis and Kohli went on to add 115 runs for the opening wicket in 14.3 overs before the RCB skipper w꧑as 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-winn🔥ing knock of 73 runs from just 54 deliveries, with the help of 8 fours and a couple of sixes.
Glen Maxwell scored a quickfire 40 notﷺ out off 18 balls as RCB eventually managed to wiꦯn the contest by eight wickets.
Earlier, GT captain Hardik Pandya led from the fronওt, smashing his fourth half-century of the tournament. Hardik played an unbeaten 62 off 47 deliveries with the help of seven boundaries, including thre🐼e 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 𒅌bowled 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 Kohli is back in his ferocious form.
— Amit Mishra (@MishiAmit)
Performing when it matters the most! Res🌳ponsible knock from the big 3’s Virat, Faf and Maxwell. We😼ll done guys 👏👏
— Vinay Kumar R (@Vinay_Kumar_R)
— betvisa69.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
Not our day, par ab playoffs 🙌 | |
— Gujarat Titans (@gujarat_titans)
Some saying the King i🦩s bꦗack, others know he never really left 😉👑
— Chloe-Amanda Bailey (@ChloeAmandaB)
It might have come 𒅌late in the IPL but this is why so many of us backed early on.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)
⚡ WH♈AT A KNOCK! Ma⛎xwell 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 Maxwel♈l with a smashing 40* from 18, together wౠith Faf & Kohli guide RCB to an 8 wicket win with 8 balls to spare and stay alive!!
— ThePoppingCrease (@PoppingCreaseSA)