Match 43, Mumbai, April 30, 2022, 03:30 PM
170/6(20.0ov)
174/4(19.3ov)
Gujarat Titans beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 6 wickets
Right then! That is all we have from this game but the second game on Super Saturday between Rajasthan and Mumbai which is dedicated to former Aussie great and Rajasthan skipper, Shane Warne is underway. Rajasthan are batting first in that one. You can switch tabs and enjoy that match. Cheers!
Rahul Tewatia has been adjudged the PLAYER OF THE MATCH (43 off 25 balls) for his match-winning antics yet again.
Well, there are not enough words at the moment to describe this Gujarat team. They look down and out at times but in the end, they just find a way to win matches. Wriddhiman Saha got his side off to a flier but his partner Shubman Gill struggled. Both of them fell and Sai Sudharsan and Hardik Pandya soon followed suit. But then David Miller and Rahul Tewatia added on a match-winning partnership of 79 runs to get the job done once again in the final over. The composure shown by both batters shows how confident they are and this is what a winning run does.
Bangalore were definitely a few runs short at the halfway stage and it has cost them dearly in the end. They also failed to pick up wickets in the Powerplay which allowed the opposition to get off to a good start. The wickets did come in the middle overs and Shahbaz Ahmed bowled exceptionally well. Wanindu Hasaranga too picked up a couple of important wickets. At the death though, the experienced trio of Mohammed Siraj, Harshal Patel and Josh Hazlewood just couldn't stem the flow of boundaries and Bangalore succumbed to a third defeat in a row.
Guess what? Gujarat have done it again! Rahul Tewatia and David Miller have pulled off yet another heist for Gujarat to make it 8 wins out of 9 nine and no team in the history of the competition has had more points after nine matches than Gujarat.
In over# 20
4
1
4
1wd
Josh Hazlewood 36/0(3.3)
19.3
4
FOUR! Rahul Tewatia finishes it off in style! The finisher does it again! What a partnership and what a team Gujarat are! They are just never out of the game and these two with a clinical chase here have proved it again. It is full and outside off. Rahul Tewatia stays deep in his crease and lifts this over extra-cover for a boundary. Gujarat win by six wickets!
19.2
1
Scores are level now! Back of a length, around off. Miller steers it towards third man for a single.
19.1
4
FOUR! Boundary for Miller and just 2 needed now! It is a full delivery on off. Miller gets under it and hits it wide of long on for a boundary.
19.1
1wd
WIDE! This is full and wider outside off. Miller lets it go. Wide called by the umpire.
In over# 19
6
1
1
1
1
2
Harshal Patel 35/0(4)
18.6
6
SIX! Ohh...what a shot from Rahul Tewatia! He is doing it yet again! Brings the equation to 7 from 6 ball now. A slower ball, on off. Rahul Tewatia dances down the track and slams it over deep extra-cover for a maximum. The games looks almost done and dusted now!
18.5
1
A short ball on middle. Miller pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a single.
18.4
1
NOT OUT! Patel goes for a yorker this time, misses his length slightly and it ends up being a full ball. On middle and leg. Rahul Tewatia looks to paddle it and gets an inside edge of his blade to short fine leg. The single is taken but Bangalore review. UltraEdge shows no bat involved and Gujarat will get the single as Tewatia will continue.
18.3
1
A shorter length delivery on off. Miller pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a single.
18.2
1
A slower length ball, around off at 114.7 kph. Rahul Tewatia punches it to sweeper cover for a single.
In this edition of the IPL, RCB bowlers have conceded at an economy of 11.6 in the last five overs. Only MI bowlers have a poorer economy (12.4).
18.1
2
A length delivery, around off. Rahul Tewatia pushes it towards deep point and the batters try to come back for the second. The throw from the deep is wide and that allows a second run to be completed easily.
In over# 18
4
1
4
6
0
2
Josh Hazlewood 26/0(3)