Put in to bat, RCB posted a mammoth 197/5, because of an aesthetic century from Virat Kohli (101 not out off 61 balls). In reply, defending champions Gujarat Titans, driving on an impressive unbeaten 104 off 52 balls, chased down the whole in 19.1 overs.
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“Very disappointed. We played a really strong team tonight, an amazing hundred from Shubman. It was really wet in the second innings. It was wet in the first innings as well, but there was not a lot of grip in the second innings and also we had to change the ball quite a few times during the second innings. Virat played an unbelievable knock to give us a chance and thought that was a good score, but Shubman played incredibly well to take the game away from us,” stated Du Plessis in a post-match presentation.
“From a batting perspective, the top 4 contributed really well. We missed a few runs from the middle order consistently throughout the season, especially in the back end of the innings, and also in the middle overs perhaps didn’t get as many wickets as we would have liked. He (Kohli) played really good cricket throughout the season and as a partnership probably not a single game where we had anything under 40 as an opening combination. We need to improve well on finishing games, especially in the back end. Last year DK (Dinesh Karthik) had a purple patch and was finishing games left, right and centre, but this season it was not to be. And if you see the teams that succeed they have some good hitters at five at six probably six and seven,” he added.
Du Plessis additionally completed a memorable IPL 2023 with the bat.
In 14 matches, he scored 730 runs at a median of 56.15 and 153.68. He additionally scored eight half-centuries this season, with the most effective of 84.
Shubman bagged the Man of the Match award for his knock.
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