1st over
RCB’s chase begins. Omarzai with the first over.
Shahrukh Khan after his fifty!
First time I’ve come at 4. I needed to bide time. It was important I rotated strike against spinners early and gave Sai the strike. Nehra told me in the bus, before the game that I’d be batting at 4. (Pitch) The ball spun a bit in the first over but it dried up in the heat. 200 is a good score but we’ll need to bowl well. (His game) I just wanted to step out and hit straight against Karn. I used to go across before and had to train to go straighter. (On Sudharsan) Have played with Sai for the last four years, we’ve had good camaradarie. It was good to play in the middle. We wanted to get 200 and did, now we’ll have to bowl well.
Will 200 prove to be enough?
GT 200/3 in 20 overs
Dayal will bowl the last over. Starts off with a wide outside off. Slow and short once again and once again it’s a tame pull by Miller for a couple. Wide yorker misses its mark again and called wide ball. Good yorker and clipped away for one more by Miller. Sudharsan is again deceived by the short ball. Patidar does a fantastic job by running along the boundary from midwicket to wide long-on and keeping it down to a couple.
SIX! Full toss to end the innings and Miller has launched this over deep midwicket for a huge maximum. That’s 200 on the board for GT in 20 overs.
GT 185/3 in 19 overs
Siraj bowls out. SIX! Sudharsan deftly shuffles across and scoops this for a maximum behind the keeper for a maximum. Sudharsan gets a top edge looking to heave across the line and the ball shoots up in the air behind point. Will Jacks does well to get a hand to it but cannot hold on to the ball. FOUR! Drilled down the ground by Miller for a boundary. That’s the 50-run partnership off 27 balls.
Change of pace, a bouncer and Miller is too early into the pull and misses. Another dot ball as Siraj goes for a wide yorker and succeeds. This one is too wide outside off and one extra for GT. Short again to end the over and Miller can only pull it for a single on leg-side.
GT 171/3 in 18 overs
Green again, for his third over. FOUR! Spanked over cover by Sudharsan and that goes to the boundary. FOUR! Pulled away this time by Sudharsan, who picks the gap between long-on and midwicket to perfection. FOUR! Similar ball from Green and similar treatment by Sudharsan; pulled away to the midwicket boundary.
Good yorker after those three consecutive fours. Sudharsan can only dig it out for a single on this occasion. Full on off and driven away for one more by Miller. Sudharsan will keep strike with a single at long-on.
GT 156/3 in 17 overs
Dayal comes back for his third over. Starts off with a front foot no-ball. That brings up the 150 for GT in 16 overs. Good wide yorker outside off and Miller cannot lay bat on it. This moves in and beats Miller’s jab outside off. Dropped between cover-point by Miller for a single. Punched with the inside half of the bat by Sudharsan to long-on for one more. Miller drives this back to the bowler for a dot ball. FOUR! Pulled away by Miller to the deep square-leg boundary to end the over.
GT 148/3 in 16 overs
Maxwell to bowl his third over. Turned away off the pads for a single by Miller. Sudharsan steps out but can only drive it straight to cover. Cut away to point for a quick single by Sudharsan. Driven to deep extra cover for one more by Miller.
SIX! Sudharsan punishes this delivery in the slot on middle and leg by hoisting it over long-on for a big maximum.
GT 138/3 in 15 overs
Siraj is back after bowling two overs for 14 runs. OUT! Yorked him and Shahrukh is castled. In next is David Miller, who is desperate for some form this season. Full just outside off and driven to mid-off by Miller for a dot ball. Full again on off-stump and just a single for Miller through cover-point. FOUR! Loose ball outside leg and Sudharsan gets enough bat on the flick and it runs away to the boundary behind the keeper. Fifty for Sudharsan off 34 balls as he pulls this to deep square-leg for a single. Back of a length on leg-stump and pulled away by Miller behind deep square-leg for one more.
M. Shahrukh Khan b Mohammed Siraj 58 (30b 3x4 5x6)
GT 131/2 in 14 overs
Here comes Swapnil again. Cut away by Sudharsan for a single. Slashed by Shahrukh to deep point for two more. Room outside off and slashed to wide long-off by Shahrukh for one. Loose full toss but Sudharsan can’t take full toll of it; it will just be a single. Great over by Swapnil - just six runs from it.
GT 125/2 in 13 overs
Green will continue. FOUR! Low full toss and crunched down the ground by Shahrukh first ball of the over. Too short and called wide by the leg-umpire. SIX! Width outside off, Shahrukh frees his arms and slashes this over the fence at deep third. SIX! Launched over wide long-on and that’s a 24-ball fifty for Shahrukh Khan - his first in the IPL. What a knock!
GT 108/2 in 12 overs
SIX! Another slog sweep from Sudharsan and he clears the midwicket boundary this time. That’s also the 50-run partnership off 28 balls. SIX! Shahrukh with some nifty use of the feet and slams this over extra-cover for a maximum. Sixteen runs from the over.
GT 92/2 in 11 overs
Here comes Green. Starts off with a fiery bouncer, which Shahrukh misses. Not called wide. Shahrukh looks to go big on leg-side, but his bottom hand comes off and the ball flies off the outside edge over point for a single. Tucked off the pads by Sudharsan for one more at deep fine-leg. SIX! Short again, but this time Shahrukh is equal to the task. Pulled away to the square-leg fence for a maximum. He shimmies down the track next ball and drives on the up to deep point for one more. Tucked off the hips for a single by Sudharsan to end the over.
GT 82/2 in 10 overs
Here comes Karn again with his leg-spin. SIX! Shahrukh steps out and hammers this down the ground for half a dozen runs. This is pushed wider outside off by Karn and Shahrukh slashes for just a single. Flicked off the pads by Sudharsan for one more. Just three singles and a wide after that first-ball six. Still, Karn goes for 22 runs in 2 overs.
GT 72/2 in 9 overs
Maxwell continues. SIX! Shahrukh picks this up from wide outside off and extends his long levers to send the ball sailing down the ground for a maximum.
FOUR! This is pulled away by Shahrukh to the midwicket fence. Much-needed show of intent by GT in the last two overs. Time for a strategic time out!
GT 59/2 in 8 overs
Here comes Karn Sharma. Full on middle and off and driven straight to Shahrukh by Sudharsan. The ball ricochets off the non-striker and the batters take a single. Defended on the front foot by Shahrukh for a dot ball. A couple of dot balls in a row for Shahrukh as he comes forward to defend. This is driven down the ground for a single by Shahrukh. SIX! In the slot and Sudharsan has slog swept this for a maximum. Finally some injection of momentum for the hosts. FOUR! This is pulled away through midwicket by Sudharsan for a boundary. Ten runs off the last two balls.
GT 47/2 in 7 overs
Maxwell into the attack. Sudharsan starts off with a single at long-on. Cut away hard by Gill for a couple at deep point. OUT! Gill has to go. This was launched down the ground and Green takes a stunning catch diving to his left at long-on.
Shahrukh Khan has been promoted up the order. He gets a thick outside edge first ball and the ball goes to short third on the bounce. Cut away by Shahrukh for a couple at deep point to end the over. Excellent work by Lomror in the deep.
Shubman Gill c Cameron Green b Glenn Maxwell 16 (19b 1x4)
GT 42/1 in 6 overs
Dayal again. Full and going down leg-side, Gill whips it behind to short-fine and it’s just a single. This is too wide outside off-stump and that’s the fourth wide of the innings. Sudharsan gets an inside edge looking to drive this square of the wicket. FOUR! Slower one wide outside off and slashed away to the boundary by Sudharsan. This is angling in and clipped by Sudharsan to midwicket for a dot ball. Slow and low full toss deceives Sudharsan. Two dots in a row after that boundary. Single to end the over.
GT 35/1 in 5 overs
Siraj is back for his second over. Siraj bowls two back-to-back bouncers and both have been called wide. Three wides already and just three legal deliveries bowled. This is full and Sudharsan drives this straight to the mid-on fielder. Yorker and dug out by Sudharsan to midwicket for a single. Low full toss and clipped away by Gill for just one. Just seven runs from the nine-ball over.
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GT 28/1 in 4 overs
Here comes Yash Dayal. Length on leg-stump and Gill misses the flick and collects a leg-bye at short fine. This is defended to mid-off by Sudharsan. Driven by Sudharsan and Kohli does well at short-cover to get a hand to it. Saves three runs. Full on the legs and flicked to deep backward square-leg for a single by Gill. Flicked to short midwicket by Sudharsan and doesn’t really make a good connection. Driven to deep point by Sudharsan for a single off the last ball.
GT 24/1 in 3 overs
Swapnil will continue. Gill gets a single at deep extra cover. One more for Sudharsan at long-on. This is driven back to the bowler by Gill. Punched to deep extra cover now for one more by Gill. Swapnil is keeping it fast and flat and not really providing too many scoring options to the batters. FOUR! Sudharsan steps out and drives this powerfully through extra-cover for a boundary. That’s one way to counter Swapnil. FOUR! Sudharsan now shuffles across and sweeps this past short fine-leg for another boundary.
GT 13/1 in 2 overs
Sai Sudharsan is the new man in. Mohammed Siraj has the ball. Punched straight to short cover by Gill for a dot ball. FOUR! Firmly pushed down the ground by Gill for a boundary. Pristine timing. On the pads this one and Gill flicks through midwicket for a couple of runs. This is crisply driven by Gill but straight to the cover fielder. Gill pushes this to mid-on and hares for a quick single. There’s a mid-pitch collision between Siraj and Gill and Kohli misses a direct-hit at the non-striker’s end. Gill would have been out by some distance had Kohli not missed the target. Sudharsan is greeted by a bouncer and that’s the over.
GT 6/1 in 1 over
Shubman Gill and Wriddhiman Saha will open the innings for GT. Swapnil Singh, the left-arm spinner, will start with the ball. Stops on Saha, who jabs this to short cover. FOUR! Pitched up slightly, angling in on leg-stump, and Saha flicks it away through midwicket for a boundary. Swept to deep square-leg for just a single by Saha. Pitched up again, but this is more on off-stump, and Gill defends on the front foot. Angling in on leg-stump from a full length and clipped by Gill to mid-on for a single. OUT! Saha holes out at short third. He makes room outside off and tries to go inside out over cover but gets an outside edge to the man in the circle.
Wriddhiman Saha c Karn Sharma b Swapnil Singh 5 (4b 1x4)
Maxwell is back!
Australian all-rounder Glenn Maxwell returned to Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s playing XI for its Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 match against Gujarat Titans at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Sunday.
Impact Subs
RCB - Anuj Rawat, Mahipal Lomror, Himanshu Sharma, Akash Deep, Vijaykumar Vyshak
GT - Sandeep Warrier, Sharath BR, Manav Suthar, Darshan Nalkande, Vijay Shankar
Playing XIs
Gujarat Titans - Wriddhiman Saha(w), Shubman Gill(c), Sai Sudharsan, David Miller, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rahul Tewatia, Shahrukh Khan, Rashid Khan, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Noor Ahmad, Mohit Sharma
Royal Challengers Bengaluru - Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis(c), Will Jacks, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green, Dinesh Karthik(w), Swapnil Singh, Karn Sharma, Mohammed Siraj, Yash Dayal
Shubman Gill after the toss!
Would have chased as well, looks a really good wicket. Need to put a good total on the board. We have batted decently, we lost by a difference of just one ball in the last game. This is the right time to peak for us.
Faf du Plessis after the toss!
The wicket will be better later, so we will chase. The nature of this game has changed, our bowlers have been exceptional in the last two games. We have scored big with the bat, those are the changes. Maxwell comes back in, we have some firepower in the middle-order.
Toss Update
RCB wins the toss and elects to bowl first.
Can RCB gets its third win of the season?
GT OVERALL RECORD IN IPL AT NARENDRA MODI STADIUM
Matches played: 14
GT won: 8
GT lost: 6
Last result: Lost to DC by six wickets (April 2024)
GT highest score: 233/3 vs MI (2023)
GT lowest score: 89 all-out vs DC (2024)
Kohli will look to extent his lead in the Orange Cap race.
Live Streaming
Which TV channel will broadcast Gujarat Titans vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru match on April 28?
The Gujarat Titans vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru IPL 2024 match will be televised live on the Star SportsNetwork in India.
How can one watch the live streaming of Gujarat Titans vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru IPL 2024 match online?
The Gujarat Titans vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru IPL 2024 match will be streamed live on the JioCinema app and website.
‘Impact Player rule is hampering the progress of all-rounders,’ says Gujarat Titans assistant coach Aashish Kapoor
Ahead of his team’s clash against Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Gujarat Titans assistant coach Aashish Kapoor believes that the IPL’s Impact Player rule is wiping out tail-end batting.
THE SQUADS
GUJARAT TITANS
Shubman Gill (c), David Miller, Matthew Wade, Wriddhiman Saha, Kane Williamson, Abhinav Manohar, B. Sai Sudharsan, Darshan Nalkande, Vijay Shankar, Jayant Yadav, Rahul Tewatia, Noor Ahmad, Sai Kishore, Rashid Khan, Joshua Little, Mohit Sharma, Azmatullah Omarzai, Umesh Yadav, Shahrukh Khan, Sushant Mishra, Kartik Tyagi, Manav Suthar, Spencer Johnson, Sandeep Warrier, BR Sharath.
ROYAL CHALLENGERS BENGALURU
Faf du Plessis (c), Glenn Maxwell, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Suyash Prabhudessai, Will Jacks, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Mayank Dagar, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar, Cameron Green, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Tom Curran, Lockie Ferguson, Swapnil Singh, Saurav Chauhan.
GT vs RCB head-to-head record
Matches played: 3
Gujarat Titans won: 2
Royal Challengers Bengaluru won: 1
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Predicted XI
Bat 1st: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis (c), Will Jacks, Rajat Patidar, Cameron Green, Mahipal Lomror, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Swapnil Singh, Karn Sharma, Mohammed Siraj, Yash Dayal.
Bowl 1st: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis (c), Will Jacks, Cameron Green, Mahipal Lomror, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Swapnil Singh, Karn Sharma, Mohammed Siraj, Yash Dayal, Lockie Ferguson.
Gujarat Titans Predicted XI
Bat 1st: Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Shubman Gill (c), Sai Sudharsan, David Miller, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rahul Tewatia, M. Shahrukh Khan, Rashid Khan, Mohit Sharma, R. Sai Kishore, Noor Ahmad.
Bowl 1st: Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Shubman Gill (c), David Miller, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rahul Tewatia, M. Shahrukh Khan, Rashid Khan, Mohit Sharma, R. Sai Kishore, Noor Ahmad, Sandeep Warrier.
GT vs RCB - Match Preview
After ending a series of defeats in IPL 2024 at Hyderabad, Royal Challengers Bengaluru must be hoping to continue its turnaround in the sweltering heat of Sunday against Gujarat Titans.
SQUADS
Gujarat Titans: Shubman Gill (c), David Miller, Matthew Wade, Wriddhiman Saha, Kane Williamson, Abhinav Manohar, B. Sai Sudharsan, Darshan Nalkande, Vijay Shankar, Jayant Yadav, Rahul Tewatia, Noor Ahmad, Sai Kishore, Rashid Khan, Joshua Little, Mohit Sharma, Azmatullah Omarzai, Umesh Yadav, Shahrukh Khan, Sushant Mishra, Kartik Tyagi, Manav Suthar, Spencer Johnson, Sandeep Warrier, BR Sharath.
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Faf du Plessis (c), Glenn Maxwell, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Suyash Prabhudessai, Will Jacks, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Mayank Dagar, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar, Cameron Green, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Tom Curran, Lockie Ferguson, Swapnil Singh, Saurav Chauhan.
