A fiery 41-ball century by Will Jacks and Virat Kohli’s unbeaten 70 runs helped Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) to a 9-wicket victory over Gujarat Titans (GT) with four overs to spare in the 45th encounter of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Sunday.
The RCB openers Faf Du Plessis and Virat Kohli started off the chase magnificently. Both batters put on a partnership of 40 runs in just 22 balls. On the next ball, Du Plessis was dismissed after scoring 24 runs off 12 balls with the help of three sixes and a four.
After the Bengaluru-based franchise skipper’s dismissal, Will Jacks came out to bat along with Kohli. The visitors brought up their fifty in the sixth over as Kohli slammed a maximum on the third ball of the over bowled by Sai Kishore.
On the last ball of the 10th over, Kohli smashed a four on the bowling of Rashid Khan. In the 11th over, the Bangalore side brought up their 100 runs as Kohli took a single on the bowling of Mohit Sharma.
Jacks completed his fifty on the second ball of the 15th over as he smashed a boundary on the bowling of Mohit. In the same over, the team brought up their 150 too.
Jacks completed his century on the last ball of the 16th over, which was bowled by Rashid. This hit brought up RCB’s third victory in the ongoing 17th edition of the IPL.
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