After a four-wicket win over Gujarat Titans (GT), Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) skipper Faf du Plessis said he was nervous as his team lost six quick wickets. Faf and Virat Kohli delivered an exceptional start with a 92-run stand, but lost their next six wickets within 25 runs. However, Swapnil Singh and Dinesh Karthik held their nerve to guide the team to a thrilling win with 38 balls to spare. After the match, Faf said during the post-match presentation: “We've been really good in the last few games, with both bat and ball. We've also been incredible in the field. The wicket was a bit different, there was I wanted for it making sure we get that information off the field and pass it on to the bowlers. Yes, there was a missed catch, but it's the effort we're looking for and it was there all the time.
“The matches we've played here have all been high scoring, anything around 180-190 would have been par. It was important that we didn't look at the scoreboard when we went to bat and tried to play the way we play.” a bit nervous (while losing wickets). Probably not the best review from us there. Yes, we wanted to go out and get the total quickly to increase the net run rate (NRR), but probably when we were 4 down we would have done that. to calm down a little,” he added.
In the match, RCB opted to play first after winning the toss. GT was 3/19 at one point. Then a 61-run partnership between Shahrukh Khan (37 in 24 balls, with five fours and a six) and David Miller (30 in 20 balls, with two fours and two sixes) helped GT make a brief comeback.
RCB continued to take regular wickets and again reduced GT to 87/5. Then, a 44-run partnership between Rahul Tewatia (35 in 21 balls, with five fours and a six) and Rashid Khan (18 in 14 balls, with two fours and a six) took GT past the 100-run mark. RCB bundled GT for 147 runs in 19.3 overs.
Yash Dayal (2/21), Vijaykumar Vyshak (2/23) and Mohammed Siraj (2/29) were among the best bowlers for RCB. Cameron Green and Karn Sharma took a wicket each.
In the chase, RCB started brilliantly with Faf Du Plessis (64 in 23 balls, with 10 fours and three sixes) and Virat Kohli (42 in 27 balls, with two fours and four sixes) posting a 92-run stand.
Then RCB lost their way due to a fantastic spell from Joshua Little (4/45) and Noor Ahmed (2/23). However, Dinesh Karthik (21*) and Swapnil Singh (15*) guided the team to a four-wicket win with 38 balls to spare.
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