Rajasthan Royals was bundled out for 59 against Royal Challengers Bangalore on Sunday, scoring the lowest total in IPL 2023, and also registering the third-lowest total ever in the history of the tournament.
While Virat Kohli became only the third batsman in IPL history to register back-to-back centuries, Shubman Gill joined the list with his second consecutive century. Getting to his hundred in style with a six in the last over of the chase, Gill scored an unbeaten 104 off 52 balls, winning the game for GT, propelling MI into the playoffs, and crashing RCB’s IPL trophy dreams once again.
Lucknow Super Giants’s Marcus Stoinis and Nicholas Pooran combined to hit SRH spinner Abhishek Sharma for five maximums in the 16th over, thus conceding 31 runs, with this season witnessing five sixes in an over for the second time.
Virat Kohli is on fiery form at the moment, scoring back-to-back hundreds against Sunrisers Hyderabad and Gujarat Titans, taking him atop the list of the highest number of century-makers in the ongoing cash-rich league.
Defending champions GT lived up to expectations finishing first in the league stage of the cash-rich T20 league. With nine wins in 13 games, the Hardik Pandya-led side sit comfortably on top with 18 points, three more than second-placed and four-time champions Chennai Super Kings.
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