GT vs RCB Highlights, IPL 2024: Jacks' Unbeaten Ton Powers Royal Challengers Bengaluru To Dominant 9-Wicket Win

GT vs RCB Highlights, IPL 2024: Will Jacks' unbeaten hundred coupled with Virat Kohli's 44-ball 70* powered Bengaluru to a 9-wicket win over Gujarat.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru's Virat Kohli and Will Jacks celebrate after winning the Indian Premier League (IPL) match against Gujarat Titans in Ahmedabad on April 28 (Sunday).

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GT vs RCB Highlights, IPL 2024: Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) beat Gujarat Titans (GT) by 9 wickets and 24 balls remaining at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. RCB won the toss and elected to field first, inviting Gujarat to bat first. While GT did not get off to a good start, Sai Sudharsan's unbeaten 49-ball 84 and Shahrukh Khan's 30-ball 58 ensured Gujarat post a formidable 200/3.

In response, RCB got off to a splendid start and even though Faf du Plessis (24 off 12) inside the powerplay, an unbeaten 100 from Will Jacks (100* off 41) coupled with a 44-ball 70* from Kohli meant Bengaluru chased down the target in 16 overs without breaking a sweat. Jacks was at his devastating best in this innings and smashed 10 maximums in his knock as Bengaluru registered their third win of the season.

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GT vs RCB, IPL 2024: Glenn Maxwell Not Needed With The Bat

Even though RCB backed Glenn Maxwell for this match, his services was not required with the bat. Maxwell, however, scalped a wicket in the 3 overs that he got to bowl and finished with figures of 1/28. Swapnil Singh (1/23 off his 3 overs) and Mohammed Siraj (1/34 off 4 overs) were the other wicket-takers for RCB. In the second innings, R Sai Kishore managed to find the only wicket that the team got, getting rid of Faf du Plessis and going for 30 runs in his 3 overs.

Despite the win, RCB continue to be at the rock bottom of the IPL 2024 points table because of their inferior net run rate (NRR) at -0.415. PBKS and MI are the two other teams that are tied at 6 points but with a better NRR.