RCB vs GT, Match 70, IPL 2023

The day began poorly for Bangalore, with hail in the afternoon and rain the evening in their home city

However, despite a delayed toss, Gujarat ended up winning the flip and elected to bowl first without any over reductions

Kohli and Faf got RCB off to another flying start, owning the powerplay as they smashed Shami and Yash Dayal to all corners

Faf was the first wicket to fall for RCB, an unlucky under-edge that came off the keeper's pad and lobbed up to slip

This started a procession, as Rashid Khan picked up Maxwell, and Noor picked up his second wicket (after Faf) to get rid of Lomror.

Virat Kohli, however, quietly kept the runs coming at one end, and when he found stability in Anuj Rawat (and a brief stand with Michael Bracewell before), he blazed away to a second successive hundred - and a record 7th in the IPL, going past Chris Gayle's six.

Mohammed Siraj continued his knack for powerplay wickets, getting rid of Saha early on

However, Gill and Shankar got together, and even though the runs came streakily, they kept coming, before Gill got into the rhythm of thing. Even Shankar, eventually, got into the flow, as they both got to their fifties, putting together 123 in 71 balls.

After Shankar fell, Gill continued to torment RCB, striking boundaries at will, to which the bowlers were rendered clueless

A six in the final over sealed the deal for Gujarat, and sealed RCB's fate, but this shot got Gill to his second ton of this IPL

In the end, it was all smiles, as the two centurions congratulated each other, and RCB bowed out in front of their home crowd