Thanks to a 58-ball century from Sai Sudharsan, Gujarat Titans have managed to set a target of 206 for the Royal Challengers Bengaluru at the . After the top three batters departed, the sting went out of Gujarat’s batting, as they went from 170/2 in 16 overs to scoring just 17 runs in the next 3 overs. It was a final over explosion from Jason Holder that dragged Gujarat past the 200-run mark.

Gujarat were asked to bat first. In the first six overs of powerplay, Shubman Gill faced just seven balls as Sai Sudharsan hogged all the strike, scoring 46 off the 29 balls he faced. GT have made two changes to their XI with Jason Holder and Manav Suthar coming in, while Bengaluru have replaced the injured Phil Salt with Jacob Bethell. This is Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s final league game of the season at their home turf of M Chinnaswamy Stadium. RCB can still play at their home stadium later in the season, provided they make it to the IPL final in late May.

With the kind of form Virat Kohli and Rajat Patidar are in this season, RCB making it to another final in back-to-back seasons may not be unthinkable.

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Coming into this game, RCB and GT were separated by two points with Bengaluru on eight points from their six games and Gujarat on six points from their six.

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