Shubman Gill has been in great form before and through IPL 2023. His contributions for GT have made them a strong team in chasing and batting. Shubman Gill scored century in their previous fixture and announced his great form after missing out in another match. RCB needed to definitely win for qualifying as their NRR is better than MI. GT needed to win for keeping their momentum alive. Shubman Gill just wanted to prove his talent on the night.
GT elected to field first. RCB needed Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis and Glenn Maxwell like always to come good again. Virat Kohli scored a century after setting himself up. Virat Kohli showed his class with back-to-back centuries and he gave RCB a hope against GT. Shubman Gill did not come in as impact sub but fielded through for 20 overs. Faf du Plessis(28), Michael Bracewell(26), Anuj Rawat(23) helped Virat Kohli to score 101 of 61 and take RCB to 197/5 in 20 overs. Shubman Gill had to come good against such a steep total for GT.
In the chase, Wriddhiman Saha(12) failed. Shubman Gill looked in great fluency and touch. Vijay Shankar struggled and scored boundaries off edges. Still, he tried to find his fluency without giving up early. Both of them have put on 123 runs partnership for second wicket. This sealed deal for GT almost. But Shubman Gill had to continue after Vijay Shankar(53) departure. The Young man Shubman Gill scored century of the last shot and made a statement with back-to-back centuries in IPL 2023.
Shubman Gill and Virat Kohli both scored back-to-back centuries. Virat Kohli helped RCB to win against SRH in a must win game with his century. Shubman Gill did the same for GT in not so important to win game but needed for their momentum and morale boost. GT scored 198/4 in 19.1 overs. Mohammed Siraj(2/32) and Harshal Patel(1/29) did bowl well but RCB did not find aggressive batters to finish and bowlers to contain. The last league matches day, Sunday yielded 4 big scores and 3 centuries for IPL 2023. Playoffs will start from 23rd of May. Hope to see you, on that day.
MI chase down massive total against SRH to qualify
