Highlights:

• RCB finished the campaign with the 6th position in the sixteenth edition of the Indian Premier League.
• RCB lost by 6 wickets against Gujarat Titans in the last match of the league stage of the IPL 2023 tournament.
• While Virat Kohli scored a century for RCB's win, Shubman Gill's mesmerizing century gave the Titans a memorable victory.

RCB Miss Out On Playoff Berth For 1st Time Since 2019: The dream of winning the cup has been shattered again. Royal Challengers Bangalore, who played in the spirit of winning the trophy in the sixteenth edition of the Indian Premier League tournament, ended their campaign with the 6th position in the points table. RCB, who had to win their 14th match against the top-ranked Gujarat Titans to qualify for the playoffs, was disappointed with a 6-wicket defeat.

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RCB vs GT, IPL2023: This time too the cup was not ours. Royal Challengers Bangalore led by Faf du Plessis played a brave game, but the repeated bowling failure at home paid a heavy price and ended the campaign with the 6th position in the points table. The Challengers fought hard to reach the play-off stage against the leaders Gujarat Titans on Sunday (May 21) but lost by 6 wickets. With RCB's defeat, five-time champions Mumbai Indians secured the 4th spot on the points table and booked their ticket for the eliminator match against LSG.

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Shubman Gill century, Titans win

The M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, a batsman's paradise, was literally flooded with runs on Sunday. Due to the rain, the batters started shouting and shouting in the match which started late today. Chasing a tough target of 198 runs to win, Gujarat Titans were very unlikely to win when Wriddhiman Saha (12) lost his wicket early on.

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However, young opener Shubman Gill and all-rounder Vijay Shankar put on a match-winning partnership of 123 runs for the 2nd wicket. With this partnership, the challengers' dream of victory also went down the drain. While Vijay Shankar scored 53 runs off 35 balls with 5 fours and 2 sixes, Gill, who batted with the responsibility of taking the team to the brink of victory, scored a century with a six and brought the team a huge victory by 6 wickets. An unbeaten 104 off 51 balls including 5 fours and 8 sixes was the winner of the hits Titans victory.

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Virat Kohli's century was a waste

Earlier, Virat Kohli led the RCB team who lost the toss and batted first to score 197/5 in their 20 overs. King Kohli, who roared despite the failure of the star batsmen, remained unbeaten on 101 runs with 13 fours and 1 six in the 61 balls he faced. This is also the 7th century of his IPL career. However, this record century by Virat could not avoid a crushing defeat for RCB. As an old story, RCB fell to their knees against the Titans after failing to maintain the target as a result of bowling failure. For the first time since 2019, the Challengers failed to reach the playoffs.

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Brief Score of RCB vs GT Match:

Royal Challengers Bangalore: 197 for 5 in 20 overs (Virat Kohli 101*, Faf du Plessis 28, Michael Bracewell 26, Anuj Rawat 23*; Noor Ahmed 2 for 39).

Gujarat Titans: 198/4 in 19.1 overs (Shubhaman Gill 104*, Vijay Shankar 53; Mohammad Siraj 2 for 32, Harshal Patel 1 for 29, Vaishakh Vijay Kumar 1 for 40).

Man of the Match: Shubman Gill