- May 22, 2023 00:32MATCH REPORT
- May 22, 2023 00:12FINAL TOP 4
- May 22, 2023 00:09SECOND TON IN IPL 2023 FOR GILL
- May 22, 2023 00:08GT 198/4 in 19.1 overs
Eight needed of the last over. Parnell goes way wide. Umpre gives it a wide. Gill reviews for a no ball and is rewarded with a waist-high no ball. Freehit. Another wide from Parnell. In the slot for Gill and it is pumped over long on for a six. Win for Titans, century for Gill and elimination for RCB.
- May 22, 2023 00:04Records tumbling today
- May 22, 2023 00:03GT 190/4 in 19 overs
Harshal Patel with the penultimate. Tewatia tucks one away for a single. Harshal tries to zoom in on Gill’s pads. Gives away a wide. Next up is a low full toss which is picked away for a six. He moves to 98.
- May 21, 2023 23:59GT 179/4 in 18 overs
Gill up against Siraj. Good length on to the body and Gill employs his trademark short arm jab to elevate it to the stands. 1063th six of this IPL, most in a season.
Siraj beats Miller to get a dot ball by going wide. He sticks to the line and Miller goes after it. The connection wasn’t neat and it is skied. Prabhudesai is underneath at it again and he completes a catch right at the edge of the boundary. This game keeps swinging back and forth.
Siraj goes short and Gill responds with a ferocious pull shot, for a flat six!!!
- May 21, 2023 23:52GT 164/3 in 17 overs
43 needed of the last four. Vyshak with the over as the pressure continues to mount. Couple of singles to start, before Vyshak gives away a wide. Miller hits one to long off for a single. Gill tries to go big, doesn’t middle it. But it was running away to deep midwicket fence, before Maxwell intervenes. to keep it down to two. Another double from Gill.
- May 21, 2023 23:47GT 155/3 in 16 overs
Harshal Patel with the 16th. Shanaka tries to go big straight away. Scuffed the shot and Prabhudesai completes the catch at deep. David Miller is the new batter. Short and into the body first ball and Miller pulls it away for for a four.
- May 21, 2023 23:38GT 148/2 in 15 overs
Vyshak with a slow bouncer to Shankar, who waits for the ball to get to him, before ramping it over the keeper.
Vyshak goes full next up and Shankar lifts it over the bowler for a four. He goes one better next one. Again full and Shankar clears his front foot before laucnhing it almost out of the stadium. 106m six there. But Shankar’s innings comes to an end next ball, courtesy of diving catch by Kohli at deep mid wicket.
- May 21, 2023 23:31GT 134/1 in 14 overs
Siraj is back into the attack. RCB badly needs a wicket, ideally that of Gill. Siraj gives away only four singles from the first four balls. Siraj squares up Shankar with a searing yorker. But it goes flying off his edge for a four. Siraj is furious at how that transpired.
- May 21, 2023 23:26GT 125/1 in 13 overs
Finally RCB brings Bracewell in. A couple of doubles to start the over for the Kiwi. He goes into Gill’s pads and it is smoked away for a huge six. Bracewell corrects his line, but it is still too full. IT GOES FLYING IINTO THE SECOND TIER!!! The chase is on.
- May 21, 2023 23:22GT 109/1 in 12 overs
Harshal up against Gill, who is on 49. Hits it, almost over the umpire, for a single to get to his fifty. Fifth 50 of the season for Gill. Just seven runs from the over as RCB tightens to screw.
- May 21, 2023 23:18GT 102/1 in 11 overs
Himanshu onto his third. Shankar lifts it over extra cover for a single. Gill gives the strike back with a single. Shankar on strike and he goes over mid wicket. Long on can’t get there and it is another boundary.
Himanshu offers width for Gill and he responds with a flowing drive which races to the fence.
- May 21, 2023 23:14GT 90/1 in 10 overs
Harshal Patel into the attack. He has his sights on a struggling Shankar. He responds with an elegant cut shot which rocketed past the fielder at point. FOURR!!
Harshal responds with a yorker and Shankar digs it away for a single.
- May 21, 2023 23:10GT 84/1 in 9 overs
Himanshu Sharma gets his second over. Strong start from him. Just two runs off the first three balls. Gill dances down the track, but can only slice at it. Runs past third man for for a streaky four. Next ball, he steps out again, this time connecting it much better. ZOOMS INTO THE STANDS OVER DEEP MID WICKET!!!
- May 21, 2023 23:06The last leg of a mad playoff race
- May 21, 2023 23:05GT 71/1 in 8 overs
Vyshak with the eighth over. Titans have started steadily, but they need to step it up a notch. They have a lot of batting left in their tank to hunt this total down.
Shankar attempts a wild hoick. It goes off his edge and lands safely on the off. Vyshak goes full next ball and Gill latches on to it. Flew into the sight screen.
- May 21, 2023 23:01GT 59/1 in 7 overs
Impact player Himanshu Sharma into the attack. Gill, Shankar start with singles against the leg spinner. Pushes a faster one, which bounces sharply. Beats Shankar and the keeper. Runs away for a four.
- May 21, 2023 22:55GT 51/1 in 6 overs
Parnell gets his third over. Gill starts the over with an edged four through the off-side. Shankar hits through the line after Parnell offered a full length one into his hitting zone. SIXX!! Another edged four follows. This over has helped GT over the 50-run mark.
- May 21, 2023 22:52GT 35/1 in 5 overs
Vyshak is the new bowler for RCB. Gill smacks it almost into the hands of the bowler. Gets away with it. Couple of runs there. Just three singles folllow as Vyshak resufes to provide Shankar and Gill any room to work with.
- May 21, 2023 22:47GT 31/1 in 4 overs
Wayne Parnell continues. Gill on strike. He drives it through off and Faf had to put in a diving stop to prevent a boundary. Vijay Shankar is the new batter and he gets going with an edged four.
- May 21, 2023 22:42GT 25/1 in 3 overs
Siraj continues and he continues to cramp up Saha. Two dot balls to start with. Saha gets the third one over covers for a couple. Siraj swings one in sharply and it strikes Saha on the pad. The ball races away to the fence, but Siraj demands a review. Looked too high and it is. Saha continues to attack. He advances, but can only slice it to Parnell at point cover.
- May 21, 2023 22:35The man of many parts!
- May 21, 2023 22:35GT 15/0 in 2 overs
Wayne Parnell with the second over for RCB. Wide from Parnell and Saha flashes at it. Gets an edge and it flies over third man for the first four of the innings. Parnell goes short Gill pulls it away for a four. Parnell overpitches the next ball and Gill clears the infield and it goes to the fence for a one-bounce four.
- May 21, 2023 22:29GT 2/0 in 1 over
Siraj with the first over. Starts with a wide down the off. Saha edges the first ball. But it falls short of the keeper. Defends the next one to cover. Plays and misses the next. Siraj getting more swing than GT pacers and it is troubling Saha, considerably. Takes a single after four balls.
- May 21, 2023 22:10RCB 197/5 in 20 overs
Mohit with the ball. Kohli taps it to long on first ball to get to his seventh hundred. Rawat and Kohli exchange singles. Kohli was demanding to go for a risky double, but Rawat denies. Rawat shows why he did so by picking a Mohit low full toss and slashing it over mid wicket fence. A misfield from Shanaka gifts Rawat another four. RCB finishes on 197/5.
- May 21, 2023 22:04RECORD ALERT!!!
- May 21, 2023 22:03RCB 182/5 in 19 overs
Shami starts the penultimate over with a low full toss on pads and Kohli flicks it away with confidence. Zips away to the fence. Two singles follow. Kohli back on strike. Length ball into Kohli’s thighs and it is put away for another four. 98 now. Single taken and he is now on 99. Rawat on strike last ball. Attempts a risky double and Shanaka hits the stump. But Kohli dives in on time.
- May 21, 2023 21:59RCB 169/5 in 18 overs
Rawat takes a single to bring Kohli on strike. Yash goes length and Kohli whacks it, cross-bat, over the mid wicket for a six. MAGNIFICIENT SHOT FROM KOHLI!!
On the pads from Yash and Kohli clips it away, almost casually, past short fine leg for a four. 88 for Kohli now.
- May 21, 2023 21:53RCB 156/5 in 17 overs
Rashid Khan with his last over. Kohli and Rawat trades singles in the first four balls. Kohli hits one on the leg side and it required a diving effort from Noor to save a boundary there. Still, a succesful over for GT.
- May 21, 2023 21:50An unwanted record for Karthik
- May 21, 2023 21:49RCB 149/5 in 16 overs
Mohit Sharma starts the 16th over with a wide. He goes wide and Kohli thumps it to the fence. RCB’s hopes hinge a lot on how Kohli go ahead from here. Another one on the off and Kohli slashes it past point for another four.
- May 21, 2023 21:44RCB 136/5 in 15 overs
Dinesh Karthik is the new batter for RCB. He starts off against Yash Dayal. A bouncer to start with and Karthik attempts a hook shot. Can only get a top edge and it nestles in the gloves off Saha. Anuj Rawat is the new batter for RCB. Good over for GT, just four runs from it.
- May 21, 2023 21:36RCB 132/4 in 14 overs
Shami back into the attack. He has changed his attacking strategy, going much fuller. Raps Bracewell on the pad. Titans go up for a review, more in hope than conviction. Missing off stump. Shami goes fuller. It is a low full toss and Bracewell can only top edge it. Shami completes an easy catch.
- May 21, 2023 21:30RCB 127/3 in 13 overs
Mohit Sharma with the 13th. Offers width and bounce for Kohli and it is duly smacked away over extra cover. He is looking in ominous touch today. Mohit goes back of a length against Bracewell, who guides it past point for another four. RCB back on track.
- May 21, 2023 21:25RCB 112/3 in 12 overs
Noor with his last. He offers a freebie on the off and Bracewell crashes it away for a four. A single brings Kohli on strike. He takes a couple of go at get his 50. Two dot balls later, he drives one on the off for a couple of runs. Seventh 50+ score of this season for Kohli.
- May 21, 2023 21:20RCB 104/3 in 11 overs
Mohit Sharma into the attack. He starts well, gets a few dot balls in. Fourth ball, goes wide and Bracewell crashes it through extra cover for a four. Mohit attempts to go fuller and Bracewell chips it over mid on for another four. RCB regaining momentum!!
- May 21, 2023 21:14WRCB 91/3 in 10 0vers
Noor too gets another over. Starts with a wide. Kohli takes a single to give strike to new batter Lomror. Noor loops one in and Lomror loses his footing and is stumped. Smart work by Saha behind the stumps there.
Wide and full from Noor and Kohli thumps it straight back for a four. No chance for long off. Bracewell is the new batter and he gets off the mark with a single.
- May 21, 2023 21:08RCB 82/2 in 9 overs
Rashid gets another over as Titans look for another breakthrough. And they are rewarded duly. Rashid cuts Maxwell in half with a googly. Maxwell is caught in the crease. The ball crashes into the stumps and Maxwell falls.
- May 21, 2023 21:03WRCB 79/1 in 8 overs
Hardik persists with Noor. First ball, Faf looks to make some room to go big. But it kisses his bottom edge, ricochets off Saha’s pads and lands in the hands of Tewatia. Titans appeal and the umpire gives it out. And we have a wicket out of nowhere!!
Maxwell is the new batter and he starts with a single. Kohli taps one to the off to give him the strike back. Noor pushes one through and Maxwell smashes it over long on for the first six of the innings. Noor goes wide and Maxwell creams it through covers for a four.
- May 21, 2023 20:59RCB 67/0 in 7 overs
Rashid continues. Starts by giving away a couple of dot balls. Rashid is bowling much faster and straighter, not allowing Faf or Virat much room to work with. Just five runs from the over.
- May 21, 2023 20:53RCB 62/0 in 6 overs
Spin from both ends now. Noor Ahmed into the attack. He keeps it thing tight. Third ball, Noor surprises Kohli with one that spun away. The bounce took the top edge, but luckily for Kohli, it fell in no man’s land. Noor offers width and Kohli slices it away for a four through the covers. END TO A SUCCESFUL POWERPLAY FOR RCB.
- May 21, 2023 20:48RCB 53/0 in 5 overs
Rashid Khan into the attack. Kohli starts by thumping him past extra cover for another four. WOW!! Rashid reins it in for the rest over. But RCB openers keep rotating the strike with ease. 50 up for RCB meanwhile.
- May 21, 2023 20:45RCB 43/0 in 4 overs
Yash starts his second over by offering one on the leg stump for Kohli and it is dispatched away with disdain. Yash goes shorter next ball and Kohli pulls it away for another four. It is Kohli’s turn to get a hat-trick of boundaries. He repeats the pull shot and it flies to the fence. This is an electric start from the RCB openers.
- May 21, 2023 20:40RCB 26/0 in 3 overs
Shami with his trademark hard length. Faf advances and tries to muscle it. The timing wasn’t good, but it still clears the infield for a four. Shami angles it in further and Faf goes leg side this time. Same result. Make that three fours in a row. On the pads from Shami and Faf slices it away. Noor Ahmad can’t keep it out at the fence. Faf has one more in stock, clears mid on, barely, to score another boundary. Shami taken to the cleaners.
- May 21, 2023 20:33RCB 10/0 in 2 overs
Yash Dayal with Starts with a dot ball against Virat Kohli. Second ball, Kohli steps out, before playing and missing an outswinger. One more dot bal follows, as Dayal sticks to fifth stump line. Fourth ball, Kohli gets off the strike. Faf taps one back past Yash for a single. Last ball, on the pads, and Kohli clips it away for a couple.
- May 21, 2023 20:264RCB 6/0 in 1 over
Mohammed Shami starts the proceedings with the new ball for Gujarat. He starts with a full-length ball targeting the line of the stumps as Virat Kohli defends it confidently. Shami follows it up with another fuller-length ball and Kohli plays it at mid-off this time, the second dot ball. WIDE, an error in the line from Shami as the ball went way down the leg, first runs through extra. Shami to Kohli, FOUR! Smacked. Shami bowls a short one and Kohli whips it over covers to get off the mark in some style. Kohli takes a single to give the strike to Faf. Shami ends with a dot ball.
- May 21, 2023 20:23Game On
After a 23-minute delay, the umpires walk out for the game.
- May 21, 2023 19:57Gujarat Titans (Playing XI)
Shubman Gill, Wriddhiman Saha(w), Hardik Pandya(c), Dasun Shanaka, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Mohit Sharma, Noor Ahmad, Mohammed Shami, Yash Dayal
- May 21, 2023 19:57Royal Challengers Bangalore (Playing XI)
Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis(c), Michael Bracewell, Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik(w), Harshal Patel, Wayne Parnell, Mohammed Siraj, Vijaykumar Vyshak
- May 21, 2023 19:48Gujarat Titans wins toss
Hardik Pandya calls it right and Titans, who are unchanged, will bowl first.
Once change for RCB - Himanshu Sharma comes in for Karn Sharma.
- May 21, 2023 19:36TOSS UPDATE
Toss will happen at 7:45 PM and the match will start at 8:00 PM.
- May 21, 2023 19:31MI beats SRH
Mumbai Indians has set the ‘target’ for RCB. Rohit Sharma’s men has beaten Sunrisers Hyderabad, quite convincingly. That means, RCB has to win, by any margin, to progress to the playoffs.
PS - MI’s win means Rajasthan Royals is out of contention.
- May 21, 2023 19:22MORE UPDATES
The covers are coming off. The drizzle has almost stopped.
The players are out practising and so is the super sopper.
N SUDARSHAN - May 21, 2023 19:15UPDATE FROM THE GROUND
It’s still drizzling at the Chinnaswamy Stadium. Covers are still on and match is not expected to start at least until 8 PM.
I started from my house, which is 14 kms away, at 4.20 pm. Reached the stadium at 7 pm. That’s how bad the traffic is in the city.
N SUDARSHAN - May 21, 2023 19:02For all weather updates
- May 21, 2023 18:53TOSS UPDATE
News from the ground - Toss delayed due to rain.
- May 21, 2023 18:48Not a happy sight for RCB fans
- May 21, 2023 18:43LIVE TOSS UPDATES
- May 21, 2023 18:31RCB’s fates in its own hands!
- May 21, 2023 18:19How can RCB qualify for Playoffs?
It wins the match against GT. Even if MI wins its game against SRH, the Net Run Rate (NRR) gap is too huge for the Rohit Sharma-led side to hope for a rescue act. It will also qualify if it suffers a defeat by less than six runs if GT scores 180 or GT takes more than 19.3 overs to chase the same.
- May 21, 2023 17:41PREDICTED 11
Royal Challengers Bangalore Predicted XI
RCB Predicted XI (batting first): Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis (c), Anuj Rawat (wk), Glenn Maxwell, Michael Bracewell, Mahipal Lomror, Dinesh Karthik, Shahbaz Ahmed, Wayne Parnell, Karn Sharma, Mohammed Siraj
RCB predicted XI (bowling first): Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis (c), Anuj Rawat (wk), Glenn Maxwell, Michael Bracewell, Mahipal Lomror, Shahbaz Ahmed, Harshal Patel, Wayne Parnell, Karn Sharma, Mohammed Siraj
RCB Impact Player options: Dinesh Karthik, Harshal Patel, Wanindu Hasaranga, V Vyshak, Suyash Prabhudessai
Gujarat Titans Predicted XI
GT Predicted XI (batting first): Shubman Gill, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Hardik Pandya (c), David Miller, Abhinav Manohar, Vijay Shankar, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Josh Little, Noor Ahmad, Mohammed Shami,
GT predicted XI (bowling first): Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Hardik Pandya (c), David Miller, Abhinav Manohar, Vijay Shankar, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Josh Little, Noor Ahmad, Mohammed Shami, Mohit Sharma.
GT Impact Player options: Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan, Mohit Sharma, Dasun Shanaka, KS Bharat.
- May 21, 2023 17:25RCB vs GT Dream11 prediction
Wicketkeeper: Wriddhiman Saha
Batters: Faf du Plessis (vc), Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill, David Miller
All-rounders: Glenn Maxwell, Michael Bracewell
Bowlers: Mohammed Siraj, Mohammad Shami, Rashid Khan (c), Mohit Sharma
- May 21, 2023 17:17LSG vs KKR analysis
- May 21, 2023 17:12Squads
Royal Challengers BangaloreSquad: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis(c), Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Michael Bracewell, Anuj Rawat(w), Shahbaz Ahmed, Wayne Parnell, Harshal Patel, Karn Sharma, Mohammed Siraj, Dinesh Karthik, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Himanshu Sharma, Suyash Prabhudessai, Kedar Jadhav, Siddarth Kaul, Wanindu Hasaranga, Josh Hazlewood, Finn Allen, Manoj Bhandage, Akash Deep, Rajan Kumar, Avinash Singh, Sonu Yadav.
Gujarat Titans Squad: Shubman Gill, Wriddhiman Saha(w), Sai Sudharsan, Hardik Pandya(c), David Miller, Dasun Shanaka, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Mohit Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Noor Ahmad, Yash Dayal, Srikar Bharat, Vijay Shankar, Darshan Nalkande, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Shivam Mavi, Matthew Wade, Alzarri Joseph, Abhinav Manohar, Odean Smith, Jayant Yadav, Pradeep Sangwan, Urvil Patel, Josh Little.
- May 21, 2023 17:00PREVIEW
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) has a fairly straightforward path to the Indian Premier League play-offs. A win in the final game on Sunday, at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, will more or less secure a place in the top-four.
Mumbai Indians (MI) can upset the apple cart, but it has to bridge a NRR gap of 0.308 with RCB. Even here, RCB has an advantage in that MI would have finished its match against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) earlier and Faf du Plessis and his men will know exactly what is required.
Two impediments however remain for RCB. Its final opponent is Gujarat Titans (GT), the defending IPL champion and the stand-out team in this year’s edition. There is also the weather. Bengaluru saw widespread evening thunderstorms on Saturday and more is expected on matchday.
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