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The two stalwarts of Indian Cricket Shubman Gill and Virat Kohli have raised the bar of this rivalry and it is seen that RCB has a slight edge over GT in this contest. Both Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill will be looking forward to continue their great form against each other's team. On the other hand the best bowler of RCB have now moved to GT and he will be playing along with a bowler who have troubled RCB in the past Rashid Khan. RCB under the leadership of their new Captain Rajat Patidar will look to continue their domination against the Titans .The friendly battle between Siraj and Virat Kohli will be seen as these two give their best for their respective teams .
These rivalry have given us a thriller matches. Lets take a closer look at their overall head to head records.
It is an interesting thing that none of these two teams have won batting first against each other ,No team has managed to restrict the opposition by their bowling. RCB have won Three out the Five matches played between these two teams . It also indicates that both teams likes chasing rather that setting up a target .
During their first year of participation Titans faced RCB twice in Mumbai during the Covid effected IPL and it have been a even contest between this sides . Both RCB and GT have won a game against each other in neutral venues.
Gujarat Titans and Royal Challengers Bengaluru have faced each other just five times in the IPL and RCB has managed to have an upper hand on GT and whenever RCB have won against RCB they have dominated the Titans . Looking forward both teams would be eager to play and register a win against each other.
The Top Runs Scorer in RCB vs GT matches is none other than Virat Kohli .King has scored 302 runs against the Titans which also includes a 100 at the Chinnaswamy Stadium Bangalore.
The highest wicket taker in RCB vs GT matches is M Siraj . He has taken 5 wickets against the Gujarat Titans and now he will be playing for the Gujarat Titans against the Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
This match was played at the home ground of RCB and it was a stellar contest as it was last chance for RCB to qualify for the playoffs and they put a great show as King Kohli scored a hundred and put his team in a good position .It looked like RCB was going to book their place in playoffs but Shubman Gill had other plans ,he stood tall against the bowling lineup of home team and scored a hundred in a chase that too in an away game . This loss marked the end of the season of the Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
The one and only match played at the Narendra Modi Stadium between these two teams and it was an exciting match. While batting first the Titans set a huge total of 200 in their 20 overs kudos to Sai Sudharsan’s 84*(49) and Shahrukh Khan's 58(30) and it looked like home team Gujarat Titans will defend this target but in reply the Royal Challengers Bengaluru dominated the Titans bowler and Virat Kohli 70*(44) and Will Jacks 100*(41) steal the victory by huge margin of 9 Wickets . It was the first hundred for Will Jacks in the IPL.
Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar (c ) , Yash Dayal, Liam Livingstone, Phil Salt, Josh Hazlewood, Jitesh Sharma , Rasikh Salam , Suyash Sharma, Krunal Pandya , B Kumar , S Singh , Tim David , R Shepherd, Jacob Bethell , Devdutt Paddikkal , Swastik Chikara , Manoj Bhandage, Lungi Ngidi , Mohit Rathee, Abhinandan Singh .
RCB entered the IPL auction with one of the highest purse and it looked like they will target big players in the auction but management had other plans . They brought players like Liam Livingstone, Phil Salt and Jacob Bethell. The spin bowling lineup looks like a weakness for RCB this season and new opening pair of Virat and Salt will be a one to watch out for .
Shubman Gill (c) ,Jos Butler, Kumar Kushagra, Anuj Rawat, Sherfane Rutherford, Glenn Phillips, Nishant Sindhu, Mahipal Lomror, Washington Sundar, Arshad Khan, Sai K, Jayant Yadav, Karim Janat, Sai Sudharsan, Shahrukh K, Rabada, Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Manav Suthar, Gerald Coetzee, Gurnoor Brar, Ishant Sharma, Kulwant Khejroliya, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan.
This team looks well balanced in all departments ,one the strength this team has is their top order which is one of the best top 3 in this season .The spin attack is well equipped too ,the likes of Rashid Khan and Washington Sundar .But one the weakness this team has is lack of finisher ,they have backed Shahrukh Khan but he hasn’t managed to deliver in IPL yet.
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